Chubba Bubba!

Day 189:

Wow Conor!  Getting down onto the floor with you this evening and working with you on some of the tummy-time drills struck me with a big surprise; your belly is now so big, that you can rock back and forth on it!  Considering only 6 months ago you weren't four pounds and now you're pushing fifteen, it's truly remarkable to see how much you grow EVERY DAY!

In fact, while observing this I just had to prop you up in a chair to watch your development in front of my eyes.  That belly actually works as a support system!  It was working close to holding your head up!  It's true, Son.  You're growing strong, getting big, and laughing often, and it's just so much fun to watch...

Today is officially the first day of Summer, meaning it's the longest day of the year at the peak of the Summer Solstice.  Not only that, this year the longest day of the year also happens to coincide with the hottest day of the year with heat indexes of 105 degrees!  You know what I like to do when it's 105 degrees outside?  The same thing that YOU like to do; take my shirt off!  There we were Son; a pair of big ole' Yerkes bellies out there in the open for the ceiling fans to cool...  I've never been more proud of this embarrassing gut then to compare it to yours!  Though maybe I'll work on losing mine when you start to lose yours as you grow taller and not wider...

That belly is one to behold... Each and ever centimeter of that belly has been earned, Boy'O, and I'm as proud of it as I am of you!  Just maybe not so proud of my own...

I love you, Lion Heart.
-Dad