Way back.

[ktlovely]

I refuse to post the rules. Basically? Everybody likes cute baby pictures. Go post yours!


According to my mother I was a smiley baby.

Too bad I didn't stay this cute.


Generic cute baby-finds-feet photo.


So apparently, my parents noticed that whenever they would drive into the parking structure of their building and it would get dark in the car, I would go all bug-eyed on them. Being engineers, they of course turned to science and experimented to see if I would do this all the time. This photo was obtained by placing my car seat in a lighted hallway, and then my dad quickly flipped the lights off and my mom snapped a picture. Lo and behold--wide-eyed baby. And now when I say "I was raised by two engineers," you can think of this.


I was apparently ecstatic about this. I actually own that chair now, although it's no longer orange velvet.


My first reaction to this was, "I still sleep like that!"


I do not, however, still sleep like this. And if you ever doubted nature vs. nurture--we have a photo of my sister also sleeping like this, though she was too young to ever have observed me doing so. Genetics + brain chemistry FTW! Anyway, my parents called it the "breaking the tape" pose, like a runner crossing the finish line, I guess.


Also in the category of "raised by engineers," when I say that they started us on computers early on, I mean it literally. I believe this was at one point sent to my grandmother with the caption, "Don't worry grandma, I'll show you!" or something equally nauseating.


I think this one might be my favorite.


And this is my mom's favorite. This I know is after we moved to Baroda, and Holly was walking, so I was at least three, maybe four. The rest, I believe, are all from when we still lived in Minnesota.


And lest it seem that I'm a total daddy's girl* and that I don't like...have a mother, here's a picture of me, with my mom. Plus a bonus one of dad & Holly, because I didn't feel like cropping them apart.

*Which...I am. Or more accurately, I am my dad, only shorter and with a nicer rack. But in terms of personality? Freakishly similar. Except for the engineering part.

Comments

[sorchekyrkby.livejournal.com]

Aaaaw, your mom's favorite really shows off your eyes!

You are *still* cute. Hrmph.

[ktlovely.livejournal.com]

Haha, thanks. On both. :)

[rebecca817.livejournal.com]

When I was home at Thanksgiving, I found a picture of me sitting at the sewing machine at about the age of maybe about three with material under the feeder foot. When I showed this picture to some of the local costuming people, they go, don't tell me it doesn't start young....:) It's nice looking at the pictures of when we were young, I think. And you were very cute.

[ktlovely.livejournal.com]

That's so cute, sewing as a wee tiny one! :) We've had computers around since before I can remember, though I wasn't allowed to play with the sewing machine until later.

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Aw, how cute! :-) You look like your dad! I love the whole wide-eyed experiment!

[ktlovely.livejournal.com]

When Holly was a toddler, people who saw the four of us together used to say, "Oh, how cute--one looks like him, one looks like her!" It's still pretty true, and I definitely favor my dad.

I'm sure there were other experiments. All in the name of science! ;)

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Those are adorable! I love your eyes. And the various Baby Sleeping pics. :D

[ktlovely.livejournal.com]

Yep, and where my parents left off taking pictures of me sleeping, it seems that superiorcap was more than happy to pick up. Exhibit A (http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs237.snc1/8425_685440315175_22411498_41262674_3009472_n.jpg), Exhibit B (http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs141.snc1/5213_676414013955_22411498_40883449_8012215_n.jpg).

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

*gigglesnort*