Then and Now.

We've been a busy bunch around here, so this post has been in the works for a couple of weeks.

Last year on Fathers Day Rafael received a hand made card from Max. Okay, maybe not really from Max. Kids from a local elementary school had volunteered their creative skills and made Father's Day cards from the NICU babies to their dads. It was very sweet. Inside the card the nurses included Max's foot and hand prints taken soon after he was born. Some of the foot prints had been made into magnets that now live on our fridge. They're tiny. We pulled one of the magnets off of the fridge on Father's Day of this year and marveled at how gigantic Max had become. We decided to make new prints of his hands and feet so we could frame them together and have a wonderful keepsake. While I was at it I decided to snap some photos of other tiny mementos with their now giant counterparts. Our peanut is a giant!

Yes...that is a penny for scale!

When Max was born we could have fit two of him into that tiny onesie. The tag says 3-5 lbs. He was nearly 2 months old before he fit into it.

That little white rectangle was Max's very first diaper (okay, not *the* actual diaper). When he was born it hung down to his knees.

That little blue and white dog hung out in Max's NICU crib for months. That's about how big he was when he was born - although not quite so fluffy. 

And the fifth installment in the "Max grows" saga.