How does this happen?

[jump4joy]

You start with a cute little bubble-blowing kid, like this:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/jump4joy19/RumPHPViLfI/AAAAAAAAA-A/8gXppbLboVs/s400/feb03_bubbles_mac5_sit.JPG

and you end up with this huge teen-looking, cell-phone talking thing like this!

http://exmsft.com/~robinc/xf_08_07_03_mac_phone1_s.jpg

and yes, HE picked out that shirt!

Feel free to post your own metamorphosis photos here....

[indigo]

You start with a cute little bubble-blowing kid, like this:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/jump4joy19/RumPHPViLfI/AAAAAAAAA-A/8gXppbLboVs/s400/feb03_bubbles_mac5_sit.JPG

and you end up with this huge teen-looking, cell-phone talking thing like this!

http://exmsft.com/~robinc/xf_08_07_03_mac_phone1_s.jpg

and yes, HE picked out that shirt!

Feel free to post your own metamorphosis photos here....

Still just as cute, though! i'll have to see if I have any pictures....

[Sarah]

EE! Still cute! I have to hunt for photos. Maybe even *gasp* scan some early ones!

[indigo]

Ok, check out this set. Just for you, Robin: http://flickr.com/photos/46625022@N00/sets/72157606019949809/ And big points for you if you can remember what C was doing in that picture of you and him.

[jump4joy]

Ok, check out this set. Just for you, Robin: http://flickr.com/photos/46625022@N00/sets/72157606019949809/ And big points for you if you can remember what C was doing in that picture of you and him.


Oh my! Look at how little they all were!!!! And C. was selling me a plastic bead construction, which you can inform him I STILL HAVE :-P In fact, Asa just bought a friend one of those bead kits, and we were remembering how much fun C. had obviously had with it.

[indigo]

Oh my! Look at how little they all were!!!! And C. was selling me a plastic bead construction, which you can inform him I STILL HAVE :-P In fact, Asa just bought a friend one of those bead kits, and we were remembering how much fun C. had obviously had with it.

You are good! I got such a kick at how damn serious C was about selling things to any visiting adult! He amassed quite a fortune!

[Sue]

WoW! Where does the time go. He jsut get more and more handsome!

Here's Gab and Liz (just turned 4 and 6, I think)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/354050144_fb1d7e309e.jpg

Here they are again just 3 years later!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3063/2536541190_19c23a9b65.jpg

[Kim]

Wow! They look so much older now! They are beautiful :-) NT

[Kim]

He is still very cute! He is MUCH more grown looking now even from one year ago. NT

[mirage1]

Amazing...he does look ALL grown up!

Here's the crazy years-fly-by with Cassie:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/96618462_805a0da10e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirage1210/96618462/in/set-72157600203189517) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2252/2219077183_37ef56471f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirage1210/2219077183/)

[Jengirl]

Chelsea and I in early 2005
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/2450958774_ca0ec178e9.jpg
Chelsea and I today, on her 4th bday~!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2644093109_2035bb8fa2.jpg

[mirage1]

Chelsea and I in early 2005
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/2450958774_ca0ec178e9.jpg
Chelsea and I today, on her 4th bday~!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2644093109_2035bb8fa2.jpg

( please excuse the fact you have to follow the links.. the settings on this desktop computer are all wonky..no clue what DH did)Happy birthday, Chelsea!

[indigo]

Chelsea and I in early 2005
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/2450958774_ca0ec178e9.jpg
Chelsea and I today, on her 4th bday~!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2644093109_2035bb8fa2.jpg

( please excuse the fact you have to follow the links.. the settings on this desktop computer are all wonky..no clue what DH did)


For some reason, Chelsea is one of the kids here who I have trouble remembering that she's growing up. I always think of her as a toddler!

[indigo]

Margie, Cassie is so beautiful! I'm intrigued by the three people with the matching clothes, though.

[Sarah]

:-D
Mine went from this:
To this!


