Sissy n’ me in 1985
Sissy n’ me in 2006
Me circa 1985-the moosh circa 2006
me on Aunt Cheryl’s tray-1983
the moosh on Aunt Cheryl’s tray (with cousin Conner) 2007
(it truly is the place where all the cool kids hang out.)
my sissy and me-1983
the moosh 2007
me in 1985-the moosh 2007
Must be the egg nog and Sinatra Christmas tunes.
I’m feeling all snuggly and nostalgic.
And can we please be done with the “Where does the moosh get her curly hair/is her hair naturally curly/she looks just like her daddy” comments?
Because I really think I’ve just proven that 90% of her awesomeness comes from me.

















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By Loralee on 12.06.07 1:52 am | Permalink
Twitter: @looneytunes
It’s true. I also bet that she inherited your land of golden flowers and diamond encrusted ponies, “Down there”, too.
GRIN.
By erin on 12.06.07 1:55 am | Permalink
i can’t get over the resemblance.
maybe someday i’ll have a kid that actually looks like me.
beautiful girls…both of you.
By Smiling Mom on 12.06.07 2:47 am | Permalink
There is a huge resemblance! I get the same comments, “Is eClaire’s hair naturally curly”
I feel like saying, “Seriously?? You think I can somehow hold a 1 year old down long enough to curl her hair every day?” And furthermore, why would I?
Those are some really cute pictures.
By Ruth Dynamite on 12.06.07 7:56 am | Permalink
It’s all you, Mooshy Mama. Great pics!
By Midwest Mommy on 12.06.07 8:59 am | Permalink
Ok, you have shown the proof. Too cute! She is a mini you!
By Jen on 12.06.07 9:23 am | Permalink
The last picture of the moosh is just too cute…her personality just oozes out of her eyes.
By Amy on 12.06.07 10:16 am | Permalink
Twitter: @amy2boys
Love that last one of the moosh. And she does look like you!
My sons look like their dad and EVERYONE says so. But if they see my baby pictures – oh yeah – those boys look like Mama.
By ~JJ! on 12.06.07 10:19 am | Permalink
But of course.
By nell on 12.06.07 10:26 am | Permalink
Oh, the cuteness! My girls are blond, and everyone wonders where that came from, but of course both Steve and I were blond babies. The sad part is that I had moosh curls too, but somehow neither of my girls have them now.
By Lindy on 12.06.07 10:32 am | Permalink
Twitter: @Lindy_
moosh is too freaking cute and I really really can’t believe people ask you if here hair is naturally curly. sadly my Squidge looks exactly like her dad. The only thing she got from me are her brown eyes. In fact she apparently looks like her paternal grandmother. The same grandmother who refuses to meet her and doesn’t acknowledge that she exsists- yep tell me that doesn’t piss me off!
By Assertagirl on 12.06.07 10:33 am | Permalink
Twitter: @Assertagirl
My mom gave me a big box of photos to scan last night and they are also making me nostalgic and snuggly. And weepy. I love the coming full-circleness of it all.
By Sarah on 12.06.07 10:33 am | Permalink
Can I come sit on Aunt Cheryl’s tray? I wanna be a cool kid too!
By Biddy on 12.06.07 11:05 am | Permalink
Twitter: @biddymcbidson
i have always thought she looked just like you with blonde hair. now i have proof!
By Burgh Baby's Mom on 12.06.07 11:09 am | Permalink
She totally looks just like you. Anybody who says otherwise is a liar, liar pants on fire.
I have the same issue. The Toddler apparently is only genetically tied to her father. She does look a bit like him, but if there is any part of her that doesn’t, everybody searches for some relative in that bloodline that she must have gotten that trait from. Her very fine light brown hair? Not mine. It’s her Daddy’s Third Cousin’s Uncle’s hair. It’s just coincidence that it’s the exact freakin’ same color as mine.
By janet on 12.06.07 11:16 am | Permalink
Twitter: @planetofjanet
hmmm. if you look in the dictionary for mini-me, my guess is you will find a picture of you and miss moosh!
By merrymishaps on 12.06.07 11:16 am | Permalink
Twitter: @merrymishaps
You’ve created a mini-me!
My favorite is the one with the cats. Both of them!
By Marie Green on 12.06.07 11:30 am | Permalink
Twitter: @lifeinatinytown
Wow, she really does look like you. I see it so strongly in those kitty pictures. She really is a doll.
Do I get extra points for never saying she looked like her dad or asking if her hair was naturally curly or where she got her curls? No? Shucks.
I love those snuggly Christmas moments too! =)
By Lynne on 12.06.07 12:18 pm | Permalink
Holy Cow!! the moosh has a twin
I love the pictures with the kitties. Babies and kitties separately are so squish-able, put them together and the cuteness just oozes. When..if..the good Lord decrees it, I hope my little ones don’t look like me lol, ok they can inherit the curls.
