Kudzu is a vine that sometimes "grows" in the South. And when I write "grows" what I mean is "appears, eats your house, and has to be beaten back with surface-to-air missiles." Kudzu can grow a foot in one day, and can reach 100 feet in length per plant. Also, according to the ever-reliable Wikipedia, its leaflets are "pubescent underneath with hairy margins." I don't know what that means, but it sounds scary.
Iain has a similar growth habit. Starting at 9 lbs, 15 ounces, he is now (at 7 weeks): 12 pounds 11 ounces, 23 3/4 inches long, and...
SMILING!
[don't get too excited - he's smiled about 4 times.]
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