My littlest turned 5 this month. It's hard to believe that I am even typing that! Where in the world did the years go?! I know that everyone says that but it's because it's true. The years are just whizzing by - faster every year it seems. On the morning of Finnian's 5th birthday, I let him sleep in (that should be everyone's first present in my opinion). When he woke up I sang to him and we snuggled and talked for like an hour. It was a huge gift for me too, by the way. Finally, we got moving and while we were having breakfast and getting dressed we took some pictures with my Fuji Instax to commemorate the big day.
Recently, my Mom gave me my original birth certificate so I brought it out and showed it to Finnian. He got a kick out of my tiny footprints and we compared our feet now to the prints. I told him the story about the day he was born (a personal favorite thing of both boys actually). He showed me how his legs were so much longer now. His hands, feet and brain are also all bigger too in case you were wondering.
Tonight as he was going to bed I said "I can't believe that one day you'll be as big as me or even bigger!". He got this huge smile and said, "when I get big I'm going to cook Sayer only salad and me, chicken, noodles and cake!". Ah, sibling rivalry love...I told him that when he was a grown up we could go do grown up things together too. He said, "like what?" and while I was saying things like movies, dinner, trips places...he chimed in, "and go see a loud band!". That's a boy after my own heart!
So, how about you guys this Friday? Any favorite shots to share? Post links to them in the comments section below or in the Favorite Shot Friday Flickr Pool.