From this weekend's visit home, a picture of my father and me, with our respective babies:
You recognize SteelyKid, I hope. The fuzzy yellow guy is Bodie, my parents' new Labrador Retriever puppy. Bodie is one day older than SteelyKid, and true to his Labrador breeding, he's a born experimentalist, running around the house giving everything an exploratory bite or two. You can even see him eying SteelyKid:
He's thinking "I could totally eat that."
And, of course, as a puppy, he maintains an unassailable dignity at all times, even when sleeping:
OK, maybe not so much with the dignity thing.
More like this
[Scene: Dinner at Chateau SteelyPips. DADDY is starting to say something about his day at work, when STEELYKID interrupts.]
STEELYKID: If you eat too many hot dogs, you'll turn into a hot dog!
Long-time readers will remember that I used to do weekly kid-blogging, posting pictures of SteelyKid with a reference animal, Appa the sky-bison from the Avatar cartoon.
In the car, on the way from day care to campus to watch a softball game
DADDY: So, what did you do at school today?
STEELYKID: Daddy, I'm a superhero. They call me Strong Ninja Girl. Strong World-Saving Ninja Girl.
DADDY: Because you save the world?
SteelyKid was born five years ago today. I'd try to be clever and schedule this for exactly five years to the minute of her time of birth, but I've mercifully forgotten exactly when the delivery was, only that it was early in the morning after a very, very long night.
So is Bodie your little brother by adoption? That makes him SteelyKid's adopted uncle! When he's eyeing SteelyKid, I get the feeling he's more interested in stealing her pacifier to chew on and eat rather than SteelyKid herself.
Heh. We acquired a couple of Savannah kittens (and their mom) recently. I was reminded of the Kitten Code (as formulated by Jordin}: If it moves, bite it. If it doesn't move bite it anyway. My addendum; ...because it might move later.
SteelyKid is lovely as ever -- to my eye she begins to resemble Kate. And the puppy is really cute. Kittens sleep like that too,
MKK
I am glad to see your use of the all important "football" carry for babies. Really, I have 4 kids and this is the best way to carry babies. Very unlikely to fumble.