MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

My Baby Is 10!

My baby, younger DS, is no longer a little boy, having entered the realm of double-digits today. It is so hard to believe it is 10 years ago since DH and I went to the hospital for me to be induced (I was 2 weeks overdue and didn't want to have the baby on Thanksgiving). It was a long day of having miserable contractions and not being able to get up at all because I was being induced (no one had explained that part of it to me before), two hours of pushing and finally having the little squirt at 5 pm. He was big (9.3 lbs) and warm and fiesty from the start, crying in an indignant fashion like he didn't like this at all. We all fell in love that day... and now he is such a energetic, spirited and brilliant boy who surprised me at least once a day!

We had his family party last week, so today, with DH out of town, we quietly did some more celebrating. We gave him our presents and made a cake (easy and deliscious oatmeal chocolate chip cake that needs no frosting) and let him choose his outings-- he chose to visit Toys R Us (where I got him and his bro to at least start Christmas wish lists), Blockbuster to choose a video, and Dennie's for dinner... where I discovered what cheap dates my kids are NOT! Nobody orders off the kid menu anymore, and they choose quite substansial meals. Going out to eat never used to be so expensive! (Ah well, maybe it will discourage me from making it a habit, which I've been more prone to do lately, since we've been so busy.)

Anyway, Happy Birthday, D! I never realized before I became a mother how much the birthday is about the mom too, and her memories and feelings. For any of my kids' birthdays, it is my day too!