BrogdonPhotoBlog: Double Digits For My Birthday Boy

Today’s the big day! My baby has finally hit the double digits … ten years old! He’s become quite the “dude”. He’s made some new friends in the neighborhood and at school, and has been spending time with his buddies. There are times on Sunday afternoons in which I barely see him because he’s out almost all day hanging with his posse. haha. And yesterday, I picked him up from a friend’s house, only to find him outside in the front yard with several other boys playing football. Barefoot. Yeeeahhhh. Because “Mom, the grass is too slippery to play.” Uh huh, whatever dude.

Clearly, time with friends, and other influences are becoming more and more important in his life. This past Tuesday evening at a school choir performance was another example. He was excited to have Jon and I there, no doubt, but these pictures below kind of indicate to me that it was just as important for him to have his sisters there, because it was a musical event. Little man didn’t tell us until the last minute that he was playing the conga in a song! That made Kate so proud!!

Anyway, it seems that my baby is growing up too fast and is beginning to show signs that other influences and interests are becoming more and more important to him. That’s cool. No, I’m not happy he’s growing up too fast, but I do like that he’s becoming his own person in his own right, with friends, interests, ideas and opinions. Just part of that whole growing up thing for him, and that whole letting go process for me (well, maybe just a little anyway).

Happy Birthday Chris! Love you, son! ♥ Mom

Chris at his school choir performance Tuesday night. We sat on one side of the audience, and the girls decided to sit with a friend on the other side. Where's he looking? Not for us ... for Kate and Annie!