Owen's First Day of 3yr old Preschool at SOTV

My babies....

His new Spiderman backpack!

This is SOOO Owen

His hook

Me and my little Buddy - holding back the tears

Mrs. Walsh and O-man

This is the ladder/loft he was SO excited about!

We got to the school a little early to pick him up.  Who knows why he had his hood on - silly boy!

Lunch at On the Border to celebrate his first day!  We all got to go, even Daddy.

~ I knew today would come, Owen's first day of 'real' preschool.  To me, this is the beginning of the end of having little people in our house.  For the last eight (nearly) years, I have been caring for a little person.  What am I going to do without having a little person tagging along with me all day, asking me to play, telling me they're hungry, just BEING with me? 

Owen is already so grown up.  EVERYONE has told me how much taller he is since the beginning of summer.  We told him today, he's no longer a toddler, but a preschooler.  Really?  When did he grow into his sweet little boy self?  When did my baby boy grow into a toddler? 

My heart is stretched almost more than I can take tonight as I think back to how I used to hold him all the time when he was first born.  It was as if he was telling me how it was going to be - me and him, him and me.  I remember being so scared when they said in the hospital, "It's a boy!"  What was I going to do with a boy?  But, now I ask myself what would I do without one, without Owen?  He is my baby even though he has grown into this little boy - he will always be...  He holds my heart in his little hands...

I'm going to miss having little people around here... ~