My Baby Boy Grew up to be a Big Boy

Posted by kim on October 13, 2006

It’s hard to fathom that you can give birth, and that child can grow up to be bigger than you. Such is the case with me. My son, Taylor, a sophmore in high school, hovers over me at 5′ 10″ and 200 lbs.

I swear every week he tells me he needs new blue jeans because all of his are too small. And I reply that I bought him some last week. Turns out he was ripping off all the tags, then trying them on. When they didn’t fit, he threw them in the dirty laundry to be washed! I’ll be selling some nice jeans at a garage sale!

When I realized this was happening, I’d then buy some, and make him try them on with the tags still on and tell me if they fit. None fit! Seems they were all too tight in the thighs. Off to the return counters.

Last night he had an orthodontist appointment, and since it was just us two (no little girls to hinder us), I took him to the mall and made him try on jeans until he found some that fit. He wasn’t real hip on the idea, but we found some that worked – Polo Jeans by Ralph Lauren (at 50% off!) at JCPenney’s. He was wearing them today for school with no complaints.