Every once in a while, people come out of me
about 1 hour old
Friday was LB’s first birthday.
He’s a pretty cute kid. Unfortunately, I can take no credit for said cuteness because he looks nothing like me. Everyone that comes out of my uterus looks like the husband. We’ve been through this already but, to quote some 90’s rap song that probably had a video with half naked girls having money thrown at them and filmed in slow motion, ‘if you don’t know; now you know.’
Somehow I bet that line didn’t have a semicolon in the lyrics but, we’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. But, I digress.
There was hope for LB—hope that he might even partially resemble someone on my side of the family or even, gasp!, me. Hope that one day my family and the husband’s family could gather together and say something more than ‘at least he has your feet!’
When G was born she looked as though the husband gave birth to her himself. Seriously, I only knew I was her mother because it was me on the gurney with over 40 extra pounds and 3rd degree tears. She looked exactly like him.
Within two months, everyone kept saying how much LB looked like G—which is just a roundabout way of saying he looks like the husband—which is just a roundabout way of reminding me that I should go for a third child just to get one on my team.
nutella buttercream frosting = awesomeness
Until then, I have this face. It looks exactly like the husband’s when he was a baby. Ah well, at least LB took under 3 hours, induction to delivery, and no more than 5 or 6 pushes to join us. Sweet baby, for that, I thank you and my lady parts thank you.
Well, probably not my lady parts. I’m pretty sure they’re still pissed about the whole birth thing altogether.
July 12th, 2010 at 7:31 am
My mother’s family is pretty much short, fat and dark. My mother’s sister married a man who is very tall, very athletically thin and naturally blond. ALL of their children look like their father.
So, my mother always says that about three generations down the road, a short, fat, dark baby is going to appear and no one is going to know where it came from.
July 12th, 2010 at 9:26 am
Oh well. I always think it’s better if they’re gonna look like only one of the parents, to look like the dad, for the reason you mentioned. There can’t be any question about the fact that they’re yours, so it’s just less drama that way. If they only look like you, then. Well. You know what everyone ends up thinking. Cute kiddos!
July 12th, 2010 at 10:32 am
Hey, at least you married a good looking man! You could have married a troll and then ended up with little troll kids! LOL
And happy 1st b-day to little man. I can’t believe a year has already gone by. Love the big ole cupcakes!
July 12th, 2010 at 11:53 am
No Maury for the husband…:)
July 12th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Yeah…my kids look my husband spit them out as well. Sigh.
July 12th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Happy birthday to LB. He is so adorable!
I, however, am traumatized by “3rd degree tears”. I swear…I may never have kids now.
July 12th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Awww hes so cute though!
July 12th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
How cute is LB! Happy birthday to him!
And Nutella frosting? Now I’m hungry.
July 13th, 2010 at 12:28 am
I know, I know. I did all the work, and I mean all of it. I had 5 months bedrest, one month in the hospital with IV’s to stop preterm labor, I had the 104 stitches they gave my Frankenstein butt and STILL every dang kid looks like the old man did it all by himself.
I swear….
July 13th, 2010 at 6:33 am
Awwww…happy birthday to your smiling little sweetie pie!
July 13th, 2010 at 10:29 am
LB’s happy-go-lucky baby smile made my day! I hope he enjoyed his first birthday – he really is an adorable little chub!
July 13th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Happy birthday to that little cutie!
And a one year congratulations to your lady parts. I feel part of the reason they hold such a grudge is because no one acknowledges all the work they do. It’s like the reason Administrative Assistants Day was created.
July 13th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
He is dreamy cuteness! My vagina only releases babies that look like my husband as well. Pisses me off.
And those second babies FLY out don’t they? Tess was a one pusher. Bram? Two hours.
July 13th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Dat’s one cute baby you got there! Looking like the hubs or not- that smile kills me!!
July 13th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
I CANT believe how cute he was at an hour old!!! I thought newborns were scary looking!??
AND, what are his cakes shaped like???? Um, very interesting.
July 14th, 2010 at 1:30 am
2 out of my 3 look exactly like me.
the middle looks and acts just like my wife…im good with the looks thing, but could do w/o them acting like each other.
July 14th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
What a cutie! I have a mini-me. I’m sure you’ll find that while they may not *look* like you, they’ll *act* like you — I don’t know which is weirder!