Curtis has been begging for at least a year to get a mohawk.  Now I have been rather resistant to this idea.  I just don’t like the looks of them.  But he has wanted one so badly, and it really is a harmless request.  So we told him after pictures and after his birthday he could get a mohawk.  I really wish I had the video camera running as his hair was being by Patricia he just had the most excited smile.  You know the smile, the one your child gets before they open the Christmas present they have been wanting for a long time, or before going into Disney World, or riding a ride they are really excited about.  That smile.  So I may not like the mohawk, but what it has given me is much more than the tolerance of living with a hairstyle.

Tomorrow my baby will be eight years old.  It is just so hard to believe.  I have loved every minute of it (I think that is a gift from God, mommy amnesia, so we can forget the bad parts, like labor).  I believe in mommy amnesia.  My own mother says I was a perfect child, and well, I remember getting in trouble plenty, not to mention my horrible stubborn streak and intense need to always be right.  So tomorrow my baby is eight, but today he is seven, going on seventeen.  He is so grown up.  But I still get precious moments where he is still my baby.

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I am taking pictures during family fun night.  While I was taking pictures of the kids waiting for the paddle boats I discover the most amazing thing.  My baby is holding hands with a little girl. 

Curtis and Madison have been friends since birth.  They were babies together in the Rosebud room at Speedway Baptist.  Madison’s cousin, Aidan, is one of his best friends.

I am not a fan of fundraisers.  However, Curtis really wanted the limo ride to McDonald’s.  So I worked hard, asked everyone at work, church, everywhere.  I managed to sell the 45+ items required for the limo ride.  My baby boy was so happy that all of the hard work was worth it.  Then he was able to throw a pie at his teacher and paint his principal’s hair because he was a top seller.  To me, that is cooler than the limo ride!