And A Half

 

What’s the same:

*Those eyes of yours. Although, not the red eye part in the first picture. Sorry. I couldn’t figure out how to fix that.

*I still see the baby in your face, especially in your cheeks.

*I used to call you “the warden” because it seemed like you always knew what was going on, from the moment you were born. You are the same way today. Not only do you need to know but you want to be at the center of it all.

*We live in the same home you took your first steps in. the same home where you rolled around over and over one evening on the living room floor.  You were wearing blue baseball pajamas, and though you couldn’t say it, I could tell you were so pleased that you could roll over and that’s why you continued to do it. Your eyes matched your baseball pajamas.

*You still wake up early and I still wonder if something’s wrong when it’s 7am and you aren’t out of your bedroom.

What’s different:

*You share a room.

*You have a sister.

*You are in Kindergarten, but just barely.  I see the incoming Kindergartners and they don’t look like you.  You are minutes from being a first grader.

*You read chapter books. When you were six months old, just before your morning nap, we read board books. Mostly Sandra Boynton. You loved Doggies and The Belly Button Book.

*You can whistle and go across the monkey bars.

Happy “And a Half” Birthday, Hadley.

This post was inspired by a Past and Present Challenge by Ali Edwards.