Kids say the darnest things...have your tissues ready!!

My kiddos had a snow day yesterday and I was on here looking at before and after pics to try and lifrt my mood and my 8 year old son was sitting beside me looking and this is the conversation that happened...

Me: Phillip look at these pics aren't they awesome....these people had the surgery that mommy is gonna have soon.

PhillIp:  Mommy, they look totally different.

Me:  I know isnt it incredible...when mommy losses alot of weight you will be able to give me a hug and hopefully get your arms the whole way around me!!

He sat thinking for a while and looked up at me with the biggest sweetest blue eyes and said:

Mommy I don't want you to have the surgery I love you just the way you are!!

I cried...I think that he is just afraid of me changing...lol  He is gonna make some gal very happy some day!! :)

That's awesome. Tells you what a great mom you are. But when he gets his arms around you it will be wonderful as well.

That is really sweet but he will be very happy with the changes because he will see how happy and involved you are

Be prepared for the kids to go through some emotional changes also. We often forget them.

My son, who is now 11, broke down one day about 6 months post op, and just cried.

I asked him why, he said, "I miss my BIG mommy"

He only knew me the way I had always been and the changes in my size were hard for him. Now, that was 6 years ago, and he barely remembers me being heavy. But at the time, it was a big adjustment for him.

aww....I didnt realize he was as sensitive as he was....I always thought his older brother was the sensitive one!!

awww where was he when I was 8 and single? Kidding.  Thats what I call a warm fuzzy,  What a guy.  He'll make some girl happy.  Out of the mouths of babes.