Growing Up

Well, today we hit another milestone. Ethan played in his first basketball game. He had a great time and he played well. I seem to get all choked up lately at the smallest thing. He is growing up so fast and sometimes I just want to hold on my chest and rock him and sing to him. He is reading chapter books, he is tying his shoes, he is playing on a basketball team. Each day he makes more steps towards independence and although I know those are all things that need to happen, I am a little sad. Today we sat on the sidelines and cheered for his team. We took pictures and videotaped. We clapped extra loud when he scored a basket. The smile on his face was absolutely priceless. Don't you agree?