As more and more (read: all) people point out to me that they think my daughter looks a great deal like her father and nothing at all like me, I keep reminding them that she has my toes. This is my one consolation and the only thing I claim on her on which I get no argument. Sidenote: when we were in Georgia and all of Diane's friends said she looked like Coleman, she said, "Isn't it funny how all the people who know Coleman thinks she looks like him. I bet when you are around your family, they think she looks like you." I had to tell her that, no, my family also thinks that. Where's the loyalty, huh?
At any rate, here is the proof for my claim. Check out these piggies:
Check out how long they are!! And they're talented, too. One night, just a few weeks after we were home from the hospital, I heard Coleman yelp. He yelled to me, "She just pinched me with her toes** - she IS your kid!"
** something I'm terribly good at
And while I was taking shots of her toes, I couldn't resist the opportunity to document another prominent feature of her anatomy: her rolls! She's not pudgy, but she does have some serious thighs and even some creases on her arms. Her pediatrician, as I have mentioned, refers to her as "solid."
When I was at the OB/GYN for my six week checkup, Cora was with me and an elderly woman who was leaving at the same time we were looked into her stroller and said, "You need to stop putting rubber bands around that child's arms and legs." Don't call CPS, she was only joking, but this was clearly her referent:
Look at her ankles - they've even got creases. She looks like a baby elephant! An adorable elephant, my adorable elephant, but elephant-ankled nonetheless.
Cora is going to be so mad at you someday! Remember, what goes around, comes around. She'll be telling you how "old" you look. Her adorable, old Mother, but "old" nonetheless!
ReplyDeleteOur sweet, precious dollbaby...I can't believe you compare her to an elephant. - Her Incensed Nana
In my defense, I only compared her ANKLES to an elephant. :o) And she's supposed to have rolls and creases - she's a baby. It's her job!
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted to have a baby with rolls, but alas none have come. We have determined it is the low fat milk, they get that keeps the rolls from forming. I just love it! She is too cute. Just wait till she gets older, people are finally saying that Isa looks like me, after years of oh she looks so much like Ben. I feel ya sista.
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