I am feeling so nostalgic tonight. My baby boy (I know, he is getting too big for that title) Noah turned ten years old on Wednesday. His birthday party is tomorrow and I was driving home from Wal-Mart after stopping to grab a few last minute party items and thinking about this birthday. His 10th! His grand ole’ entrance into double digit-hood!

I can not believe I am the Mom of a double digit-er! It seems as if it was only yesterday that he was that tiny premature baby boy pictured above. And now here we are a whole ten years later! Where did all the years go? He won’t be my little boy too much longer! Before I’m ready, he will be wanting to date, have a driver’s license, and I will become (gasp!) un-cool! I vowed to myself then to make the most of each moment, make them all count, and take a million more photographs before he is all grown up and I’m the mean ole’ Mom.

Weepy eyed, my mind drifted off to Charlie and thoughts of the future; of when he will enter double digit-hood. Will I feel the same?

I think in some ways I probably will. I too will wonder where all the years went; it will just be a bit different frame of mind, since I really have missed moments of Charlie’s life. But I do have moments with him so I vowed to myself to make the moments we do have together count.

Charlie will be at Noah’s birthday party tomorrow and I’ll get to share a few moments with both of my boys! And if you are lucky, maybe I’ll share some pictures. Ok, you got me, you know I will share pictures whether you want to see them or not!

Life lesson from Coley’s ramblings of the day: Make the most of each moment you are able to spend with your birthchild!