Loving things about Javier

There are so many little things I love about Javier right now that I thought I’d jot them down. He turned 9 months old on Sat (1/22) and the list could be endless, but I’ll just put down the few I tend to look forward to most.

Hands down, #1: When I’m nursing him right before he goes to bed, he does this thing with his hand that is so sweet. He caresses my other arm softly as if he were telling me that everything is going to be OK. His eyes are closed too, so I think he likes to know I’m still there. Whatever the case, I absolutely love it.

· His giggle is so contagious, and he loves to be tickled. So when we get him rolling, his tears bring on our tears. It’s like nothing else in the world could matter more.
· He cuddles right in when I pick him up from his crib in the morning. And he makes this little noise that’s like; there’s mama.
· When he’s in his bouncy apparatus he bounces a few times and then freezes by stiffening his legs and stopping his bounce. It’s this little game we play now where I say, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy freeze! And he does it at the same time!
· Okay, one more. When we get home from being out, and I go to pull him out of the car seat, he looks at me with the corner of his eye. Then when I get closer to him, he tries to smile with the pacifier in his mouth. Sometimes he even pops it out to smile. It is so darn cute.

My little guy is getting big and I really need to treasure every moment. I do, and I hope I can capture every single little thing, and not forget it! Sometimes I look at him, and still can’t believe he’s a part of us, a part of me. That feeling is just indescribable.