Perfect.

My oldest, Jake, is absolutely perfect. Okay, no one is perfect and like all 2 year olds, he has his days. But, he is amazing and an incredible blessing to me. He is only 2 1/2 and already knows exactly what to say and do at just the right moment. What an amazing young man he will be and what an amazing husband he will be to one lucky lady some day. And I know that time will come all too quickly. (*tear*) Here are two perfect things he has done the last two weeks:

It was a weekend day and my husband was gone working hard so it was just me and the boys. And it was a very stressful day. Scott was fussy and wouldn't let me take him away from my side. Jake had just had Purple taken away and this was the worst day of that transition (lots and lots of whining for Purple). I have gotten less sleep than usual the last couple months so I am overly tired and when I am overly tired, my patience is a lot less than usual, and I will admit it, I can get grumpy. So I had had enough this day. I was past my limit when we were trying to get out the door to go say HI to Daddy and Jake was very insistent on having a cookie, so I gave him one. Then I was trying to my coat and shoes on and he was very isnsitent again. I tried telling him no but then he said "Mommmmmy", so I gave him one. Then he totally melted my heart and did just want I needed. He gave the second cookie to me. How sweet was it that he wanted to share and have a cookie with his mommy? Then as I have a hold of Scott's car seat walking out the door, Jake is yelling "tiss, tiss, tiss!" I put Scott down, get on my knees, and Jake runs to me and gives me the sweetest little kiss. Awwwww. Yep, perfect.

And that's not it. There's more. =) This past weekend Josh was working for a little bit again so it was me and the boys and we were doing great, having fun, getting the house clean, and so much checked off my "To Do List". Then it was time to clean the wood floor in the dining room and our bedroom. That's when chaos and all hit. Jake was watching TV in the living room and Scott was in his walker in the living room. The carpet keeps Scott walker there pretty well. I told Jake to stay in the living room while I cleaned the floor. He did, for a little while. Then it was run as much as I can on the wood floor. Plus, Scott wasn't happy he wasn't in on this fun so he was fussing. Add to that, the cleaner bottle wasn't working very well so it was a struggle getting cleaner out of the bottle on to the floor. And yep, there's more. My mop broke. Yep, at the beginning of the cleaning. Great. So on top of everything, I had to result in cleaning the floor with a sponge on my hands and knees. I was about to throw the towel in and forget about cleaning the floor when Jake was absolutely perfect once again. He was on the carpet, stopped where it meets the wood floor. Looked down at the wood floor so seriously and carefully and said, "OOhhhh, Shiny!" "Mommy clean it!" He was so happy and loved seeing the shiny floor I cleaned. Thanks sweetie, Mommy needed that. So yes, I finished cleaning the wood floor, with my heart smiling big thanks to Jake.

Yep, he's that amazing!