being a boy

Tuesday night Brett was doing some yard work when Jaxson and I got home from a walk. So Jaxson and I stayed outside to watch what daddy was up to. Jaxson loves outside. The moment he wakes up he starts waving goodbye in hopes that we are going to be going outside. So after a while of watching daddy I needed to get dinner going so I left Jaxson with Brett on the lawn. Soon I heard Brett say, "babe you might want to get a picture of this". So of coarse I came out with my camera to find Jaxson playing in the mud like a typical boy. He had crawled over to the hose and was splashing water and dead grass all over himself. He was having a blast.

It reminded me of when I was pregnant with Jaxson and I was on recess duty. It was winter and we had snow and I was watching the kids. I remember seeing the girls acting like princesses on the snow with their girly coats and I looked over and saw three boys (2 brothers and a cousin) jumping off the sidewalk into the snow and landing right on top of each other and laughing like crazy. And I thought "I'm getting one of those". It wasn't a disappointed or scared thought it was just the first time it really hit me that I was getting a boy and all the action and behavior that comes with a boy. Last night just reminded me of this moment. I'm sure this is the first of many days I'll have to scrub down Jaxson after playing and get him in a completely new pair of clothes.