By LawyerMama on 12.06.07 12:23 pm | Permalink
Twitter: @Lawyermama
OF COURSE it comes from you! There’s also that freaky tongue thing too. When people ask you that, just have her stick out her tongue. And that super expressive face? All you.
It drives me figgin batty that everyone asks the same thing about Holden. He has MY curly, blond hair and brown eyes, people. MINE! Everything that makes him adorable comes from ME!
By Isabel on 12.06.07 12:37 pm | Permalink
Twitter: @holaisabel
If not 100%.
Bring on the nostalgia!
By Rachel on 12.06.07 12:44 pm | Permalink
She REALLY, REALLY does look just like you. I think you need to take all the credit – not just 90%.
By LifeAsIKnowIt on 12.06.07 12:51 pm | Permalink
Wonderful pictures. And I love the curls!
My son had curls until my husband took him to the barber last week. I almost cried when they got home…
By stacie on 12.06.07 12:56 pm | Permalink
haha! Love this post…and YES she does look like you.
By rachel on 12.06.07 1:03 pm | Permalink
Yep~ she’s yours.
She’s a doll! thanks for the snuggly, nostalic feeling.
By Snarkymom on 12.06.07 1:35 pm | Permalink
Man, she was picked out of your butt with a darning needle! There’s no denying she’s your mini-me! Cute!
By JohnnyT on 12.06.07 3:13 pm | Permalink
You and the moosh are super duper cute.
By Jennifer on 12.06.07 3:23 pm | Permalink
Twitter: @playgroupie
You two are seriously adorable. And awesome.
By mimi on 12.06.07 3:33 pm | Permalink
At least 90%.
And these photos are, actually, eerie. Not least because it reminds me I’m a whole decade older than you. In 1985, I was 12. Yikes.
By AbsolutelyBananas on 12.06.07 4:07 pm | Permalink
soooooo darling!!
By Kelly~ Mommy and the Marine on 12.06.07 4:17 pm | Permalink
Awww you are both ADORABLE!
By Micki on 12.06.07 4:34 pm | Permalink
Those are awesome pictures. Truly. I swear on my half-eaten bag of almond M&Ms, I won’t be the one to bring up the questions again.
By Angella on 12.06.07 4:37 pm | Permalink
Twitter: @AngellaD
She is TOTALLY you!
Also? You’ve been hot since birth, then? I bet you never had a geeky awkward stage either.
I love you anyway
By megachick on 12.06.07 5:01 pm | Permalink
it’s all subjective. some people will say my girls look like twins, then the next peson will say that one looks like me and the other like hubs.
i’m pretty sure my hubs and i don’t look alike.
By OHmommy on 12.06.07 5:12 pm | Permalink
Wow. Wow. Wow.
Unbelieveable. Cute!
By ElizabethSheryl on 12.06.07 5:50 pm | Permalink
Twitter: @elizabethsheryl
cute, cute, cute. I have curly hair now, but didn’t when I was little. It came in during puberty. I’m hoping it will go straight when I get pregnant. hahaha. Grass is always greener.
By Shash on 12.06.07 8:05 pm | Permalink
Twitter: @Shash
There is NO DENYING where the moosh gets her amazing curly hair and her fabulous good looks.
…and it’s not daddy. Sorry, Cody.
Still saying it… moosh…moosh…moosh
Shash
By Mrs. Mustard on 12.06.07 8:33 pm | Permalink
She clearly looks like you. End of story.
By emily on 12.06.07 10:24 pm | Permalink
I totally get it….and love it….
By Christina on 12.06.07 10:40 pm | Permalink
she is freakin’ cute. And so were you. Uncanny how much she looks like you.
I get people asking if my daughter’s curls are natural, too. Nope, I pin her to the floor while winding her hair around a hot curling iron every morning. Sheesh, some people.
By amreen on 12.06.07 11:23 pm | Permalink
she obviously looks exactly like you – gorgeous girls!
By ali on 12.07.07 1:30 pm | Permalink
at least 90%
By Amy C on 12.07.07 5:39 pm | Permalink
My in-laws are always saying how much my little girl looks like her dad… NOPE. That baby looks like me, and they just need to accept it!
We need the rest of the story about how you reconciled with your parents after moving out on them and all of that jazz… unless I missed a post somewhere?
By Kimmie on 12.08.07 3:28 am | Permalink
Twitter: @kimsueellen
I die a little over the cat pics…oh my goodness gorgeous.
By Clink on 12.09.07 7:08 am | Permalink
Twitter: @clink674
Curly hair mystery solved…new one…where does she get her shoes??
By mpotter on 12.09.07 5:49 pm | Permalink
absolutely adorable!!!! and you couldn’t SPIT a better image!! holy cow.