Today, I am officially the mother of a teenager.

[BeachBaby]

At 8:22am EST, my son, Justin, turned 13 years old. I still can't believe it's been 13 years since I became a mother.

He informed me a few minutes ago, that in 4 years, he can take my Firebird off my hands. Good Lord.

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1. Be thankful. Here in MN he'd take it off of your hands in 3!

ya MILF. :hide:

[BeachBaby]

3. Just another thing to love about Jersey.

And check your pm, hottie. :*

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12. OMG do you do yoga?

I didn't know the human body could stretch like that! Thanks for the pics! :woohoo:

[BeachBaby]

15. Baby....those pics were just pics of the warm-up.

I have the tripod set up for the actual yoga shots.

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23. What a coincidence

They call me "Tripod"

[BeachBaby]

25. "They"?

Huh. Well, I don't care what "they" have to say. Show me what you got. :hide:

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27. "They" being the guys in my photograghy club. Who did you..

What did you... OMG :blush:

[BeachBaby]

34. I'm laughing too much right now....

to even give this post a decent reply. :rofl: :hug:

[TZ]

16. Of course she knows yoga

Who do you think taught her...:P

[mwooldri]

7. 3? Make that 2 in NC.

You can start learning to drive at 15 here in NC. Then unsupervised at 16.

In theory.

Mark.

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8. Same in MN!

:scared: :hi:

[BeachBaby]

11. Yeah.

I know that they have special licenses for farmers - IIRC, farmer boys can get their license at 14 or 15, here in Jersey. I believe that Virginia is the same.

[TZ]

2. Oh I forgot it was his birthday!

Tell him happy birthday for me! And to ROCK ON DUDE! :)
Hopefully he will stay so occupied with his music he'll forget about the driving thing..Yeah, thats the ticket! :rofl: :hi:

[BeachBaby]

4. LOL!!!

I wish - he's been talking about owning that car since I bought it. :rofl: :hi:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. my 14-year old daughter

had her first date today, so stand by for that shiznit

[BeachBaby]

6. When I hear things like that....

I'm overjoyed to have two sons. Having daughters would likely put me in the cardiac wing. ;)

[sniffa]

9. Hopefully, he won't be like me as a teenager

I was the golden child and at some point I became violent, discovered alcohol and couldn't stop being arrested.

[BeachBaby]

10. Hey, you!

Howz you and your beautiful wife? :hi:

Well, the kid is so anti-war, anti-violence, and anti-substance abuse, that I can't picture an extreme shift like that - although I imagine that anything is possible. :scared:

I do my best to keep him busy with other things - hopefully it will take him through the rough years. :)

[sniffa]

32. We're doing okay

I was a straigh-A student, National Honors member, and community volunteer. For some reason I thought I needed to be a violent criminal to be accepted. I even started a gang.

Amazingly (not really), it made me more of an outcast.

[mopinko]

13. oh good luck

i have survived 3 so far, have an 18 yo son, and a 15 yo daughter. ditto that cardiac, but what can you do? baby has a steady bf. he is a good kid, but yeeeeez.
it does fly by. i find myself wondering where all those babies went on a regular basis.

[BeachBaby]

17. I do the same thing.

If I think long and hard about it, I remember all the things that have happened since he was born - numerous deaths in the family, Columbine, Bush, 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq - but....wow. It goes sooooo fast.

[mopinko]

18. and sometimes

i can smell those baby smells like they are right in my lap.

[BeachBaby]

20. Ooooohhhh. Baby smell.

I haven't been so unlucky as to have that completely taken away from me just yet. I have a few friends who are still having babies - so I do get to have those nostalgic moments from time to time; the difference is, I can hand them back. :P :hi:

[mopinko]

28. i hear ya.

i used to think that being a grandma would be great, but now i cross my fingers that my girls will keep their pledge to not reproduce. those little faces, those smells, they are like a tar pit, they are.
a little squeeze here and there, now, that is different. don't get much of that, tho.

[madrchsod]

14. the fun is just beginning........

[BeachBaby]

19. I'm assuming you're being facetious.

Thanks for the warning. :scared:

[madrchsod]

30. once they move out....

you`ll be happy and sad......

[BeachBaby]

33. When they move out....

I'm moving out, too! Out of Jersey and heading far west. Woot! :woohoo:

[Incitatus]

21. good luck nt

[BeachBaby]

22. LOL! Thanks. n/t.

[Aristus]

24. Wait until you become a grandparent. That'll shake up your spine!

B-)

[BeachBaby]

26. Babe - you and I are the same age, so that kinda freaks me out.

I'm hoping for at LEAST another 15 years before something like that happens!!! :)

[Aristus]

29. I didn't have much choice. At age 30 (10th Anniversary coming up next month!) I married

a 38 year-old with three kids from her previous marriage. Six months after the wedding, her 17 year-old daughter got pregnant and broke up with the father. Nine months later, my gloriously beautiful grandson was born. 10 years later, I have seven grandkids; My older step-daughter has three, my younger has two, plus two steps of her own by her husband. I still get a thrill from the :wow: I get from people when I tell them I'm a grandfather... B-)

[BeachBaby]

31. SEVEN!!!!

I can't even imagine. :wow:

Wait - your wife is 48, with 7 grandchildren? This is going to take me a little while to process. :P

And you're CHEATING, btw. Just sayin'. :rofl: :hi:

[Aristus]

35. Yeah, there's no biological relationship there at all. But they call me 'Grandpa", so that's

what I am. ;-)

My relationship with my first grandson is extra special, since he's the first person I ever helped to raise. My step-daughter lived with us for three years or so after she gave birth so she could find work and build a life for herself. So I fed my grandson, changed his diapers, read to him, played with him, and sang him to sleep at night. Sometimes, I was the only one who could get him to sleep. His favorite song is "Shenandoah". He's going to be nine this summer. Where did the time go?

Here are a couple of pics of the two of us: