Happy Birthday Nicholas

December 8, 2005

There you were peanut. First one on the scene.

And then you were one,

and two,


and three,

and four,

And now you are five.

When we talk about you Nicholas, we are often confounded these days by your energy, your inquisitiveness, and your will. You watch and then you do, and it is amazing to take in. You watched me make scrambled eggs once, after that you could just do it. You are an explosion of energy, sometimes without focus sometimes focused to the point of tuning out the world around you. You are independent. Your memory is a trap. You have your father's artistic ability, no doubt. You can sit and draw for an hour making a copy of something out of a book or making up something from memory. You are amazing. Happy Birthday.