OH MY! Look at R! :hearts: You do know E is a big heartbreaker, right? Poor momma. :rofl:

[Peggyann]

I do too, but I think in my case it's denial. Chelsea is only 6 months older than Karys, so that means that if she's growing up, so is my baby!!! :sob:

She's gorgeous Jen!! (just like Mama!) :kiss:

~PA~


For some reason, Chelsea is one of the kids here who I have trouble remembering that she's growing up. I always think of her as a toddler!

[jump4joy]

Wow, they look really different in just a few years. I love their glamorous dance outfits!

[jump4joy]

Oh dear. They both have such great smiles, and wow!

[jump4joy]

Cassie always looks so self-possessed (in a good way, very sure of herself) and she is so lovely!

[jump4joy]

That is simply not possible! I too always think of her as a toddler. Wow, Happy fourth Chelsea!

[indigo]

Here's the metamorphis around here:

K's around 3 here, and c is a baby:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/2645723153_2ac5f8c3e7_o.jpg



This is from a couple months ago when K got state recognition for her SAT scores through the Duke T.I.P. program, with her proud brother:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/2645719505_17eb8404bf.jpg

[sarahs]

Here's the metamorphis around here:

K's around 3 here, and c is a baby:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/2645723153_2ac5f8c3e7_o.jpg



This is from a couple months ago when K got state recognition for her SAT scores through the Duke T.I.P. program, with her proud brother:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/2645719505_17eb8404bf.jpg


Awwwwww. (nt)

[Bonny]

J, summer 2006

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/68/213683306_a869dbae5b.jpg?v=0

J, fall 2007

http://xbe.xanga.com/0a4c74e049430198373007/s153501064.jpg

[indigo]

Bonny, he's a doll! (Don't tell him I said that. I mean, he looks tough!)

[Hobbes]

You start with a cute little bubble-blowing kid, like this:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/jump4joy19/RumPHPViLfI/AAAAAAAAA-A/8gXppbLboVs/s400/feb03_bubbles_mac5_sit.JPG

and you end up with this huge teen-looking, cell-phone talking thing like this!

http://exmsft.com/~robinc/xf_08_07_03_mac_phone1_s.jpg

and yes, HE picked out that shirt!

Feel free to post your own metamorphosis photos here....
it's because you keep feeding them. They just grow. Like weeds. :D

Goodlooking kids!!

[lunita]

Look how tiny Amanda is here. http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w19/lunita_photos/IMG_0649.jpg
And now:
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w19/lunita_photos/Teddy/Teddy007.jpg

Another one of Amanda and Maia
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w19/lunita_photos/IMG_0745.jpg

And Maia (in January)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w19/lunita_photos/IMG_4369.jpg

(hope those aren't too big)

[Sue]

:-D

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2386924426_95afab11d9.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2351/2553760813_536b946b66.jpg

What and amazing smile! If goes all the way up to his eyes. And R looks so pretty in that dress! Fab shoes too!

[Sue]

Wow! It's funny to see before and now. When I met C I think she was somewhere in between. She is very beautiful!

Amazing...he does look ALL grown up!

Here's the crazy years-fly-by with Cassie:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/96618462_805a0da10e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirage1210/96618462/in/set-72157600203189517) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2252/2219077183_37ef56471f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirage1210/2219077183/)

[Sue]

Chelsea and I in early 2005
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/2450958774_ca0ec178e9.jpg
Chelsea and I today, on her 4th bday~!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2644093109_2035bb8fa2.jpg

Awwwwwwwwww! Oh and great glasses!

[Sue]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/2645719505_17eb8404bf.jpg

What cute little ones! :-) There so big now. And they have GREAT hair!!

[Sue]

J, fall 2007

http://xbe.xanga.com/0a4c74e049430198373007/s153501064.jpg

Just over a year difference? Wow! And goodness he's handsome!

[Sue]

So cute! your girls have Bee-U-tiful eyes!!

[KMP]

Feel free to post your own metamorphosis photos here....

From this.....
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/1663340751_58d48fe7ee_o.jpgto this.....http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2647076877_41e5b918c2_m.jpg



and then the other baby just for fun.....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2027/1663343285_78600109f9_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3227/2601874522_fd067ff98f_m.jpg

[azul99]

Here are mine:

William in 2002, at 1 3/4yo

William in 2007, knitting

[azul99]

(I don't have baby pics of him in digital format as we bought our digital camera after William was born.)

