Compare & Contrast: Santa Photos (2008, 2009, 2010)

The first one (from 2008) still makes me laugh.  Z was doing just fine until the lady “helping” the photographer started ringing that darn cowbell.

All in the family

Mommy’s hat (from the crazy “hat-a-day” knitting days…pre-children, of course)

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Big brother’s snowsuit

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Pure sweetness

  

Compare & Contrast: Guard Dog

  

Different baby, same sweet Cowboy

(Images:  Aug 2008 – 9 months old / Apr 2010 – 8.5 months old)

Compare & Contrast: Grins

Apparently 8-month olds are fans of the “open-wide” approach to smiling

Compare & contrast: 8 months

    

    

Hands and feet

Hands and feet, courtesy of Pattycake Prints

Compare & Contrast: Auntie Trisha

Z at 4 months (Feb 2008) and Mei-mei at 5 months (Dec 2009), both enjoying their first visit with Trisha.  If the second shot were a bit wider, you'd likely see Z pulling on Trisha's leg while chanting, "Look Aunt TriSHAH!  See Aunt TriSHAH!  Play Aunt TriSHAH!"

Incidentally, both Z and Mei-mei made a trip to LA to visit Trisha while I was 3 months pregnant with them.  So I guess the pictures above show their first postpartum visit with her, while the pictures below (Jun 2007 and Feb 2009) show their first prenatal visit.  And yes, I'm wearing a t-shirt that says "pregnant (not fat)" at Disneyland.

Compare & Contrast: Hooded sweaters at 17 weeks

A funny thing about these compare & contrast pictures is that I'm not purposefully setting up these comparisons. Apparently I have an inclination to dress my children up in very similar outfits or put them in similar poses at the same ages.

Compare & Contrast: 4 months

Well, obviously we're brother and sister.  We have the same rocker!  And we both have green shirts!  Duh.

Look how cute I am, originally uploaded by Wenmei.

Pondering life as an almost-4-month old, originally uploaded by Wenmei.

Compare & contrast: 4 months

Hanging out in the rocker at ~4 months old

Smile!, originally uploaded by Wenmei.

Why, hello there!, originally uploaded by Wenmei.

Compare & Contrast: Bumbo

Not quite ready for the Bumbo
Z at 13 weeks (Feb 2008); Mei-mei at 13 weeks (Oct 2009)

Compare & Contrast: Rocker in blue

Z at 13 weeks (Feb 2008), Mei-mei at 12 weeks (Oct 2009)

Compare & Contrast: Bundled up

Z at 12 weeks (Feb 2008); Mei-mei at 10 weeks (Oct 2009)