Incorporating Crypto++ Library

I have a question about crypto++ Library. I needed to implement aes encryption for my task at work. Decided to use this library. It is quite heavy when you build it. The lib turns out to be approximately 46MB. I was wondering if there is some easier way to implement the AES encryption without "reinventing the wheel". Or if you do use this library at work how do you maintain it at git or svn?

Thanks for the answers.