Hasses aren't only avocados.

Every time we look at you we're astounded by how big you are. The clothes you once drowned in, are now too tight on you. You can now sit on Pater's arm without lolling around like a, well, um, a new born baby. Truly you have turned into a giant Avocado Hass. Perhaps we should rename you Avocado Anaheim or Avocado Fuerte which dwarf the smaller Hass specie?

But far from being proud of your rapid growth, I got worried. Are you growing too quickly? The words of friends with older kids began ringing in my ears:

"Enjoy them while you can, it won't last forever"

"They grow up so fast"

"Before you know it she'll be leaving home"

How long will it be before you're too big for me to pick up and hold? You now bathe in a seat in the bath but how long before you outgrow that? Any minute now you're going turn to me and hiss those words every Pater dreads, "Dad, go away, you're embarassing me!"

But just before I passed out from anxiety, Mater came to the rescue and showed me some recent photos and a video that showed you're just not that big. I'm relieved; you may be bigger than when you were born three months ago but you're still my little Hass Avocado.

Avocado Jnr and her cousin (older by a year)

Avocado Jnr and Ursula the Bear

Avocado Jnr on Grandma Toronto's sofa