Here are pics of Paul in 2002 @4.5yo, and then last spring @10.5yo.

[Amanda_Reyasmom]

Feel free to post your own metamorphosis photos here....

I love all these pics! Here's mine!

Reya age 2
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/atstallman/Yahoo%20Photo%20Album/9269.jpg

Age 3
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/atstallman/Reya3.jpg

Age 5 (I know I post this one a lot :loveit:)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/atstallman/halloween002.jpg

Age 8
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/atstallman/Reya3rdgrade.jpg



I'm on a new computer so I don't have anything more recent. :(

Ohh I found one Amy sent me in my email! (Tristan and Conor have been cropped out since I didn't ask Amy/Amylita if I could post her kids!)
AGE 9
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/atstallman/Reya9.jpg

[Storymama]

My girls . . .

http://www.blondbrain.com/share/amelia_montage.jpg

Just for fun, here is someone else I knew when he was 18 (to compare to Amelia)

Then . . . (1986!!)
http://www.blondbrain.com/share/jon_bike.jpg

...and now (from a wedding we went to last fall)
http://www.blondbrain.com/share/jon_now.jpg

. . . and then Tori Too :loveit:!

http://www.blondbrain.com/share/tori_montage.jpg

[renee]

These are so much fun to look at! Here's ours...

J. on his 6th birthday, 4.5 years ago:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/2hockeykids/j6thbday.jpg

And two weeks ago in Lake Placid:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/2hockeykids/jhansky.jpg

L. on her 2nd birthday, nearly 6 years ago:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/2hockeykids/lfairy.jpg

And two weeks ago, on a cruise around LP:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/2hockeykids/lonboat.jpg

[Peggyann]

I SOOOOOOOOOO love the zombie pic of Reya!! I love when you post it!!


~PA~

[Amanda_Reyasmom]

I SOOOOOOOOOO love the zombie pic of Reya!! I love when you post it!!


~PA~

That was probably my favorite halloween yet! It was a total last min costume, she's covered in miracle whip, food coloring, and rice for texture. Man she smelled at the end of the night :P

[anastasia]

Three years old: SO excited to start gymnastics!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/334644032_3dfb6b72da.jpg

8 years old: first place all-around!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2194/2511289297_5dc5ae85a8.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/2511286797_f75d124235.jpg

[anastasia]

Nicky at 4, helping paint shelves

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2151/2282972932_c43a854c86.jpg

Nick at 10:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2414474564_4f56d72b69.jpg
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2414474564_4f56d72b69.jpg)

[anastasia]

Newborn Michael:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2340356871_a19b1e3cc2.jpg

Five-year-old Michael:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2575313371_6da8b0ba75.jpg

[mirage1]

Three years old: SO excited to start gymnastics!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/334644032_3dfb6b72da.jpg

8 years old: first place all-around!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2194/2511289297_5dc5ae85a8.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/2511286797_f75d124235.jpg
OMG, Tasia, that has to be the most dramatic! Wow. She's so cool. :-)

[MadAboutYou]

Feel free to post your own metamorphosis photos here....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/jcstafford/MVC-050S.jpg
to
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/jcstafford/cihawaii.jpg

and

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/jcstafford/finnandblueshreck.jpg
to
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/jcstafford/finnwait.jpg

[MadAboutYou]

That everyone's children are so beautiful! It's amazing to see them all growing up. I look forward to seeing more pictures in another 5 years!

[jump4joy]

They are so lovely. C. has the most gorgeous eyes and they are still knockouts!, and F. has such a sweet smile.

[jump4joy]

And here's Asa:
http://exmsft.com/~robinc/03_11_asa_balletclass_flower13_s.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2371/2471238749_5027e7735d.jpg

[Hawthorne]

From this.....
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/1663340751_58d48fe7ee_o.jpgto this.....http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2647076877_41e5b918c2_m.jpg



and then the other baby just for fun.....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2027/1663343285_78600109f9_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3227/2601874522_fd067ff98f_m.jpg

So cute, KP!!

