Girls today

I don't know about you, but growing up my Mom always said I was never to call a boy. It was not proper. If they wanted to talk to me they would call. Well that never worked out. I called them anyway. LOL!!

Now we have cell phones, text messaging, Facebook, Twitter, and who know how many other sites to keep up with our friends. As a mother of one little girl it scares me of what I have to look forward to when she grows up.

Over the last 3 years Austin has been in middle school my eyes have been opened to how bold girls are now a days. Middle school is when we purchased him a phone. I felt like if he was staying after school I wanted a way for him to call me if he needed me. Since the phone has been brought into our home I have found out how much little girls want to talk. ALOT!!! They text him constantly. He can be on facebook talking to 3 different girls and texting a 4th. I just cringe when I think about talking to that many people at once. But he loves it and has some really good friends that I think are great.

I feel like last year girls changed. Yep I know hormones hit and I remember how that felt. But some of the girls got CRAZY!! Some of these girls were posting pretty racy pictures on FB (Yep I look at Austin's FB account, he knows it, so technically it is not spying LOL!!) Some of these girls got pretty close to the definition of obsessed. He even had one follow his bus home (she was riding with her big sister) to see where he lived. Okay so I have never had a 13 year old girl but is this normal???

Well last night I had the biggest shock of all. My husband when outside to get something out of the garage. When he came back in he was laughing and shaking his head. Of course I asked what had happened. He said that a lady had pulled up to our house (we live in the woods yall, its not like she would just stop & ask for directions). She asked my husband if Nicholas Richardson lived here (Yep my 11 year old). David told her yes, but that he was not home right now. Then he looked in the back seat of the woman's car. Crouched down in the back seat floor were 2 little girls Nicholas age. The lady starts to laugh and then explains that her daughter (Nicholas' GF we found out) had been talking about him for weeks and her Mom told her that she was so tired of hearing his name that she was going to come over here to meet him. David said the little girls looked so embarrassed. He said he just laughed and told her that he wished he were home to see this. They talked for a minute and then she left.

Seriously who does that? I do think it is funny. I also think it will most likely shut the little girl up for a few days. But seriously who does that??? This is only 5th grade!!!

I feel old

I can not believe I have a child going to HIGH SCHOOL next year. In his mind he is "so over" middle school. The year might as well be over. He even asked if he could skip school on Friday because the girls were all taking the day off to get "made-up". Last night was their 8th grade field trip, 8th grade prom, or 8th grade semi-formal. Call it whatever you like....I'll just call it an eye opener for me. I stood on the dock of the Cape Fear River last night at 10 pm, with my loving husband beside me, and watched as my son and a whole gaggle of giggly girls (he is always surrounded...its a family joke) walked down the dock of the Heneritta III looking like people I didn't even know.

When did my son get big enough to shop for a suit in the men's department? When did he get bold enough to hold a girls hand in public? Where was I when he made these huge jumps in his life?

I knew 2 years ago when he shot up 6 inches over the summer that he was growing up. It scared me when I had to look slightly up to see into his eyes. But that feeling is nothing compared to the fear I have of him growing up faster (INSIDE) than I can handle now. My son is turning into a young man. I sit here with tears in my eyes and wonder to myself when did all of this happen. If the last 14 years of is life seem like a blur to me now, how fast are the next 4 going to go by? In 4 years my son will (hopefully for him NOT me) be leaving to attend college. How will I handle that? I can't even get past the 8th grade prom with out bawling like a baby.

My husband , being the confronting man he is, just laughs at me and says "It is what you wanted". I thought about that this morning and he was right (this time). I want to raise him to be a good "MAN". I want to see him grow up and accomplish all the goals he sets for himself. I want to someday have a house full of grandchildren. In order for all of this to have I have to let him GROW UP.

But speaking from the woman that gave birth to him. It is just so hard to watch. I just thank God that he gave me my children everyday!!!

Mexico was great!!

Six days of fun in the sun is enough to wear this girl out!! This picture was taken after 6 hours of shopping in Cozumel. Can you tell we were exhausted? Who knew Mexico was so hot in April? We had an absolute ball the entire time. Since this was our first time cruising we had no idea what we were doing, but I think that was the fun of it. After seeing first hand how things go I think we are all ready to do it again. I know I am at least.

Baseball update

School baseball season is over for Austin. They came in second for the season and lost 1st round in the tournament. But never fear Austin did not get enough baseball during the season so he decided to sign up to play the summer Babe Ruth league. Their 1st game will be May 20th at 6:00. So stay tuned for updates on his NEW season.

Nicholas is still in the swing of Spring season. His last season game is Friday night. But even if he has not finished the season we have been have told his team will be the season champs. YAY!! We are waiting for the tournament schedule so I'll update you on that later.