When I was pregnant with Gavin, a friend of ours asked me if he could one day invest in our child. Huh?! Yeah, that's right, invest! You see, this friend of ours wasn't as tall as Kurt or me, for that matter. He was just about 5'7"; not short by any means...but short if you're a Curran or a Summerhays! ;) This friend also married a lovely lady that happened to be 5 inches shorter than he! They had a few children; all on the small side. But this friend put those kids immediately into sports: soccer, football...whatever was coming up next! They did have some speed, that is true; but they didn't have the one thing their Daddy wanted: height!
So you see, he knew that since I am 5'10" and Kurt at 6'4"...we'd for sure grow some tall ones. And by tall, he was thinking 'professional football or basketball player' tall. So he wanted to invest in these future all-stars! :) Well, so far the boys have stuck to family tradition and kept the height thing going.
Here are their latest stats:
Gavin - 6yr.6mo:
Height: 51.25" - 97th%
Weight: 51lbs. - 59th% (we all know this fluctuates week-to-week for him; poor Gav) :(
Ryan - 5yr.3mo.:
Height: 49" - 97th%
Weight: 53lbs. - 85th% (we all know this does NOT fluctuate week-t0-week) :)
Wow...the "little" brother really isn't so little anymore (Not that he ever was little). In fact, these boys resemble their Uncle Connie and Uncle Seanie so much as kids. Conn was tall and solid (Ryan); Sean tall and thin (Gavin). And my boys kind of fight like Sean and Conn used to! :)
Hopefully these boys will grow up to be all-stars; but in whatever field they choose. They are good boys and I love them. I just won't love it so much when they pass me up in height; and we know that'll only be a few years away.
