This is my friend Gabe and his wife Brooke,
Looking at this picture, I am sure you are wondering if Brooke is really short or if Gabe is really tall. Well Brooke is not short and she is wearing heels in this picture, so if you guessed Gabe is really tall, then you would be correct.
{On a side note, do you think its creepy that I stole this picture off facebook and am blogging about my friends without their knowledge or consent? I hope not!}
Yes Gabe is really tall, I think something like 6 foot 9 inches. The first time I had contact with Brooke, she called me on the phone because me and Jered were looking for a small group to join and they were starting one up so she just called a few couples names that the church gave her to introduce herself. The church had a lunch for people interested in small groups coming up that Sunday and she wanted to tell me that her and her husband would be there and hoped to meet us. Then she told me I would know who they were because her husband is seven feet tall. She was right! I could pick him out as soon as we walked in the door! I am very glad she called because we have loved being in a group with them and are great friends now.
But back to Gabe. I am pretty sure everywhere he goes and anyone he meets has something to say along the lines of "Wow, you are really tall!" {maybe some are more cleaver, but thats all I could come up with at the moment} when they first meet him. I haven't asked him if this ever gets annoying. {I hope not because if it does, he might also consider it annoying that I am writing about him on my blog!} But I will next time I see him, because I can now understand what that is like.
Hutton is a big boy! I am aware of this fact, but to me he is completely normal, actually perfect, so I don't think to notice how big he is. But everyone else we see in public does seem to notice how big he is!
I felt like this picture of him and Jered was a good comparison to show you how big he is.
I guess it is just funny to me that everyone notices! I always just say something like "yes, he's always been big" and then I usually end up having a conversation with a stranger about my child's abnormal size.
It really doesn't bother me, it is just something I have never experienced because I have always just been average size, so random strangers don't start conversations with me because of my size. Its something Gabe is totally able to relate to though!
Another funny thing about it is that many times it is someone making the comment that I wouldn't really think had any knowledge on average baby size. So ho do they know that mine happens to be huge? Like the cashiers at random stores who are 18 year old guys. I would expect it from other moms or grandmothers or even dads, but the high school age boys, who would have thought?
Maybe they have baby brothers or sisters, who knows?
And just to keep you up to date on the actual size of my baby, he had to go to the doctor on Tuesday and weighed 29 pounds 12.8 ounces. That doesn't sound so big, but I guess he carries all that weight in a particularly big way!
You know its hard to say if Hutton will always be big. {Well its actually impossible to say because no one can tell the future!} Both me and Jered would definitely fall into the average category, but I do want to remember what it is like to walk around with a giant baby and have everyone want to talk to me about it!
When they find out he is only 14 {almost 15} months old, then they are really surprised! I think next time someone asks I am going to tell them he is only 10 months old and see what happens!
This could turn out to be really funny!
