Chubby Cheeks No More

Austin always makes fun of me whenever I fawn over the old pictures of him we have around the house. "Look at those chubby cheeks...I just wanna squeeze 'em!" I squeak in that garbled high pitched tone usually reserved for pets and newborns. "They were FAT!" Austin responds, "Why do you like FAT cheeks?"

Okay, who doesn't like FAT toddler cheeks?!!

Anyway, last night I came across this photo that my cousin Sean posted on Facebook. It was taken about 11 years ago at the apartment I shared with Melanie when Scott and I first met. It flat out killed me.

It was a couple nights ago, Scott and Austin were standing in the kitchen side by side and I looked at them and said "Wow Aust, you're almost as tall as your dad...go stand back to back. " And sure enough, another inch or so and they will be the same height. I mean, he's only 14...I didn't think that would happen until 16 or 17!

And then, just yesterday, Florence had come over to visit and then take Aust to a Kings game, so I had my camera out, naturally.

And I happened to take this picture of the two of them.

I'm never gonna get used to this growing up businesss.