Monday, November 9, 2009

Growing Up In Pictures

I went back through my saved drafts today (possibly looking desperately for something to post). Look at what I found. I put this post together on December 31, 2008. I'm not sure why I never published it. The moment passed, I suppose. Something came up. Who knows? It was a shock to find it almost a year later. Look at how little Ess and Gee were in January 08. And Cue. My Cue. In January 08, he was our new baby. The innocence slips away. (Anyone? Rock song? Title and artist to kick off a new trivia game with ten points. I think I've even used this song before.)

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Iiiiiiiitttttttttt'sssssssss......

January

February



March


April



May



June, July and August




September and October



November and December



Then, we start all over again.

May your new start be all you are hoping, may 2009 be your year, may your children go to bed early and sleep late, may your coffee be hot and your beer be cold, may the salt on the rim of your margarita glass be thick. May I see you here at the end of 2009.

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Look at that. Here we are. Cheers. And would you look at us now.


I'm closing my comments for most of the month of November while I participate in National Novel Writing Month and National Blog Posting Month. Except that I just realized I can't close comments if I ask you rock trivia. Sorry I suck at responses this month.


E&E Tally: 5471 words (More than a thousand words today!!!!)
Blog posts: 9/30 (Thanks for your emails counting that last one. You rock.)

24 comments:

Maura said...

That would be Rush, Time Stand Still!

I'm so glad you found and published that. Such a great collection of photos. :-)

anymommy said...

Girl you are on it. Love it. Ten points.

Kirsten said...

Maura beat me to it! I finally knew one!!

Oh well.

What a great collection of photos. You should collect all the photos of your kids in that triple stroller. I bet they would tell a story of some sort. :-)

Julia@SometimesLucid said...

What a CUTE idea. Maybe I'll do some kind of photo collage with pictures from each month as a gift for the grandparents - thanks for the idea.

TMCPhoto said...

finally one I know and I miss out by about 10 minutes. The husband is a huge Rush fan.

Gayle said...

Apparently, I should have been on my computer instead of watching CSI: Miami because I can Google (cause I don't know a damn thing about music or Rush or any of your contest material....I'm just resourceful).

Lovely set of photos. I like it when you share.

Joe @ IrrationalDad said...

How cute! I love the crazy hair in the July/Aug/Sept. That is NEVER not funny.

Christy said...

Such cute photos. I love chronological line ups. Finding something to post every day is hard isn't it? I've resorted to a poll and lists. But I'm having fun with it, so that's what matters! Glad you posted this, and I had NO IDEA what the song was. Go Maura!

Beth said...

I knew it was Rush! I went to see that concert when I was 9 months pregnant with my first. I was so naive at the time.

Your kids are always smiling! They are adorable!

Shannon- said...

Don'tcha love those ages!! freeze em right there.

D said...

Is Garrett wearing overalls?!?! What did you bribe him with? NO FIREMAN PANTS!

anymommy said...

I know!! He has these skinny jeans that I love because they are so adorable it hurts except that apparently it really hurts because he seems to believe that they are affecting his future fertility. He flat refused to wear them yesterday and I said "hhmmmmm, you can choose skinny jeans or I have this pair of farmer's pants?" He chose farmer's pants. Could have knocked me over with a feather. I guess he really doesn't like skinny jeans.

AmazingGreis said...

I slack off on my reader and I miss out on 10 points. Damn the luck! LOL
Love the pictures from the past. Oh how the kids have all grown!!!
XOXO

mommymae said...

so neat to take a look back at last year. i may steal this for nablopomo if i run out of things to prattle on about (but i'll probably forget)

Jill said...

Love, love, love the photos - read every single one of your posts though I'm horrible at commenting lately, so it's nice to know there's few places I'm missing leaving my mark...

Gorgeous family. :)

Becky said...

omg these are such great pictures!

Roshni Mitra Chintalapati said...

Love the punk hairdo!!

just making my way said...

Such great pictures! My Mr. would have known those lyrics. We actually saw them in concert some years back - I was the chick trying to fake my way through knowing the lyrics!

Leah and Maya said...

maybe you knew you were goign to be crazy and try to post everyday, and looky there there's a post for you to use. I lvoe it, its amazing how much they grow and change.

bernthis said...

I remind myself all the time, spend as much time with your kid as much as you can Jess b/c you will blink and she will want nothing to do with you and everything to do with her cell phone

Kari said...

This reminds me of my yearly calendars - every month is a picture of what we were doing that month the year prior.

Also - LOVE, love, L O V E your Sweet Surrender post!!!

Tracey - Just Another Mommy Blog said...

Awwwwww!!!! So sweet.

Elaine A. said...

I love looking back like this, they are all just so cute!

p-huong said...

The very first picture under June, July, and August reminds me of Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes. Ah, and I see your love for plaid frat boy shorts/pants. Gee's got his own pair in that pic he's holding Ess's hand! How cute!