[Hawthorne]

What a fun thread, I'll see what I can dig up.

[Wendy]

http://tauntonfamily.com/then.jpg http://tauntonfamily.com/now.jpg

When Catherine was a few months old and then taken this morning

[jump4joy]

http://tauntonfamily.com/then.jpg http://tauntonfamily.com/now.jpg

When Catherine was a few months old and then taken this morning

Great idea Wendy! So cute!

[Debra]

I can't get over how big and beautiful everyone's kids are! :hearts::grouphug2:

I don't have a lot of older pics online and most of them are in storage, but here are a few (ok, a lot :loveit:).

In this picture Colin was about 5 weeks old and Alex was 4½.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/163307950_e9aef4b647_o.jpg

Here is Colin at 5 months old. Rub his belly for good luck! :loveit:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/2650782708_74a12547f8_o.jpg

Here they are 2 yrs old and 6½.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2650782670_ebc4063c7f.jpg

4½ and 9 years old.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2649955273_c04a517478.jpg

I love this picture (he's 4½ here).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/2650784040_26af520c10.jpg

10½ years old (growing his hair out).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2649956323_c2a2275efe.jpg

1st day of kindergarten (5 years old).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/2649954369_019df619d6.jpg

6½ years old (Christmas '06).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2649956407_e6fa7e20d2.jpg

12 years old.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2138/2287171466_6352fb07cf_o.jpg

12½ years old (now).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/2649956185_099d5b65d5.jpg

Now - 8 years old in a few weeks! (And wearing the pajama bottoms Micki made for him and holding Cheese the Cat.)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/2649955813_da98639dd0.jpg

[lunita]

I think your kids will always be 2 and 6.5 in my mind. That picture is exactly how I think of them.

[Debra]

I think your kids will always be 2 and 6.5 in my mind. That picture is exactly how I think of them.

:-) :-) And when I saw your picture of "tiny Amanda" I thought, no, no, no, that's how big she is! :kiss:

[Mumbly]

Then:

July 1990-Amye is getting a kiss from her big sister.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3229/2650955830_32934223d7.jpg

Amye, age 6 1/2, Nathan 5 1/2, 1996
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2650129519_b3dd88f260.jpg

Auna, age 4 1/2, Amye, age 3, Sept. 1993
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2494860671_d1dc787e1a.jpg

Amye, age 14 months, the day after her baby brother was born.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2650131337_d65ee07c8c.jpg

Now:

Amye, age 17 years, the day after her brother's baby was born.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2348539060_b1c3ec2e0f.jpg

Nathan age 16, Amye age 17, Auna age 19-April 2008
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2198/2494861551_f7ff675b60.jpg

[Jill]

I just scanned some old pictures, I don't have any REAL order to many of them but I tried to caption as best I could - these haven't been shared online before so I thought they'd be fun to see....(dave just FINALLY hooked me up a scanner :shockfunny:
http://picasaweb.google.com/JillGifpicasa/JordanPics?authkey=hUyL-GSVjS0

[Jill]

I just scanned some old pictures, I don't have any REAL order to many of them but I tried to caption as best I could - these haven't been shared online before so I thought they'd be fun to see....(dave just FINALLY hooked me up a scanner :shockfunny:
http://picasaweb.google.com/JillGifpicasa/JordanPics?authkey=hUyL-GSVjS0

it's embarrassing how many fewer pics I have accessible for Drew but here's what I could find to scan - I didn't want to share ones I've already shared - and we have so many of them stored on DAVE's puter but not mine ARGH...so anyway...
http://picasaweb.google.com/JillGifpicasa/DrewPics?authkey=u4stzmPgVMo

[Jill]

it's embarrassing how many fewer pics I have accessible for Drew but here's what I could find to scan - I didn't want to share ones I've already shared - and we have so many of them stored on DAVE's puter but not mine ARGH...so anyway...
http://picasaweb.google.com/JillGifpicasa/DrewPics?authkey=u4stzmPgVMo

and Em - wow we REALLY need to get our photos in order, cause there are slim pickings....but anyway, these are a sampling...
http://picasaweb.google.com/JillGifpicasa/EmilyPics?authkey=14WWxcX6-Bw

[shannon]

Everyone's kids look so BIG and gorgeous! Here are my two!

