Five

At 9:07 pm February 1, 2002, (just the day before yesterday! really!), he was 5 minutes old and he looked like this:

Now, he's a big boy:

Writing, almost reading, having adventures, painting, swimming, trying to skate, helping me cook, riding his bike, making jokes, eating like there's no tomorrow, wiping his own butt, playing computer games, dancing, using his words, jumping, laughing, whining, being silly, having (strong) opinions, snuggling, being his own special, loving and loveable, self.

It all goes so fast. Zoom! And then he's five.

Happy birthday, sweet boy. I love you so much. You make me very happy.