who's who?

lately baby girl has been learning to differentiate between boys and girls.  i'd say she has pretty much mastered the concept.  to celebrate, let's play a game called, "which one is a boy and which one is a girl?"  it's one of those games where the name of it is also a complete list of instructions on how you play.

ready, set, go!

click here for the answer

maybe i'm totally off on this but aside from the maycock nose, i think they look completely different.  also, baby girl was far easier and better behaved, but my oh my how brady is soooo gorgeous!  they each have their super strengths.  

the blind strike again

believe it or not. we had another gender mixup today. the sweet old woman sitting behind our booth during lunch was smiling at baby girl the entire meal. she paid and was leaving when she stopped by our table to tell us how nice our baby is. "HE WAS SOOOO GOOD AND WELL BEHAVED!" "HE IS SUCH A GOOD BOY!!!" "YES YOU ARE! YOU'RE A GOOD BOY!" none of us bothered to correct her. the funniest part was that much to my mother's dismay, my dad went so far as to go along with it, agreeing "yes, he is really cute. he did a great job sitting so nicely during lunch!"

apparently a pink sweater, pink shirt, pink boots, and ponytail are just not enough. i'm curious if this woman really just didn't notice all the pink or if she's just downright blind. she was alone so she either walked or drove herself so really we don't know. but my mom said she's positive the lady had to be completely blind.

oh my gosh it was hilarious.

why bows are non-optional

from a month or two ago:

walmart greeter man making friendly small talk with me as i got my baby buckled in the stroller slipped in "a girl?" i just smiled and told him to have a good day, not sure if i heard him correctly. well, apparently he really needed to know. "a girl? is it a girl?" so i told him "yes, she's a girl." to which he said "i thought so!"

yes, you thought so, but apparently not enough that you could refrain from asking. ;-)

old people are so cute.

ps-  my mom is here!!!  we're having so much fun!!!!

when in doubt, ask.

take in this beautiful scene.

about a minute and a half before this picture was taken, i was asked if my child was a boy or a girl.

we were out walking through a nearby neighborhood enjoying the evening weather when the street we were walking on dead ended into a park.  straight ahead was a green field with a mix matched bunch of the worst football playing middle aged men you've ever seen.  they were very obviously having lots of fun and were completely oblivious to their lack of skill and coordination in the sport.  it was heartwarming and very entertaining.  we came to the conclusion that they must be from a nearby mental hospital of some sort because they were much like the men we knew when we were volunteering at the mental hospital in provo when we were taking abnormal psych at byu.  

around this time, a middle aged asian woman pushing a stroller walked past us on her way to the playground to our left.  as she walked past us, she did a double take and actually walked back a few steps to tell us what a beautiful child we had.  we thanked her as she stood there for ten seconds or so just admiring our baby.  then she looked at us and said "boy or girl?"  

i know old people have trouble with this and now i guess asians do to.  i can only guess it's a cultural thing.  how else could you miss the head to toe purple including flowered pants and headband?