because we see him everyday, it’s sometimes difficult to tell just how quickly odin is growing. sure, everybody knows that most everybody grows and it’s all trite and everything, but to me it was just yesterday that his feet were barely bigger than a nickel, so i still reserve the right to be surprised at how, in what seems to be just a few days, he has grown enough so that his feet rest very firmly on the rung of the a chair that’s halfway to the floor!

i sat in shock and awe, trying to imagine what the day would be like when we sat for breakfast and his feet touched the ground for the very first time. suddenly that day seems not so far away.