Parks Elizabeth Garrott: 6/16/09

Just because Mama is lazy it took her six whole weeks to get pictures of you on here. This is in no way a reflection of how absolutely beautiful you are. We aren't trying to hide you because you look funny...you know, like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes did with their adopted Asian baby Suri. One day I'll tell you all about them-and this weird white guy named Michael Jackson. He died when you were four days old. One day mom will play "Thriller" for you and do the dance that goes along with it. Preferably when you are twenty-five, going on your FIRST DATE, and there is a guy at the house that wants to see you naked. Hopefully this will have the desired effect of making him rethink his choices. Your father is also purchasing a shotgun for this occasion which he will be cleaning on the couch NAKED-save a do-rag and a belt holding a bowie knife.

This is you when you were two days old.



This is you when you found out we couldn't put you back in.






These are your feet. You can blame your father for these gargantuan things. Don't worry, mama will help you find shoes later that make them look somewhat smaller and less flipper like. Mama is good at this. I'm still amazed by how the toes on your right foot curl exactly like your fathers. The added bonus of these being that you will never have to actually bend down to pick up anything...your toes can handle the job.




This is mama in labor with you. Its after they gave me drugs. I know this because I'm not screaming, crying, throwing things at your father, or on my knees begging the nurse for heroin-all of these things actually happened. That's your Nana at the end of the bed looking amazingly NON-FLUSTERED.



This is you with Nana. She teaching you to pick your nose. And, no, there was nothing wrong with the filter on the camera...you're yellow. You were a little jaundice and for three whole days we called you "Our Little Asian Baby".



This is you right now in bed with me. In the words of your Nana, "JESUS CHRIST, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL!" (And see, your color returned quite nicely)