This was taken just a few months ago, like literally a month before M&Mwas born. I can't pinpoint what it is exactly that makes me love this picture, but perhaps it could be the fact that Peach's face is all but completely covered, Brownie is chillin' in her Dora hat and Bug looks as if she's done something ornery and is running away from the scene. That, and I just adore snow pictures.
This picture is not too far back having been taken a few weeks after M&M's birth. I simply love the delicious position she is in. Of course she concocted this contortion all on her own.
Ah, this one tugs at the heart strings. Here is a 13 month old Peach getting ready to lay on on her new baby sister Brownie. True love from the start.
This one just captures that sweet time I had with Peach. This was one of the last days I had as a mom of one girl (ie, I wasn't preggo yet).
This picture says a lot! Taken shortly before or after Brownie's arrival (I'm not sure which) one can see that my sweet little girl, Peach, is eating chocolate, probably late at night--that doesn't happen anymore. That white paper behind her has a recipe on it. When I was new to mothering and being a wife, I used to spend quite a lot of my time on allrecipes.com looking for the most awesome concoctions on the planet. I would then simply print them off and take them to the kitchen to cook. If we liked the dish, I kept the paper in a file-- if we didn't much care for the dish I would simply toss the paper. And this my friends is where I got the majority of the recipes I cook with today-- having tweaked them over time to oficially call them my own now. If you look a bit deeper in the picture you'll see glasses sitting out on the counter--we don't even use those anymore. They might be in our cabinets or we may have sold them in a garage sale. I'm not really sure. The last little thing in there-- you see that slice of orange sitting next to the glasses? That would be a container of Clorox wipes-- which I now know better not to use (very often). OH HOW FAR I'VE COME!!
I just love how Bug looks in these pictures. She's folded and scrunched like she's still in the womb-- and I just love it when babies do this. She was a mere 2-3 days old in these pictures.
Oh, sweet Brownie kissing on her baby sis. Brownie was about 15-16 months old and Bug was the
Another heart strings tugger. A 3 month old Peach sits nestled against her daddy. Doesn't this picture just scream, Daddy is comfort!"
I love how a little newborn Brownie has her head popping out of this sea of blanket. And I love her hair and cheeks.
Peach as a newborn. Brownie as a newborn.
Bug as a newborn. M&M as a newborn.
Bug as a newborn. M&M as a newborn.
So for those of you asking, "Did they all have so much hair when they were born?" now you know. Yes, my children came out looking like they were in the wig business while still in utero!
Here we have Brownie and Bug at about 3 weeks old wearing the same outfit. I've always loved posing them in the same outfits at about the same age just to see similarities. And while it's easy to see that Bug is the most different looking among my 4 kiddos (even though she's still very similar looking), here I think there's quite the resemblance.
And here we are with each girl shortly before turning 4 months. While the bookends (Peach and M&M) appear to have not lost an ounce of hair, it's plain to see that the books (Brownie and Bug) hit the 3 1/2 month mark and started to sport the bald look. So I'm guessing that M&M will continue to look like a little Elvis baby with her awesome, dark hair. Do you notice how Peach and M&M have those lines coming down from the bridge of their noses to outline their plump cheeks; yet, Brownie and Bug have smooth skin? How funny-- I've never noticed this until now.
Okay, my mood has improved. My children are totally sweet-- while I know this, I just needed a little reminder. Man, I'm so glad that I'm a compulsive picture-taker of such sweet subjects. How fun this trip has been!
