It Was Two Years Ago Today...

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Happy second birthday, SteelyKid! That wasn't taken on her birthday, but it's one of my favorite early pictures of her. Now, of course, she looks like this:

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That is, when she'll hold still long enough to be photographed...

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You did good there Steelydad.

have you decided on how you're going to handle the oncoming rush boyfriends? Popular choices are firearms and dire threats, or locking dear daughter away.

So, how's that SteelyJr! project going?

mangled my tags...

< mom voice >

So, how's that SteelyJr! project going?

damn it, it refuses anything in brackets, should be

mom voice

So, how's that SteelyJr! project going?

/mom voice

fighting rusty brakes has turned my brain to mush

Careful now. If you keep her much longer before cooking, the meat'll be dry and sinewy. You want to roast them young and moist.

Air Steelykid! Not too much longer before she'll be dunking on dad...

Anyway, Happy Birthday to a lovely lady

Hospitals must all buy those blankets and shirts from the same supplier, since I have pictures of my kid, born 20 months later and a thousand or so miles away, in the same blanket and shirt.