ILP rolling photo quarantine

OK, this is going to be my fav thread. I can feel it already.

Mike, I'd forgotten how little the girls were!

This is Aidan at just under three months

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1342/1477785997_0675b16da3.jpg

And this was before Christmas at 16 months

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/3119132828_8e8b22b66b.jpg

They just keep getting bigger, don't they? We don't even water ours.

Howie at 4 months (note terrible eczema)

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Q2cuqOo8v8M/RngEESZX0AI/AAAAAAAAEdI/LsXTlcsEw30/s400/CIMG0740.JPG

Driving a tractor at 22 months

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Ophelia:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/90981886_96546c9b92.jpg

Just born.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/3086955564_59e30bd4af.jpg

The other week.

Elisabeth:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/1917941146_762c2e5967.jpg

Newborn baby sleeping the days away.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/3153416798_8dd915d8bb.jpg

Drinking? ME? From a cup? You must be MAD.

Megan showing off her sketch

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3314/3204660221_4e8921732d.jpg

omg so grown up!!

great wallpaper btw

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/hukl/wavethemlikeyoujustdontcare-1.jpg

cuet!! my girl pointed at this pic and said "scheep! scheep!" (sleep)

why does this thread show up as blue on site new answers?

This is my favourite pic of H sleeping, about 4 weeks old...

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beeps has had just about enough

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/3207343677_907f079fdd_o.jpg

earlier today, after our walk
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/hukl/pleased.jpg

They're all so cute.

damn... babies.

We went on a little "hike" this morning. Here are a few...

Owen:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/3207941911_afe94be85d.jpg

Jumping Ben
:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3312/3208790134_aa8fa026cc.jpg

Ben loving holding his mommy's hand:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/3208794116_8be4b5aac0.jpg

Beeeeeeps! I love that look. :-)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3330/3203683137_b5c2a10044.jpg

Yesterday.

awww, etc.

super trippy borderline terrifying a+

nath that photo is gold!

schwantz, is it true identical twins happen randomly and non-identical only happen for people with the twin making gene?

or more commonly these days those who fuck w/science

Identical twins are random, or so they say. The mechanism (random splitting of zygote) is much different than for fraternal twins (two eggs released at once). I think that there is a "release-more-than-one-egg-at-a-time" gene. My wife is in SFPOM (parents of multiples), and almost everyone other than us has fraternal twins as the result of some kind of fertility treatment or in-vitro procedure.

One more from our hike, cuz I love it. Owen:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3268/3207941007_26d99c5e6d_b.jpg

Great shot.

how will he survive in the woods on his own????

"its time 4 u 2 be a man now"

"Owen on his vision quest."

How do you get them to hike with you? Trying to walk anywhere with Howie is impossible -- he just goes round and round in circles, or gets fixated on a pile of stones and won't leave, or wants to dig for worms, or gets startled (particularly by dogs) and demands to be carried. He is fine as long as you don't have a destination, but trying to get from A to B? Forget it...

That's what Owen was doing in that picture. I dunno, I guess we just take our time, carry them a bit, etc. That hike goes from point A to point wherever, and then back to point A, so if we sense them getting worn out, we just turn around...

breakfast:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/3231521673_308ea1d3bf_o.jpg

later, banana coma:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3483/3231521621_ce35597d4b_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3217236039_b22b2415cf.jpg

I love that protective look that older sibs have for their younger sibs...

I love this look too:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3305/3233250548_049979e8b6.jpg

CUPCAKE

Here's Ava & Lulu braving the icy winds while Sunday league football draws to a conclusion in a Merseyside park...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/3220633937_fd00c55ac8.jpg

beeps obamatized

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3468/3239617806_fe2322260b_o.jpg

At the very serious business of organising crayons

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Q2cuqOo8v8M/SXtikjDAIsI/AAAAAAAAKOs/BG5ldCsP1uc/s400/wot.jpg

Wow sunny :)

And nice Clarks shoebox Meg, they do come in handy don't they!

Alice just born:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/322500370_e4d5d1e1d4.jpg?v=0

First birthday:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2248/2120653064_cde205c1a6.jpg?v=0

Second birthday:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/slightlyfoxed/DSC00407.jpg

I can't believe she's two already! I remember you posting the pictures when she was first born.

wow @ Alice getting big and growing hair!

Here's a rubbish phone shot of Megan actually facing a camera for once
http://i40.tinypic.com/2d7tyx4.jpg

Just thought I'd bring a downer on the thread by showing you the kind of horrors awaiting you in 10 or 12 years times.*

http://www.aozj96.dsl.pipex.com/andylondon.jpg

*Only joking btw, even if he's now lost the puppy fat.

Just for comparison, here's one taken ~2000.

http://www.aozj96.dsl.pipex.com/andy.jpg

and he was such a nice boy

Id say these kids need to quit growing up but they just get better looking.

