Though Turner's limbs have been stretching in length an inch at a time for the past several months, Mabel's growth seems to happen in this gradual way. We look over tonight--all of us doing something to get dinner ready and on the table--and Mabel is noticeably taller. So, we measure her. She's patient to stand, heels to the wall and her head stretched tall, just as she saw brother do it moments before. He grew 0.75" in two months. Mabel grew an inch in a month.
As she steps away from the wall, her height documented by a blue pen, Turner shouts with astonished laugher--“She’s shooting up like a rocket"--as he mimics a taking off motion slapping his palms together. Indeed. Before us, we watch you grow.
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