Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:48 AM
Maybe it's because it's a little blurry, but this picture of Jake reminds me just a little of a similar photo mom has of Shawn as a baby (only at a professional studio). anyone else? Maybe mom can dig up that photo (I think it's in the white album) and we can compare?
Kimberly Trauntvein wrote:
It's on my wall, very similar. See why I married him?
From: Kirsten
Yep!
From: Shawn Trauntvein
If I weren't a guy, and took notice of such things, I would have to say that Jake is by far more handsome.
From: Eric
He needs the shirt with the giraffe on it and a little more glistening in the mouth, slobber. I view the pix on the JCPenny site, they are good. I have always been a fan of black and white pix, of course I was not born in the 30's and the 40's, they were excited to get color pix and flushing toilets.
From: Todd
If he had a shirt with a giraffe on it, he might be traumatized by it. He might wake up in the middle of the night, years later, after having a horrible nightmare that he giraffes were killing his family and he was trying to defend them with his brand new Barlow pocket knife until the blade snapped and one of the horrible giraffes bit him on the neck!
Um. I mean, yeah, that would be cute.
From: Myrna
Are you telling us something here? Love, M
From: Todd
Therapy works?
From: Shawn Trauntvein
I think that he was telling us that someone that would have a dream like that must really care about their family in order to try and defend them at the risk of neck and knife from such ferocity from herbivores. Especially since the risk of neck and knife is a higher and more glorious risk than simply to risk life and limb (but still preserves an alliterative quality in the naming of the risks). It was, after all, a new Barlow knife. You know, if Michael Crichton would have had a dream like that, there would have been a little more terror in Jurassic Park when the Diplodocus appeared.
From: Eric
Maybe it was the Groucho Marks way of looking at everything. I had a dream. Saw a giraffe on my pajamas. You get the picture.
E.
From: Myrna
Now wait a minute. It was IN his pajamas. And it was an ELEPHANT not a giraffe. But, if you want it to be a giraffe on his pajamas--OK. By the way, that little outfit that TODD wore was cute. Grandma Smith gave it to him. M
Todd Trauntvein wrote:
Their excitement over the two events was probably in that order. Everyone likes a little color in their lives, but let’s face it—an in-house is a lot harder to clean than an out-house.
From: Kirsten
Too true, but I'd much rather have the smell of an in-house growing mold than the alternative! think siovhan's roomie's potty. lol :) besides, wasn't toilet paper invented about the same time? idk ;-D
From: Myrna
And people wonder why I am the way I am. Lots of love, M
From Shawn:
We are glad you all had fun in Hawaii.
I do seem to remember that the fuzzy giraffe shirt was around a little longer. Perhaps Eric wore it too.
From: Todd Trauntvein [mailto:ttrauntv@columbus.rr.com]
I hope I wore it out, so not other youngster was traumatized by it.
Hawaii was great. If you have not been, make plans to do it. Just got back an hour ago.Travel to there takes 12 hours of flying from Columbus. Major jet-lag when we got there.
Not so bad, coming back--yet.
From: Myrna
It was gold and it was cute. Besides, at that age, no kid ever wears clothes out--they just grow too fast. It also had sentimental connections for me. Grandma Smith didn't live long enough to give Eric anything. She died July 5 and he was born September 20. She had Shawn's birthday card and gift ready for him and that was the last gift she gave. (Well, while alive, anyway.) Love, M
