Missing in Action

I can't believe how time flies!!! My last post was over a month ago and I have no idea where life went during that time. Let's see....since September 22nd, what have we been into? Jake and Christian finished up football, Jamesen earned a Bobcat badge and sold over $700 in boyscout popcorn, the diagnosis of a dear friend with breast cancer, I volunteered to help on the committee for the Fall Family Frenzy at church, Michael Buble' in concert, the passing of an unbelievable child in our church, Disney World on Fall Break, Ole Miss may be bowl bound for the first time since 2003, U of Tenn has a losing record and fans are finally eating humble pie, Halloween (dressing Sarah Palin) and the Fall Frenzy, Tina Fain's Spooky forest which I understand has been going on for years and now this was The Rees Family's first experience, and now it is November 3rd. I guess I will have to elaborate on each of these as my time permits. After our whirlwind weekend, I have LOADS of laundry to do. I do say I love it when the weather turns chilly enough for sweatshirts and jeans, but the laundry tends to quadruple in size. There was one thing I wanted to "blog" about before I forget the precious moment.



Notice the pic I have scanned in and posted. This was before I had the nerve to buy a digital camera (which got stolen while in Orlando....Disney). That precious pic is of my youngest, Christian. He was such a beautiful baby!!!! In the pic, he is taking a bath in the sink in Mungy and Sandy's bedroom at "The River". I found the picture while cleaning out a wardrobe in his room last week. I was doing the bi-annual sorting and shifting of clothes in each of the boy's rooms. This was the pic that I had placed in a "slide in" frame on the top of a baby wipe container. When I found it I immediately took it downstairs and placed it on the chalk/magnetic board in the office. When Christian arrived home that afternoon, I was at the computer doing some sort of research or email checking.



As usual, he walked in the door and yelled his usual "hello.....anybody home?"

"I am in the office Christian" I replied.

"No sticks and no warnings!" he proudly boasted.

I came back with " I am so proud of you Pee Wee!" (that's his nick name given to him by Mungy)
"I am getting better at controlling my talking and just staying quiet" he informed me. "Who is that in that picture, Jamesen....Jake?"


"No, that is my precious Pee Wee" I said in a mommy loving kind of voice.

"Where was that?" After a few guessing games and finally explanations it all ended up with how sad I was that he is all grown up now and such a big boy.

At that very moment, he grabbed me, squeezed me, and as he was patting me pretty darn hard on my back, he said in such a grown up way, "that's ok mom, I will always be your baby, I promise!"

The hugging and patting went on for quite a while, and I think he even repeated himself a few times. It was such a precious moment. He is a sweet spirited child and definitely loves his mom. I made the past month worth all the craziness. I constantly have to remind myself that Christian really is "still my baby". He is only six years old, but how easy it can be to get so wrapped up in the older kids world and forget that. Not to mention how he wants so bad to be a big boy like Jake and Jamesen. I even made the point of sending the pic to my sis to help her understand at this crazy time in her life of child rearing, how important it is to cherish the precious moments and younger years......they don't last forever!