Friday, March 28, 2008

I have an 11 year old!

I am the mother of an 11 year old!

I gave birth to a child 11 years ago today!

11 years ago, I was hugely pregnant with a baby kicking in my belly. And it was Brian.

11 years ago, plus a few days, I brought this tiny, red-haired stranger whose skin was still vaguely yellow from jaundice (my blood type is O Neg, which makes me the universal donor, although I cannot donate blood, and which means that there is a 95% chance that any child I bear will have a blood type that is incompatible with mine, resulting in jaundice shortly after birth), whose eyes were a clear, slate blue, who smelled like a freshly baked loaf of...human, who wriggled out of my arms when I tried to snuggle with him, shocking me with his strength, whose long, slender limbs also shocked me (since I had theretofore believed that all babies came with chubby thighs with little folds), whose personality, and needs, and wants, were all a gigantic question mark to me.

I cannot believe that my 11 year old son has bigger feet than mine. And more freckles. And bigger eyes. And can throw a 53 mph fastball. And plays the flute with grace. And gets perfect scores on his standardized tests (well, the math ones, at least). And no longer wriggles away when I try to snuggle with him...as long as no one else is there.

Happy Birthday, Smooge (pronounced "smoozh")

YC

2 comments:

Ursula said...

What a perfect picture and what a lovely posting. So much love speaks out of it.

I look at the picture and enjoy how lively your boys are. So nice.

ashtanga en cevennes said...

You have two great-looking boys.

And how fantastic is it that you look so great, too? The kind of great-looking that doesn't need a qualifier, à la "....for having an 11 year old kid!"

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