Weise's World

Yesterday I happened upon a folder on one of the computers that seemed out of place - My Videos but not in the Documents folder it was on my desktop! It was from one of my old harddrives that was dying and I copied it to the new computer so I would finish backing them up onto DVD... I opened up the folder and watched some of the videos and it really made me reflect back over the past 4 years and the adventure since I became I single father... What a ride it has been and how Christian has changed over the years! I still look at him as this little kid but he has grown so much (literally and figuratively).

The first video I saw was when he was 4 years old after Grandpa and I built part of his play structure and he came home to the surprise of getting it and some other videos of him playing at the playground with Zach... I looked at how tiny he was back then, some baby fat around the belly, chubby cheeks - but still inquisitive and independent.

   
  
My how things have changed.  Slender, athletic, grown up (going from around 3 feet to being slightly over 4 feet 4 inches). These days he's still inquisitive but he's not as cautious as he was back then. He's more confident now. I've really noticed a big change in his attitude this year. Listening better to teachers and coaches but still making things fun. He tries hard to do the right thing and is hard on himself when he doesn't.

  

Another change I've noticed is, believe it or not, in his hair... For the first couple of years I kept his hair long. For the past 2 years we've kept it shorter and it's been a nice change. This year, though, there is a physical change in the amount of blonde he has in his hair and it looks great. When he was younger he had a patch of blond hair on his left side over the summer and then his hair was mostly brown. At least to me it was more brown then blonde but I suppose technically he has "blonde" hair. This year he has a streaked or frosted appearance in his hair that I'm sure some adults would pay a ton of money for     It looks great and it's all natural...


It's actually hard to find a good picture of his hair as the light and the way it comes into the camera changes it... This is close though... Loving it!