If there ever was a word I had to use to describe you, my sweet Adrian, it would be
fearless.
You have always been fearless but it wasn't until the last couple of weeks that I've come to terms on how fearless you truly are. At five years old you have gotten on a big boy roller coaster. The same one your brother got on about five years back. This summer you surprised me by jumping into an 8ft deep pool and swimming to the edge, floating in the middle of it, swimming to the bottom to touch the floor, and swimming back to the 4ft deep end of it. You even tried attempting doing back flip into the pool but I drew the line at that. While at the beach you got on boogie board and rode the waves just like your big brother did. A few months back we signed you up for Taekwondo and you got your yellow belt three months in. One day during class you walked in to older kids doing hand stands and very quietly you sat and observed only to mimic their movements and succeeding at a handstand several minutes later. Of course that I was not expecting that so my heart skipped a beat, or two I think, and lucky for you I caught it on camera.
You look up to your big brother so much. As well your daddy. You are without a doubt the younger version of your daddy when it comes to his personality. Your brother definitely is your hero which I find that to be adorable, until you start picking up his bad habits which is a big no no. You both have your own rooms yet you sleep in the same bed each night. You fight with each other all day long but you both go the extra mile to defend one another when you get in trouble or are being picked on by others. You are super caring and thoughtful and always think of him when he is not around. If we got to a store you make sure to get things for you and him and if you are eating you save him a piece of whatever that is. Unless is a donut, then you eat yours, his, and any leftovers. Your donut addiction has not changed one bit.
This school year you started Kindergarten and I have to admit that I am both excited and terrified. Excited because you are so smart my sweet boy and you are a fast learner so I have no doubt that you will succeed in school. Yet I'm terrified because you have a very strong personality (you take after daddy in that department like I mentioned earlier) which means that you want things done your way and on your time. You're known to be the class clown and well that means you'll likely be disrupting the class so I'm just praying that you are past that stage.
In regards to height and weight you have been having quite the growth spur the past year and a half. I don't know what you and your brother have been eating lately but if you both keep growing at the rate that you're going you will sure be a lot taller than your daddy. At five years old you are over 50lbs and are about 44 inches tall. I'm not sure where you fall in the growth chart but I remember that your pediatrician sent you for labs on your yearly check up due to the increase in weight compared to the year prior. Thankfully your labs were all normal and you just needed some vitamin D. Which brings me on noting that this was the first time you ever had to take medicine in a pill form and well it took several attempts. That was quite the experience and laugh.
You are less of a picky eater compared to what you were at 3 years old that's for sure. You eat more types of meats now and have even tried several types of seafood. Water and milk are your go to drink of choice, you're not a soda or juice kind of boy thank God. But you definitively have a sweet tooth. Actually you have always had it. You are sucker for chocolate and candy. I hate to admit it but in the last two years you've had seven cavities (I know go ahead and judge me, but if it helps Steven Jr has had 0 cavities in 12 years. You win some and lose some I guess).
Earlier this year you lost your two bottom teeth and they have grown in since. There has not been any signs of any loose teeth since then either. Funny story, the tooth fairy left you dollars under the pillow and you were so upset about it because you were expecting loose change instead. It took quite the while to convince you that dollars are better than loose change now all you want is dollars, no quarters allowed. That worked out well didn't it, NOT! For the next tooth you lost we put a DD gift under your pillow (because you know, we're parents of the year and we did not forget to get cash out) and well, as expected you didn't take that as well as we may have thought you would. So both of your tooth fairy experiences have not been what you have expected my sweet boy, I'm sorry for that.
Of course that I cannot forget to mention your beautiful curly hair. You have yet to get a big boy hair cut since birth and your hair now is down to your butt. We have all agreed, yourself included, to donate your hair but I'm not too sure how that works. Another thought is to even out your hair since you have different lengths right now then allow it to continue growing and donating it after but we will be donating it for sure, God willing.
Well my handsome boy I think that's it for your five years old update. I skipped your 4 years old update but we are back on track now. I pray tons of blessings over your life and I pray that God grants you a long healthy, happy, and peaceful life. I love you to the moon and back sweet Adrian. Thank you for bringing so much joy to our lives
Love Always,
Mommy
