When our son, Reuben, was a baby (born July1982), he would often wake up in the mornings or from his nap by “peeking over the buggy” where he slept. This same buggy had been used by my Mom and Dad when I was a kid. I can actually remember my Mom pushing my twin siblings Tim and Tam in the buggy while my brother Joel and I walked along-side the buggy when my Mom would go places. The buggy’s top section was removable and easily became a “crib” for Reuben after he was born since Nicholas was using our “big crib”. The buggy sat easily alongside our bed so when Reuben was restless in the middle of the night, one of us could easily reach down from our bed to pat him. He rarely cried. Mostly he just peeked his little head over the top of the buggy.
Here he is at 6 months old, waking up for a brand new day at our first home on Victory Avenue in Racine, WI. Kristin was 3 at the time, and Nicholas had just turned 2. Kimberly was about 6 months from being born.
Later on, when Reuben was in his late teens, he sketched this picture for one of my birthdays. It’s hanging upstairs in my office and pulls on my heart-strings often.
Now fast-forward to 2010. Reuben’s and Heidi’s son, Harper (born Nov. 2009), is doing some peeking as well! Harper is 7 months old in the picture below. Heidi is giving him a bath in this picture taken at Ludington State Park a few days ago. Any resemblence to his Dad?
More Ludington pictures coming soon…………
Cute. Im sure there are resemblances but not in that picture. He looks Kooiman and Soetenga. Weird huh!
I love it! He doesn’t look a lot like Reuben in those pics at all, does he? He’s still got Reuben’s eye folds but different eye shape. And I think he has Reuben’s nose. We’ll see! So cute though!