May 17th

Our special days are all sevens and seventeens.
Today is Youngest's birthday.
He is seventeen.



Let's see if I can come up with 17 things about Youngest.

1. He has the darkest eyes I've ever seen. He was born with blackbrown eyes and we were amazed.
2. He's dark all the way around, actually, and he can have dark moods too.
3. But he's also the most enthusiastic person I've ever met.
4. He works hard for his good grades at school.
5. K was hoping for a baby in the middle of May - hence, Youngest.
6. He has a sweet-tooth.
7. He has overcome physical adversity without ever making an issue of it.
8. He's developed a wonderful sense of humor.
9. He loves all things Japanese.
10. He has beautiful long fingers and is terrible about clipping his nails.
11. Youngest is a gamer.
12. But he enjoys free-running too so I don't worry so much about all the computer time.
13. He is too terribly serious about things.
14. He has a distinct taste in music.
15. We can hardly believe that he doesn't care much for cheese.
16. He will be a tender, good-natured, loving spouse.
17. The four of us are continuously proud of him.

Turns out, that wasn't hard at all.
Happy Day, Dear Youngest. I'm looking forward to your cake tonight!