January Jewels

Most of my days in January were spent doing this: snuggling on my newborn baby boy!  There is nothing quite like having a newborn in the home.  I loved every moment of it.  His smell, his baby sounds, his tiny features, the way he puckered his bottom lip in and sucked it up, his strands of reddish hair (wondering if it would in fact turn more red or turn to blonde).  *sigh*  He was perfect! 

The big boys also took as much advantage as they could to spend time with their new baby brother.
One day Jackson asked if Greyson could "play" with them in the toy room.  They thought it was so fun to show him all their toys and just having him around made them really happy.  

My brother Bryce and his wife Jamie surprised me with these beautiful flowers!  It was so nice of them and I love having fresh flowers around to keep things cheerful!

Jackson became my little helper.  There was one day that my mom took Jonah to run some erronds and I told Jackson that I was going to go lay down with Greyson for a while.  When I came downstairs to check on him he was sweeping the floor.  I thought it was so sweet that he was choosing to help out around the house.  He then told me that he would lay next to Greyson and "watch him" if I wanted to get in the shower.  Of course, I took advantage of that as well! ;)

Having a newborn does take a lot of work and there is also a lot of exhaustion involved, but I can't forget about my big boys either.  Love these goof balls!!