Throwback Thursday: Strawberry Shortcake Girls

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This is Emily and me around Christmas 1980 when I was three and she was about a year-and-a-half. This picture is infamous in our family because it’s the only formal one Em and I ever had taken together. In February 1981, her sister Anna came along and ruined it all for me. I didn’t have any sisters so that was the end of me getting my pic taken in matching outfits! THANKS ANNA, GEEZ!! Actually when we were little, Emily and I used to tease Anna for not being in it. Then a few years ago, when Strawberry Shortcake came back into fashion, I bought the three of us Strawberry Shortcake shirts for Christmas and we took a snapshot so we could finally all be in a picture together with matching outfits. Somehow, it wasn’t as cute as I imagined it would be, which is why I’m not posting it here!

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Throwback Thursday…Midnight Puke!

To: Jenny
From: Emily
Subj: Puke!
Date: 03/06/2006

Hi Cousin,
Kate was up all night puking. It was awful. She puked about 2 seconds before I left for work, too. Andy stayed home with her. We heard her barf over the monitor at about 11:30 last night, and the poor baby was covered from head to toe with puke. It was terrible. She really enjoyed getting her hair washed in the middle of the night. Ugh.
Well, I love you. I hope you are having a better day than I am!

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Rewind 10/09/03: In which I Bid my Boobs “Adieu”

To: Emily
From: Jenny
Date: 10/09/2003
Subj: Pregnant Boobs

Cousin,

Have you noticed any boob changes yet? Not to get too personal, but mine are TOTALLY freaking me out. They used to be pointy and now they are saggy. And my nipples used to be in the middle and now they are pointing south. AND I am getting stretch marks on them. AAAHHH!!! Goodbye, boobs of my youth!!

(The beauty of hindsight: when I wrote this email to Emily, I was about halfway through my pregnancy with my first baby. If I had known at that moment how sad my boobs would be after nursing said baby, I wouldn’t have complained about the pregnant version. They seem much more attractive from this side of the fence…oh well…small price to pay for a miracle….)

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