My name is Debbie & I'm Jakob's (G-ma) Mama Ebbie . Ok where do I start .......
Jakob is my youngest daughters son & the only boy in our family in a long time .
My oldest daughter, has 2 girls, 1 older than Jakob & one younger.
I started babysitting for Jakob a month after he was born, along
with his older cousin. He called me Mama & he was my Little
Mr. Blue Eyes. He captured me heart & soul as soon as I saw
him. I followed him down the hall & watched them measure &
weigh him & when they were done gave him my little finger to
hold onto & he stopped crying. I stayed with Jennifer for
awhile after Jakob was born & it wasn't long before we realized
that something was wrong. Little did we know how serious it
was. He couldn't keep his formula down & was throwing up all
the time . It just flew out of him & he cried a lot .
We brought him into the Dr & he switched his formula,
which helped at first, but not for long.
To make a long story short he was a sick little boy &
the Dr never did any tests, took any x-rays or anything.
Although he was sick a lot of the time he was also a very
happy baby & grew into a happy 3 year old little boy. When
I would babysit for him & my granddaughter it was a joy .
I have so many pictures of the 2 of them laughing & playing
& I took videos with my camera. The 2 ofthem were more
like brother & sister than cousins. When she would go off
to school we'd stand in the window & watch as she got on the
bus & rode away. Jakob would hollar bye bye bu ,for bus.
He knew the sound of it to & when his cousin would get
dropped back off we would run to the window to watch her get
off & then to the door to let her in!
Then all of a sudden again he started he started getting
"real" sick again. I had moved to Wisconsin from Michigan,
& would go home whenever needed to take care of him &
then....... Oh there 's so very much I could tell you
about the joy he brought into so many lives.
He was a little flirt to , & loved the blondes.
My friend Laura would come over & he'd run & hide
behind me & peak out but it wouldn't be long before he was
being an all out flirt. He'd tease when he wanted to give you
a kiss by making kissing noises but would run when you went
to give him a kiss! I remember his sweet little face stuck
between the railing of the stairs with his little lips pressed
together wanting a kiss as I was leaving. Then he'd go to the
window & wave bye & sometimes he'd cry & I wouldn't want to
leave. My husband found work in Wisconsin but I didn't want
to go right away & stayed there to watch the kids. I stayed
for around 9 months to make sure they were all settled in
daycare & ok. By that time Jakobs youngest cousin (baby) was here to.
I was home for 2 weeks to take care of him when we found
out that he had a rare hernia & had to have surgery. Whem I
left he was scheduled for that in 2 weeks , he never made it
that long . I got a call one day saying that he had to have
emergency surgery . I never made it home to see him , tell
him how much Mama Ebbie loved him or kiss him goodbye. I'll
live with that for the rest of my life, just as I'll miss him.
A part of my heart went with him that day , a big part of all
of hearts did . Theres so much more I could say but it would
be pages & pages, so, I'll stop now & hope that you have an
idea about how loved & precious this little boy was to me.....
JakobsMamaEbbie
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