Growing Up

I love to go through all of our photos. I will find many I forgot were taken or at the time they were taken, they seemed insignificant but now have some special meaning. Out of the many topics discussed about Spencer, the fact that he is so small for his age, is one topic that always hits me like a punch in the gut. It's one of those feelings that if I let it, it could really bring me down. I would be a very rich person if I had a dollar for every time I have heard, "Spencer is so small for his age", "Boy, is he little". Luckily Spencer could give a frog's butt about his size, therefore, I bite my tongue and think about vacationing in Jamaica with Will Smith's navel (the rest of him would be ok too). How can I object when these people are right, Spencer is quite small for a five and a half year old. He looks more like a three year old. I know when this is said, no one is saying it to hurt, it is said as fact, nothing more.

You know how it is when you see someone every day, that the changes in them are more subtle to you than to those who haven't seen them in a while? Well, I was again looking at photos from last summer and came across these adorable ones John took with Spencer at the park last year. How could I forget such cute pictures? Anyway, I looked at them and realized how much Spencer really has grown since last summer and how much older he looks in general. These were taken on May 22nd of last year. If you look at the pictures I have been posting lately, I think he looks like a growing boy. Can you see my smile at your house?

For some odd reason, among my favorite pictures of Spencer are ones like this.