Mommy's Boy

Ugh. So the other afternoon we had a school holiday and the boys were home with me. Long story short, Jack was asleep napping in the boys' room, and Austin was lying in my bed with me, watching a movie (the Lizzy McGuire Movie - future Austin blackmail stuff!). I had gone to bed LATE the night before and had a headache. 

Anyway, despite headache, I was in heaven. Austin kept getting all snuggly with me and we were there together for a good hour, at least. Then I finally convinced him that I needed to take a quick shower to make my head feel better and that I should do it now while Jack was asleep. I told him he could stay there and keep watching the movie. He reluctantly agreed - he really wanted me to stay there with him! When I got out of the shower he was fast asleep.

The point of this post is that I quickly came to realize that I probably only have about 3 or 4 more years of this kind of innocent affection from him. He's gonna become more of a big boy and he will likely start to distance himself somewhat from the snuggly time we just had. Sure, I'll still get all the hugs and kisses and "I wuv you, mom!" messages. But I'm all too aware that I will not always be the center of his universe and the most important woman in his life. Ouch.

Dear God, please send me a girl.