He's growing up

As we stood in church on Easter Sunday I put my hand on his head, and then let it fall to his shoulder and he shrugged it away. It took my breath away for an instant. I don't know if I can muster the courage required to allow him to begin breaking away. He's only 6, surely it can not be starting already. How does my very first baby become a boy? How did that happen? It seems like I lost a few years along the way. There is barely any roundness left in his cheeks. No elbow dimples. They only silly speech sounds are "L", they sound like "W" still. Soon, he'll figure that out too and there won't be any little boy left. Sigh.

Clearly Anthony is just way too cool for pictures with his little sis!