Jacob has become a huge fan of my blog. He will sit for hours on a Sunday afternoon reading post after post. Things I've forgotten about the details of our life have been remembered as he is wont to say, "Mom, listen to this!" and then proceed to read my own words back to me.
Considering the many zigs and zags our life has taken in the past few years I have taken to viewing life on a macro level. Moves, jobs, deaths, births. And yet, this blog has always been about the micro. The moments. His love of our blog has brought me back to trying to focus on the blessed, little, present micro.
Jacob asked that I write a post about him and I am happy to do it. This man is a whole lot of everything. The pictures I found for his requested post really do tell the story of Jacob right now. His facial expressions, interests, attitudes...they're all here almost in caricature form.
An undying Alabama fan. Untied shoes. Always untied shoes.
A casual BYU fan. His face also highlights his love of prestige items and experiences. A football game on the front row with a swag bag in tow? Yesssss. (Thanks to Matt's boss for this night.)
Big brother. Full of tenderness for his little sister and full of somethin' for his little brothers.
His begging face. I love this face and find that when he does it he's in on the joke and is ok with whatever I say with a laugh. That's not always the case with this passionate boy.
Football. Homeslice comes home every day from school happy because he played football during recess with friends. Whenever I ask him how his day was he says, "Good! I caught a 15 yard pass! Etc, etc, etc." His candy cane "mouthguard" is featured below.
This dance move is so Jacob. He does sort of a river dance thing with his legs while doing a DJ sort of arm move. Always while beat boxing. Always.
Another more posed dance. I love Liesl's face as she watches this ball of frenetic energy.
Yeah, this. So this.
And sweet face. I still see my baby in there. The big brown eyes and confident smile. He is growing up so fast. He has been on this wild "macro" ride with us during very formative years and he's still smiling. I'm proud of this little man and love him always.
3 comments:
You are so right, Robyn! This blog has most definitely been about the micro moments. How neat that you are able to do that! I CANNOT believe how much Jacob has grown up! He certainly does still have that baby face! Just on a much taller body! I still remember the picture I took of when I babysat him at our old apartment. He was sitting in a baby chair and Olivia was leaning over him to give him a kiss. She sure adored him! :)
So right!!! So much packed into that growing little body! You captured his expressions perfectly!!! Roll Tide!!!
Jacob is a boy of many moods and expressions. Bravo for this post. You captured him well. I'm so glad you are blogging again.
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