My original baby boy is 12! One more year and I will have a teenager. It's so hard for me to fathom. It's such a cliche, but it seems like just yesterday, he was a baby and I was wondering how I was going to manage this whole parenting thing. Because of my postpartum, I didn't really enjoy those first few weeks. I was so excited to go back to work so that I would feel that I was "me" again. Little did I know, you're never "me" again after your first child is born. You become a new, better version of yourself. You'll never be completely carefree again. It's really like the saying goes, from the moment you have a child, it's like you're walking around with your heart outside of your body. I love this boy more than I can put into words. He makes me so proud everyday - from the way he helps without me asking to being sensitive to everyone's feelings around him. Last year, in 6th grade, he was awarded MGMS Best All-Around Boy. I couldn't agree more! At 12, Landon: -is 59.75" tall (61%) - he was so upset because he's dying to be 5' tall! -weighs 87.6 lb (44%) -wears mens' size in shoes now - size 6.5 -still wears youth size clothes - size youth large -loves the colors black and red -is getting ready to start 7th grade -still loves baseball -plays baseball (travel & rec), basketball, and will be trying out for the middle school football team -wants to be an engineer when he grows up -has acquired a love for coffee -went on his first 'away from home' camp with church - and loved it! -loves math -will ride all over our side of town on his bike with friends -has the biggest smile
Landon, you make me so proud to be your mom! I love you more than words and I can't wait to see you grow up. I just wish you wouldn't do it so fast!