Around 3 and a half (just after his first haircut, I think):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/plastikgyrl/IMG_0012.jpg

Maybe 5?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/plastikgyrl/tutu5.jpg

Last year, at almost 7:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/plastikgyrl/boyatwork.jpg

I've got more recent shots on my camera still, but J took off with my batteries to listen to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in bed, so I can't get them off yet! :) I'll add them later.

Here's G.

About 3.5:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/plastikgyrl/guinwestfest3.jpg

Just before she turned 4:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/plastikgyrl/girl2feb06.jpg

This was taken last week,on Canada Day:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/plastikgyrl/CanadaDay.jpg

The most recent one I have of them together anywhere near my computer at the moment (taken on G's 6th birthday in March; J is 7.75):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/plastikgyrl/IMG_1362.jpg

[Peggyann]

Oh shannon, they're adorable!!

and I am totally showing the tongue to nose pic to my sister, that was her claim to fame when she was little!

:rofl:

~PA~

[hamamelis]

Minutes old: http://www.celticweb.com/users/lara1011/firstlatchbw.JPG

3 years old http://www.celticweb.com/users/lara1011/har.JPG

And last month-

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb229/solferino70/IMG_4211.jpg

Shes 9 1/2 officially as of today! I don't get how time just zips by like this.

[Peggyann]

Aidan:


Aidan during Samhain 06 (he was 4.5)



http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f64/Ravndream/Samhain2.jpg


Aidan at his kindy graduation. That's his teacher. They are standing on level ground!

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f64/Ravndream/Aidanteacher.jpg

and here he is with his graduation from kindy cake:

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f64/Ravndream/Aidancake.jpg

Where'd that little boy on the trampoline go?

~PA~

[Peggyann]

Karys:

about 6 hours old:

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f64/Ravndream/Karys13005.jpg

at 18 months, being dainty:

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f64/Ravndream/502006-R1-047-22.jpg

almost 3, I love this pic:

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f64/Ravndream/KMVswing.jpg

and today, at 3.5

eating cake at Papa's birthday:

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f64/Ravndream/Karyscake.jpg

at the jump castle:

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f64/Ravndream/KarysJump.jpg

~PA~

[Jill]

and Em - wow we REALLY need to get our photos in order, cause there are slim pickings....but anyway, these are a sampling...
http://picasaweb.google.com/JillGifpicasa/EmilyPics?authkey=14WWxcX6-Bw


http://picasaweb.google.com/JillGifpicasa/Kidsnowsummer08?authkey=RK8Qe_9bKQw

[Pensive]

I was that kind of kid. I loved my monster makeup. I love that picture!

She is *beautiful*, Amanda.

[Pensive]

Look at them with their lunchboxes! How cute! Your children are beautiful!

[Bonny]

I've been waiting all week for B to get her photos uploaded fr her camera, to do this.

These pics are of the same girl, on the same dock, in the same lake, on the same DATE ... 8 years apart!


http://xdb.xanga.com/7e8f11e744334198375757/s153503359.jpg

http://xf4.xanga.com/333c711001d30199059100/s154098162.jpg

[indigo]

I've been waiting all week for B to get her photos uploaded fr her camera, to do this.

These pics are of the same girl, on the same dock, in the same lake, on the same DATE ... 8 years apart!




That's so cool! I thought you were going to say "And the same fish!"

[mirage1]

I've been waiting all week for B to get her photos uploaded fr her camera, to do this.

These pics are of the same girl, on the same dock, in the same lake, on the same DATE ... 8 years apart!


http://xdb.xanga.com/7e8f11e744334198375757/s153503359.jpg

http://xf4.xanga.com/333c711001d30199059100/s154098162.jpgAw, Bonny, that's so cool!