Category Archives: Then and Now

Then & Now: Rock On With Your Bad Self

11 Monday Mar 2013

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Then:  Finn showing (Dad’s) love for Roger Waters and the rest of Pink Floyd in January, 2011.  He was so sweet, and just twenty months old.  Grandpa Tom had just gotten him his very first Thomas the Train set; now it has ballooned into a ginormous collection needing multiple bins and can sprawl throughout the entire third floor.

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Now:  Alice showing (Dad’s) love for Roger Waters and the rest of Pink Floyd in February, 2013 at fourteen months.  Yep, I put the shirt and skinny jeans on her, but the headband and the gold flats are all her.  I never realized that a one-year-old would have a preference for one pair of shoes over the other.  She is such a girl.  And totally wins in the category of Best Accessorizing.

Then & Now: Road Trips

10 Monday Dec 2012

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Then: Finny, a few weeks shy of his first birthday, snoozing away while we trucked it across the country.

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Now: Alice, a few days shy of her first birthday, snoozing away while we trucked it across the country. I cannot get over how much bigger she is than Finn.

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Ugly Babies

02 Friday Nov 2012

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Yes, I am on a little break, but I could not resist sharing this with you.  Wolf, I cry.

Whilst looking for a copy of our home inspection report, I stumbled across something that made me choke I was laughing so hard.  It was totally pity-laughter.  Pity for myself.  Because I was oh-so blinded by love.

Recap:  I make ugly babies.  Ugly babies that turn out to be the most adorable children EVER, but they don’t start out that way.  Alice was pretty cute, as newborns go.  Finn?  Yeah, not so much.

Feast your eyes on this train wreck:

Go ahead, click on the picture to see him in all his “glory.”  I remember when we got the proofs back when we were still in the hospital and thinking that they weren’t good enough to part with thirty bucks for, which is sad.  Pretty pathetic, actually.

Holy lord, just look at my poor little man.  Bulgy eyes, double chin…  Cross eyed in at least one of them.

He got really super cute just a few weeks later.  And even cuter a few months later.  I promise.  See?

And for those of you who knew me back then; I have a message for you.  Y’all are a bunch of damn dirty liars.  “Oh, he is so cute,” you say?  Liar.  You know you made the “yikes” face as soon as soon as you turned around, admit it.

That’s okay, though.  I forgive you all.  Because he’s totally a lady-killer now.

Then and Now: Best Seat in the House

06 Friday Jul 2012

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Then: Me and my dad, on the 4th of July, wearing an outfit my mom made especially for the day.

Cool shades, Dad. How very 1984.

Now: Alice and her dad, on the 4th of July, wearing an outfit I made especially for the day.

Seriously, is she not adorable??  I know everyone thinks that their children are the cutest things ever, but mine really are.  Except for maybe that hair, my sweet little girl. Not your best.  But it will grow in.  (That is the same thing I have been telling your dad for ten years, but I really mean it with you.)

A Very Merry Un-Birthday to You, Alice!

15 Friday Jun 2012

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I cannot get over that this was you six months ago, Alice…

And now, you’re practically going off to college.

Oh, my sweet little lady… At this moment in time, you are the most perfect little girl I have ever known. You love to laugh and giggle, you sleep like a baby (probably because you are), and you have the most adorable little rollie pollie thighs; eight tiny, squeezable rolls of fat for your dad and I to squish every time we can.

You have always had the sweetest personality. I have never seen such a spunky, cheerful baby in all my life, and what’dya know? You’re mine! I am so glad that you have not taken after me in this respect. I am a total spaz and always have been.

Right now, all of your hair is falling out, and lighter new hair is coming in. I’m not sure why you have a giant bald spot on one side of your head, but I think it is because you are pulling your hair out with your right hand while you suck your left thumb. You are definitely rockin’ the “Reverse Old Man” bald ring around your head, too. Dad likes to call it your “Crypt Keeper Hair” which is, unfortunately, a very fitting description. But lemme tell you, girl… No one has looked so good with such bad hair.

We are gearing up to start feeding you fruits and veggies in the next few days. I’m thinking roasted sweet potatoes might be your first meal, but we may decide to start you on avocados or bananas. I am going to try to make baby food for you, like I swore I would do with your brother, but never had the energy to do.

You also love to take showers with me! You try to grab at the shower spray and put your mouth in the water and lap it up like a little puppy. Oh! It is so cute, but your dad thinks that our water isn’t very healthy for you. (Have I told you, he is a spaz, too?)

Now you are sitting up all by your little lonesome. You also roll around like a little bead of water, which terrifies me when I look away for five seconds and you have already rolled out of sight and under the dining room table. You also love to blow raspberries. And my least favorite thing you do? You are pulling out all the hair from the nape of my neck. If one of us is going bald, we both will, huh?

I hope one day, you will have a baby as wonderful as you are now. I love you, Princess Backfat.

Love,

Mom