Max's Fun Stuff

Whom does Max look most like?

Deep Thoughts

"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body."
-- sent by both Eliana Colunga and Karen Wynn (colleagues)

"My favorite photo is 'sany2124qtr' (which is a much better name than say 'maxwell sleeping')."
-- Jim Hoeffner (grad school buddy)

"We're all so grateful to technology and great surgeons and doctors, without whom neither Max, nor I, nor thousands of others would even be alive today. Enjoy your baby. The difficulties magnify the dearness. I leave you with this thought: 'The birth of a baby is the birth of joy, and of sorrow.'"
-- Jeanie Rothenmaier (Max's great aunt)

"It's been a long time since I've wished so hard for poops to come out."
-- Mike VanElzakker (CU research assistant)

"Max hasn't pooped yet? I pooped right away when I was a baby, lots and lots of poop!"
-- Cousin Toshio, 5 years old

"Good things come to those who wait. Be patient."
-- Yuko's fortune days before giving birth.

"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon."
-- sent by Jen Saffran (colleague)

Kids who have had health problems since birth generally accept their conditions better than the parents, because it's just a natural part of their lives and who they are.
-- Auntie Naoko

"Max just gets cuter and cuter every day. He also seems to take Randy very seriously. You'll have to do something about that ;P"
-- Eliana Colunga

"Max IS the cutest baby in the world!"
-- Everyone!

"You're lucky he got Yuko's looks."
-- Seth Herd (Randy's former grad student)

"As Max gets cuter and cuter each day, he is also looking more and more like Daddy!"
-- Randy

"Welcome to the shortest years and longest days of your lives."
-- Jenn & Steve Blessing, on Max's arrival home

"It was great to get to see y'all a few days ago. I'm glad to see that Max is real and you haven't been making all of this up for attention."
-- Mike VanElzakker

Favorite nicknames for Max

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