flashback friday

Happy Fourth of July! And Happy Birthday to me!!! Yep, I am privileged to have a birthday that falls on a major holiday. Just in case you're wondering, I'm celebrating the second anniversary of my 29th birthday **cough**I'm 31!

I've never done a Flashback Friday before and this may be the only one I ever get around to, but I thought it would be fun to take you back through some pictures of my life. It was hard choosing which ones to share with ya'll.

Walk with me if you will down memory lane.

This is where it all began. I am the bun in the oven of my glowing mother in her lovely maternity frock. The little yellow bit of preciousness is my sister, Sprout Cultivator. (btw you should check her out, she's a great writer - but do that after you finish this awesome post)

Here I am at 4 1/2 months of age. Aren't I cute? Compare this to the pictures of the redhead below and you'll see who he looks like!

I love this picture. This is me my first time as a bride. I married my brother when I was 7 and he was 4. Now, before you go making all the comments about how you think you've see this story on Lifetime Movie Network, I must tell you that we had great imaginations and my brother was just a stand- in for my childhood boyfriend named Danny who left me at the altar. I think you should also know that my cute little bro wore a blue trench coat and looked absolutely adorable. My sis was the flower girl and my dad was the photographer. My sister actually used this picture as one of my bridal shower invitations.

I thought I'd throw this one in for a good laugh. Check out the glasses I'm wearing. Uh huh...we have seen the fashion circle complete itself. I think it was Kanye that sported these recently. FYI Kanye...I had them first...you probably weren't even born yet!

On March 22, 1986 my brother and I competed in the Orthapaedic Hospital Spring Thaw Footrace. I wish I still had that t-shirt. Once again, we see fashion come around full circle. Am I really old enough for that?

High School Graduation - 1995. Adios Providence High School...onto bigger and better things!

This pic here was actually taken on my birthday - 7/4/2000
My 23rd birthday. My sweet girlfriends had enough of my complaining about how I never get my own party - its always lumped in with the cookouts and fireworks. Unfortunately I quit believing that the fireworks were for me many, many years ago. They were so sweet to throw me a birthday brunch. That's me in the center in the black dress in case you were wondering.

I had to throw in a picture of my Annual Estrogen Fest girls. Every year since college graduation we have reunited at various locations for a little r & r. This was at my wedding and all but one of them was able to make it.

I will never forget this day. This is one of my first pictures with my leetle redhead following his birth. I wasn't going to post this one because I can't stand to see my 47 chins, but I wanted to show you the good, the bad, and the ugly, and this picture actually embodies all three. All I can say is thank God preeclampsia is cured with the birth of the baby - and I should give a big shout out to Weight Watchers - bye bye baby weight!

This is a 4 generation picture, taken in June, 2007. Wesley had just turned 8 months old. I am so thankful we got this picture because we lost my Nana 7 months later, this past January.

So, there's a little peek into the life that is mine. And what better day to talk about me and post pictures about me than my birthday! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to eat some cake.