Here is Beeps holding Foofa while watching Foofa.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3337/3248806807_234ce071f1_o.jpg

Also, hiding in bushes:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3425/3248811813_edc3f2a789_o.jpg

the reveal:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3356/3248822079_324c093c32_o.jpg

Hey SS do you let her play with the Wii yet? My husband is planning to "expose" Ophelia soon. :-)

that's an xbox360 (white box) and a ps3 up there. we're planning to get rid of the xbox. the only video game she's really shown interest in is katamari and last time i tried (which was a long time ago, i guess) she couldn't quite get the analog sticks on the ps controller moving together all the time. plus im sure she was just all 'woah! ball!'. but, yeah, i'm happy for her to play games as soon as she can/wants to. i bet wii would be fun with a toddler/preschooler!

I helped her get to hitman level by firing a rocket launcher into a gang of ballas, so she's got that under her belt.

Thanx Laurel. She's lost three front teeth in the space of a fortnight and developed a hilarious lisp now.

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Solid food? :-P No way jose.

I love my 50 mm lens btw. Bestest purchase I have made in Tokyo. It was only 10,000 yen! In Belgium it costs double that price.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3632246635_2489acd040.jpg

Since being in Tokyo, they've really hit it off. They really play together which is the "awesomest" thing ever. So so so cute. Until they fight over a toy of course. hah

Ned, that pool pic is the greatest!

"Lulu, try to be scary without making a noise..."

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3640/3637085914_40b81a8235.jpg

More goofing around, just before Ava walks to school with her sis...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3308/3637082878_22867e5111.jpg

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nedtrifle/3644688264/"; title="Seen at Seldom Seen Farm, Leicestershire by Ned Trifle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3644688264_0b0747417a.jpg"; width="500" height="375" alt="Seen at Seldom Seen Farm, Leicestershire" /></a>

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3644688264_0b0747417a.jpg

And this is what he was doing...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3657/3644403379_482775b735.jpg

aww strawberry picking. i grew up in a house with a field of wild strawberries growing behind it. good times. also, i spend a good chunk of shopping time searching for shoes just like ava and lulu's but in my size.

What Ben made for me on my birthday:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/3664435636_49ea69cbdb.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/hukl/DSCF1502.jpg

live long and prosper to you too!

LOL cuet!

I'm glad I figured this picture-posting thing out. Here's my daughter:

http://i42.tinypic.com/2eaqwib.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/20sdagm.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/kt6c3.jpg

Sorry if three pics = too much.

Three, as we all know by now, is a magic number. Beautiful!

Schwantz - good to see Ben playing fast and loose with typography there.

Your daughter is gorgeous!

Thank you!

A+ shades

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2473/3621932297_e83625709f.jpg

with the standard this-ain't-my-kid-it's-my-niece/godchild disclaimer

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/818963/Photos/IMG_0001.JPG

phenomenal

https://files.getdropbox.com/u/818963/Photos/drums.jpg

Cute!

Okay I probably would have given up 5 years' worth of birthday and Christmas presents for that drum kit.

Aaah. I got one as a kid. A Muppet Show kit. My parents threw it out. My obvious No Wave tendencies didn't click with my mother's migraine attacks. hahahahahahah I would play HOURS on it. I loved it so much. There you go, a career as an 80s Shaggs drummer was lost forever.

Those babies sure are growing fast! We need some new ones here. :-)

Is it me, or is everyone having kids? Friends of ours as well. One's expecting in November. Anotehr couple are due in September. Twins no less!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2546/3699388766_12c1d8d066.jpg
Veronica and I momentarily complacent in the fourth set of the Wimbledon Men's final.

A little collage of recent pics; some film photos taken at Ava's school sports day (though Lulu was clearly determined to be centre of attention anyway) and a coupla digital pics from Soho Square on Saturday (the dance stage at Pride, drag queens not pictured):

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2621/3706684785_d04c1d1cb0.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mUFtBONM5w

im cooking this kid as fast as i can!

hahaha....that was on my clipboard from a facebook post.

I meant to reply to:

Those babies sure are growing fast! We need some new ones here. :-)

Lulu lokks like shes got some bitchin attitude

As usual MJs kids are adorable and yeah, Lulu looks like the coolest little girl ever.

At a party, with a bunny:

http://i30.tinypic.com/if1xs8.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3507/3720870788_aa2d0ece65.jpg

we went to some amusement park today. after i came home, i took two ibuprofens 400s in one go. same like i was a kid: i can't handle that much heat and excitement. haha

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2550/3720870476_c6a17c8001.jpg

bit fuzzy but the enthusiasm just oozes off the screen heh

That's lovely.

Oh thanks! I am happy with the pictures. :-) Bit funny seeing how there were lika dozen parents standing around with gigantic DSLRs shooting pics. haha

I love that look!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/3716522551_94f2392bcd.jpg?v=0

awww!! so happy!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/818963/grace.jpg

wow so beautiful!

Ha! Gorgeous. (There is a newer thread, y'know)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/6019114302_52c1db1af3_z.jpg
IMG_0935 by remy bean, on Flickr

nephew

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/MarkGrout/CIMG0033.jpg