The Boy, nearly The Man

When I was young, I would hear adults talk about how time moved so quickly, how years fade into moments and a lifetime can go by in the blink of an eye.  I honestly thought they were crazy.  Days dragged on forever when I was a child and each year Christmas and my birthday seemed to move further apart!

Now that I'm an adult, I see exactly what they meant. Today we celebrate The Boy's 17th birthday and no matter how hard I try to remember, I don't know where those years went. 

As I sit here trying to write this post, my eyes keep welling up with tears.  Maybe I'm just extra emotional lately, maybe I'm just so tired that everything is either hilarious or tragic or maybe it's just that my tiny little baby is now the same age as I was when he was born.

That little angel grew up into a man who:

• took driver's training and now has a learner's permit.
• is expanding his cooking repertoire to include more complex dishes and desserts, but he still doesn't like to make bread or work with dough at all.
• continues to read voraciously.  We visit our local library at least twice a month and he always finds at least half a dozen books to bring home and he's raided my bookshelf on more than one occasion.
• loves to watch DVDs and probably misses commercial television more than any of the rest of us.
• plays video games every day, rotating systems on a schedule that he set up for himself.
• gave us a birthday wishlist that was almost entirely games, DVDs and books.
• can now reach the top shelf of the kitchen cupboards without a stool and often puts away the dishes that belong up there, even if it's not his turn to do dishes.
• still draws a lot, mostly aliens and fantasy creatures.
• loves to go to the range and is particularly fond of shooting Bryant's rifles.
• can often be found shooting hoops in the driveway in the afternoon and early evening.
• plays Wii Sports Resort with me at least a few times a week - we usually bowl or play Frisbee golf.

Here's a link to last year's post.


Happy birthday, Baby!  We love you!