it wasn't so long ago that my leachie, spud, could sit on my thumb, and wasn't much bigger than it himself. here he is, back when i got him in october 2005:




and here is my man now, weighing in at a nice 172 grams :









we look forward to the day that his little girlfriend is big enough to live with him and make some baby giants. got about another 2 years or so to go though before she's ready. oooh the agony of waiting...