Ryan’s “Birthday Suit”

A couple of years ago, Rara bought Ryan a very handsome navy pinstriped suit, size 12. We started referring to it as Ryan’s “Deacon Suit,” assuming that he would wear it when he turned 12 and became a deacon. With Ryan’s swimming, particularly his butterfly, he has really developed broad shoulders and chest, and muscular arms. One day about a year ago as we were going through his closet taking out clothes he had outgrown, we came across the suit. He tried it on, and it fit! (Yes, size 12 at age 10.) He has worn it for about a year, and has recently started to outgrow it – again, mostly in the arms and shoulders.

For Ryan’s birthday this year, Rara and Papa bought him a new suit – in a size 14! He was concerned about the size, afraid that he is chubby. For those of you who see Ryan in person, you will know that he is anything but chubby! We always chuckle at his basketball games when we see all of the kids his age in tank tops. Most kids his age are pretty lanky and scrawny, especially in the chest, shoulders and arms. Ryan has the upper body of someone a few years older. It will be interesting to see how his upper body looks once he hits puberty!