I wanted to write a little about Ollie while he is still so fresh in my mind. this post is mostly for me, so I can go back and re-read it when the details get foggy… He was so beautiful. and he was TALL! most babies at 16 weeks gestation are 4.57 inches (average) and Ollie measured in at 7 inches! In that respect he looked like an older baby than he was. He was long on his Ultrasound too 23mm at 8 weeks gestation. his growth in the 8 weeks that followed was AMAZING. Ollie looked so much like Josh. He has his nose and cheeks, but my chin… maybe my ears too, they were pretty small like mine. In the hospital I asked Josh what his favorite part of Ollie was and he said his little hands. they were fragile, his fingers were about the width of a straight pin. He had a long torso, like his Aunt Rachel has. My favorite part was his tiny feet i think… I think his baby toe was the smallest thing I have ever seen… about half the size of one tiny piece of Nerds candy. so tiny. One of my other favorite parts was his little tounge… if you tilted his chin to open his mouth, you could see inside and it was so small, maybe something about the size of half a Skittle MIGHT have been able to fit his mouth. you could also see his tiny little ribs and sternum, they were perfectly outlined. he looked perfectly healthy, which makes it so much harder to believe that he will never grow. even the kids’ armpit was cute for heaven’s sake! I’m sure all parents feel that way, but he truly was breathtaking.