A Seasonally Inappropriate Non Sequitor

Both my sister & my mom have lodged formal complaints to the blogger-in-chief so in an effort to mollify the family – yes, am still here.  No, nothing tragic has happened.  Yes, we will return to regularly scheduled programming shortly.  I’ve been working crazy long hours lately on top of long runs, a sniffly child, helping with homework (in first grade!?!), etcetera… But no one wants to hear my excuses. 

Introducing Operation Interlude:

Pumpkin baby pie

Whither the chubbiness? Now

He’s all ribs. Beanstalk!

Random, previously unpublished baby picture, taken 74 months ago (Probably taken by Auntie M).  Nowadays he has math homework.  Now how the ____ did that happen? 

52557 Hours Ago

Five years, 364 days, and about 21 hours ago my son was born.  He was pretty cute at first.  To wit:

Then he did a lot of this:

We drank a lot of this:

Matt's ankle had been casted just a couple weeks earlier, because he tripped on a curb swatting at a bee while walking the dog, so he did a lot of this: 

Of all the things that have tested our marriage, that cast might be top on the list.  His "medical restrictions" with a new baby in the house were... ill timed.  It eventually came off, he was eventually able to fetch things for me from upstairs again, and all was right with the world.  [kidding...  kind of.]

Then 6 years went by in the blink of an eye.  Tonight my son was riding around on one of his sister's toys chatting, "I'll be 6 in first grade, then I'll be 7 in second grade, then I'll be 8 in third grade, then I'll be 9 in fourth grade, then I'll be 10....   Oh please, please, please stop talking child.  Mommy's not ready.  Happy Birthday Baby.

Supergirl!

Imagine him 10 yrs from now...

Five years ago:

5/15/10:

First watermelon of the year - 5/14/10:

Five years ago....The cast!  Who could forget the cast? 

Mom's Day card (it's a flower vase!):

Speech Therapy - "Mmmmm's" 

Then:

And now (duck towel!):

Five years ago:

 

And now....Practicing his "But I really really WANT ice cream" look:

5/7/10

 

 

Nobody puts Baby in the corner

1981? With random child and Dog: