#tbt

 

Through some magical Apple update beyond the realm of my understanding, I now have access to our family’s entire catalog of photographs, dating back to our honeymoon, which was the first occasion we photographed digitally (our wedding pictures were on film).

Therefore, I institute Throwback Thursday, in order to enjoy all the feels that come from pre-blogging-days snapshots.

And by “all the feels,” I do mean mixed feelings.

Take Baby’s first snowfall:

First time parents:  “Let’s put Baby in his adorable furry snowsuit with teddy bear ears and show him the snow!”

Wow, we were overachievers.

That’s the same year we took him to the town Christmas tree lighting and posed with Santa.

He looks thrilled in both instances.

Incidentally, I do remember that night 17 years ago, at the lighting, when he decided he needed to nurse, and it was SOOOOOOO COLD…I haven’t been to a tree lighting since.

It looks like eight years and three kids later, we toned down our ambition to putting on music and letting them dance in the living room while we sat on the couch.

Ha— I just noticed this, the snowy picture above is framed on the wall in the dancing picture, right next to a picture from our honeymoon taken with our brand-new high-tech digital camera.

I guess even then I was remembering fondly those days of squishy babies in fur suits, when I was idealistic enough to take a six-month-old to see Santa and look at the snow—before my interior decorating devolved to toddler-proofing the Christmas tree.

But, oh, the joy on Lizzy’s chubby little temporary-tattooed cheeks!  The cuteness makes me smile, even as the very thought of those days exhausts me.