Memories Make Me SMILE! :-)

So, I got some pics from my dad of me and my siblings when we were kids. I had a great childhood! My parents were wonderful, understanding souls. Sometimes I was a little bit of a trial ... but they lasted, and I am better for it!

Awh! Wasn't I a cute baby? I think I was about 9-12 mths here. I don't remember much. Hmm... I liked cooing, smiling and having mom put me in cutesy stuff! My mom did say I was bawled for quite some time... so she always had a bow in my hair. Thanks Mom! :)

At approximately two years old, I was a terror. I had something called the "terrible twos". It was awful. I guess. Although I don't think I had it quite that bad... I mean look at my smile. It just melts you! .... Umm... sorry if you are all melted.

Christmas almost always had a piano bench fireplace. We finally got the "real thing" when I was a pre-teen. Anyways, my dad would always pull out the fireplace paper thing and wrap it around my mom's piano bench. I think we were always wanting to fuss with the set up, and my dad lovingly just put it back in place. I swear my mom and dad rarely got really mad at us.

...Isn't little chubby Shaun a cutie!? :)

Awh! Movie Star pose! I think this was a dance costume. 3-4 yrs old? I gotta ask my mom the ages on these pics!

I think my mom went to the same photo place for most of my young childhood. I wonder if it's still around?

Anyway, I'm guessing I am about 4-5 yrs old... although my mom must have been pregnant with Kyle at the time because that is about the age span we are apart. Shaun and I were/are always best buds. We played together like we were true bosom buddies. Again - couldn't you just squeeze those soft round cheeks of his??? :)

Speaking of Kyle... here he is! My mom and I are in it to... but my dad had other plans with the composition of it (he's actually a VERY good photographer... more to show later in another post).

So, we are all so cute here... but I hate my hair. My mom loved to cut my hair short, and my dad was not one of those silly men that demand hair remain long. But, contrary to my mom's taste, I despise my hair being short enough that I cannot pull it up halfway. Hey, when you are a mom though, you want your kids to look their best, and my mom thought I looked my best with short hair - so all the power to her! :)

I hope I am putting these in the right order....

I remember really liking the rose on this dress. I thought I looked so pretty in the dark blue and red rose with a red bow to top the number off. I was really proud of my looks! Oh, and I am giving up on the age guessing until I nab my mom about it! ;)

I love my eyes in this pic. I also love how relaxed I look. I really haven't been very photogenic my whole life. People say to say cheese and all I could think about was if I was smiling with my sparkly whites peeking out perfectly and my eyes open enough. For some reason, my eyes can go oriental in a second... so I used to try to open my eyes a little too wide at times.... :-P

You probably noticed from the previous pic that my hair is pretty poofy... but, I just had to share my other poofy pics. Maybe this is why my mom had my hair short! It is naturally curly and very thick. Many times it was a monster ... but we won't talk about that nightmare!

Note: See the cute gingerbread house all dolled up? And the very cute apron with the ruffled sleeves? Memories! :)

I'm doing the Scarface look here, but it is mainly here for three purposes: show how cute Kyle is, share the one pic I currently have of Amy as a kid, and lastly, BASEBALL!

When we lived in Canoga Park, CA, we went to the Dodger's games fairly regularly. My great half-uncle (my grandpa's half-brother) owns Kelly Blue Book, among many other things. He also has the privilege of having decent seats at the Dodger's stadium. When he chose not to go, we got to be amazed by watching men hit baseballs, bringing our own mitts in hopes of catching a foul ball, getting the freebie (hat, shirt, ball, key chain, magnet, or eraser etc) if we came soon enough, beg mom and dad a few times for the crazy people wandering around with toys for sale and most importantly, hoping our cute faces would show up on the big screen above the luscious emerald field. This was one of my most favorite memories of Cali-forn-i-a. I will admit that I came back with some "valley girl" tendencies, but we won't talk about that interestingness in my life right now!

Hope this compilation helped spring some memories in your own life. Here's to many memories of the past and more in the future for you and I!