proof positive

in the post about the dollies, i mentioned that my nana also brought back traditional type dresses for me. and that i wore them. for pictures. a lot. well, i was thinking mostly for formal type portraits, but these are the ones my mom came up with to scan in for me so apparently i wore them for just about any occasion!

this is me on (i think) my brother's horse...maybe it was ours. what was mine was mine and what was his i claimed as mine... so... this is me in a dress (sweden, maybe??) on a horsey in our family room.


this is the same dress as above... this is my brother, andy - as he was called back then. he'd soon tell my parents noooooooooooooooo andy. i'm andrew!! at like 3 or4 he decided nooooo andy. who likes the apron and the black patent leather shoes??! he looks about 2ish here which puts me around 5ish... but not sure...


obviously i'm 4 here. i know this cause mom actually wrote on the polaroid! i have no idea what kind of big truck this was, but if there was a big truck out front, there's a picture of me and/or my brother driving it!! i was 4. i can't explain. nor can i tell you what country this is from...but there is an apron on this one too!


this is the same dress as the one above. if you look at it closer you can tell the front plaquard with buttons (the red part) is a little messy...and broken... told you i wore these a lot. a few things i love about this pic: 1. the orange blinds. seriously, those are awesome. i don't remember when those got replaced, but i'm sure it was a sad day. 2. this was my seat at the table. i sat on a stool. everyone else had a chair. i felt super cool. i had to have my stool. 3. the big bird placement. how fun is that thing?!


me and my daddy. this would have been at our house in NC before we moved. therefore i was less than 18 months old. while this isn't a 'country' representation dress, it is a super cute dress that shows up in a lot of pictures of me. the one thing you can bet is that if the dress/outfit is super cute, it came from nana! i'm learning from friends with babies that grandparents tend to buy the kid all kinds of great stuff so you don't have to!!


ok, pure embarrassment here. but i'll post it anyways. have i mentioned i HATE pictures of me wearing glasses?! like a lot. this is in the backyard of my across-the-street-neighbors' house. this was the austins. they had 3 kids: michael (year or so older), jonathan (my age), and cheryl (slightly older than my brother). we carpooled with these kids for ages. you can see my dad talking to their mom, kathy, in the background. this was an easter egg hunt. cute easter dress obviously courtesy of nana!