Max, November 30th, 8 months, 2 weeks
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Monday Max – Countdown to Christmas, 7 days to go
Max, 8 months, 2 weeks
Monday Max – Elf Pajamas
Max, November 30th, 2011, 8 months, 2 weeks
Now for some “Countdown to Christmas with Max”! Max was quite enthralled with the large gold Christmas ornament at the studio. It’s hard to believe that we’re almost at the 9 month mark!
Archive of the Day – Suprise Smile
Max, August 13, 2011, 5 months
One of the joys of taking Max shopping – looking down and being greeted by such a smile!
Archive of the Day- Dozing
Max, April 1, 2011, 2 weeks 5 days
Sleeping at home for the first time.
Archive of the Day – One Eye Open
Max, March 25th, 2011, 11 days
Don’t be fooled – he saw what you did there.
Monday Max – Stinking Cute
Max, October 6th, 2011, 6 months 3 weeks
We’ve never had the opportunity to get professional photos done. Honestly, it was more vanity on my part – I didn’t want to pay large sums of money to capture my little preemie with his oxygen cannula taped to his face. Professional pictures are supposed to give us some normalcy and anyone with a preemie knows it’s not a normal time.
We finally gave in to a local studio promotion – as it is a chain store, I figured we’d get two or three good poses. $400 later, and we have prints and copyright ownership of all of them. They are all adorable, but this one is my favorite.
And, yes, that is the same ducky that kept him company in his isolette during his NICU stay.
Archive of the Day – Hurry Up and Fix It!!!
Max, March 22, 2011, 8 days
Max hated having a soiled diaper. He would fuss and carry on until he was cleaned up. His body language in this picture demonstrates his distress. It also didn’t help that he swam in the preemie sized diapers.
Archive of the Day – Monkey Feet!
Max, March 20th, 2011, 6 days
Putting Max in clothes was a pretty big deal. I had stocked up on “0-3” size outfits initially, thinking it was pointless to buy anything “newborn” as he would only wear it for a short time. When we were told he was IUGR and not growing, I picked up more “newborn” outfits. When we were able to dress Max, it became very clear that I could fit two of him in a newborn sized outfit. I sent my husband down to the hospital gift shop where I had spotted this tiny outfit in preemie size. He brought it, we washed it, and dressed Max up in his first outfit – and became aware that even the preemie size was too big. Needless to say. he wore preemie sized clothes for his first 6 weeks of life, and newborn size until he was 4 months old. Now at 6 1/2 months, his 13.5 pound frame is in the “3-6” month sizes!
Archive of the Day – Room Air!
Max, March 19th, 2001, 5 days
Max’s NICU stay was a roller coaster – a small roller coaster, but one nonetheless. At birth, he was on oxygen, then laer that afternoon off, but couldn’t maintain his oxygen saturation, so back on, then off after a few days. At the time of this picture, he was off, but then went on to develop apnea of prematurity, and was placed back on the oxygen and started on daily caffeine.
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