The theme over at I Heart Faces this week is hats, and I immediately thought of this photo.
An old childhood friend of mine gave Max the sailor suit when he was born. I used to regularly dress Max up in it and do photo shoots, just for fun. I needed stuff to comfort me that first long year after Max was born, when we knew he was at risk for such terrible things. Making him look impossibly, ridiculously cute helped.
He outgrew the suit soon enough, but the hat stuck around. For years, whenever my mother and sister visited, they delighted in putting it on him. Max is six now, and that hat is still in the top drawer of his bureau. It doesn't fit, but every once in a while I prop it on his head or on a teddy bear's, and we both giggle.
Oh my, how stinkin' adorable! I realize he is six now, but I could totally scoop him up and smother him with a bazillion kisses. I'm sure he'd hate it, but he's so daggone irrisistable.
ReplyDeleteLOL, that is so adorable!
ReplyDeleteOh, how sweet!! I love this picture, I am hoping you have it framed, because it is darn cute!!
ReplyDeleteI love this picture....
ReplyDeleteOh such a cute picture of Max. His smile is so cute.
ReplyDeleteMax is so adorable. That hat looks great on teddy too.
ReplyDeleteThank you a million times for posting my favorite picture of all time!!! I will never forget how unbelievably adorable Max looked in that sailor outfit and I will never let you get rid of that hat!!! He was, and still is, the yummiest boy!!!
ReplyDeleteHe's still ridiculously, impossibly cute. The smile makes the hat.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute photo! My husband gets so made when I put hats on Jude, but I love em!!!
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