RAG-A-MUFFIN

Colette is funny. Seriously funny. Whenever we watch a movie as a family, it turns into a game of, "Where did Colette go?" One night she was underneath the desk unloading Dad's wallet. Smart girl. And then the other night we were watching National Treasure and surprise, surprise, Colette was gone. We could hear her laughing at us trying to find her, but she was absolutely nowhere to be seen. Then we turned on the light, and spotted her...

at the bottom of my clean laundry...
as if to say, 'if you would fold my clothes, you would find me, mom!'

she had been there, who knows how long just enjoying the movie like everybody else.


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I have to say that like most women, I was absolutely thrilled when I found out I was having a little girl.

Finally this...

was real!
right?


disappointingly, no.

Colette is a complete rag-A-muffin.
no matter how hard I try.
no matter how many times I wash her face in a day,
brush her hair
or wipe her nose,
{which she has now learned to pick}
Parker doesn't even do that!!

She always looks like this:

with who knows what smeared on her face...

that could make the cover of national enquirer for sure, right?

aunt lisa's favorite:
the signature stain that colette obtains on EVERY shirt,
since food lands right on her cute little potbelly.

And then, the rat's nest....

I carry a comb and de-tangler with me everywhere I go.
but to no avail.
her hair is always in knots.

But, just because having a little girl isn't always the Barbie dream dress-up game I wanted it to be...

Look at this funny girl.

I love her just the way she is.