Big Foot

This is a picture of AJ's foot next to mine for perspective. When I look at this, I am totally floored by the fact that he is a 7 month old and has a foot that is half the size of mine. Did I mention that he is a seven month old baby?? My mom predicts that AJ one day will grow to be 6'8'' tall, and when I see things like this, I think she might be right.

All the cool moms are buying their babies Robeez or Pedipeds, these soft shoes that cost $30 a pair for babies. So far, AJ does not own a single pair of shoes because we figured it wasn't worth spending the money on them when he isn't walking yet and will outgrow them so quickly anyway (um, probably in a week at the rate his feet are growing...) The other day I was walking through the mall with AJ and was tempted by the siren song of a pair of Robeez shoes with little whales on them, so I went into the store and had his foot measured. Imagine my shock when his feet were too big for the baby shoes, even in the 18-24 month size. Joe would say this is the universe's way of protecting me from spending money on a pair of shoes for a child who does not walk yet.