Anyhoo, I called Scout out of class. I didn’t know if that would make him look super uncool.
So, here is our afterschool conversation:
Me: Was it embarrassing for you when I came to give you your antibiotic?
Scout: Yeah, why did you have to come wearing sweats?
Ha! He was embarrassed by my attire to drop something by school. That just cracks me up
I realized that was NOT a huge mistake when my tiny newborn was squealing and then having major TOOTS just hours after he had his first meal of
Spicy Mexican colostrum!
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For years, I did NOT fantasize about how I would spend my time getting through
early labor. Yes, I was sure that I would labor in the bathtub. That would be so relaxing...
NOT! I got in the tub and didn’t even get through the first contraction before I literally jumped out of the bath water. 
I did NOT spend the next couple of hours on my hands and knees, washing the kitchen floor.
And finally, I did NOT scream “GET. IT. OUT!” as my baby was crowning.
(no one told me it hurt really bad at the end!)
I did NOT freak out at that moment thinking that everyone at the nurse's station might have heard!
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Happy 12th Birthday Scout!
(Thanks for forgiving me for the salsa and refried beans!)
Firehubby is at work tonight. I’ve been catching up on reading blogs and erasing shows off of my DVR…
A few minutes ago I was startled by the sound of sobbing coming from upstairs. Racing up the staircase, I found my boy standing in the hallway crying his eyes out.
“What’s wrong? Are you okay?
“Yes, I’m fine,” he replied.
“Then why are you crying?” I asked, as I led him to the edge of my bed to sit down and talk.
“I’m crying because I had such a good day today that I don’t want it to end.”
Oh my gosh, how sweet.
I have to admit, I have not heard anything like this before. Sitting beside him, watching the tears stream down his face, I was simply baffled, but in a good way.
“So, what made today so very special?” I asked him, after he calmed down.
He shared that the wonderful parts of his day were when:
· I woke him up this morning and told him he could sleep in while I went to work on a special project downtown.
· I called him and told him that he could have his left over birthday cake for breakfast “)
· he enjoyed watching TV for a long time.
· he playing his new Risk game, by himself.
· he had so much fun playing his new DSi.
· I left him home alone for the first time for an extended time.
· he and his sister watched the new DVD I bought (Hotel for Dogs).
I was learning something about my boy. He is very sensitive, maybe even sentimental.
Tonight my heart just melted.
He will be 12 years old on Monday. He will go off to middle school in a short 3 months.
I loved this moment tonight. I like the young man my little boy is growing into.
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