Once upon a time, in June 2011, before Benjamin’s fungal infection made itself fully apparent, we were under the impression that he would be coming home soon. So with that in mind, my amazing family and friends threw me an awesome baby shower. The weird thing about having a baby shower when you have a preemie is that all of the cute little baby things look… huge. To keep this in proper perspective, in June 2011 Ben weighed less than 5.5lbs and was still wearing preemie clothes. So when I opened up clothes that were larger versions of preemie clothes he owned, I cracked up. I’m pretty sure everyone who was there thought I was either crazy or had had one too many cocktails. Thankfully, when Joe came home from the hospital later that evening and we sorted through our gifts, he found the giant versions of preemie clothes as funny- if not funnier- than I did.
Now, a year and a half and 16 pounds later, Benjamin can just fit into those 18 month versions of his preemie clothes. (Ben weighs over 21lbs right now- holy growth spurt batman!)
Growing slowly, but growing all the same.
This photo was taken in May of 2011 and Ben weighed 3.3lbs.
All About Benjamin 
He’s looking more and more like a little boy, not a baby, every day. My boys had that outfit too, so adorable. My little guy wears some 18 mos too, Ben is getting big! And those dimples, he’s going to be a real charmer.
Right? It’s weird sometimes I look at him and think “where did this boy come from? and why is he climbing up the couch?”
Good boy Benjamin. Keep on growing!!