the tall one

We spent some time in Naperville yesterday visiting the family. It was cold outside, so all the kids retreated to Barb and Kevin's basement to run around and play. It's an unfinished basement, so it's not like a rumpus room or anything, but all the cousins were perfectly happy running around in circles and shrieking at each other. Funny how that works.

Anyway, in the course of our time in the basement, we found a growth chart that dates back to when they moved to Illinois. We managed to wrangle a very sweaty Liam away from running with his cousins for just a minute to stand next to it.

I know it's hard to read, but according to the marks on the wall, Liam is taller now, at age 13, than Mike was in 1992, at age 18! I mean, we knew he was tall, but this is still pretty amazing. Side note: Liam's age is the same as his shoe size, and I definitely hope that trend doesn't continue!