dual personalities

Here is a picture of our grandmother, two of her daughters, their spouses, and her first three grandchildren–all boys! It is probably early in 1952, since our brother Chris (center) was born in July 1951 and he appears to be about 7 months old.

Let’s take a closer look.

Our cousin Stephen is the “fat baby” on the left. Granted, he is wearing a puffy snowsuit, but what a well-fed bambino he is! (He grew up to be 6’4″ and thin as a rail.) He, of course, is sitting quietly for the photographer, while our brother, true to form, seems to be struggling to get out of the Cadillac of all baby buggies. Perhaps he is just happily wiggling, but he is moving. Both of his parents are looking down at the squirming babe.

His father looks annoyed. Perhaps he is just annoyed because he didn’t get the memo about wearing his uniform. Oh well. C’est la vie.

Have a great (fat baby) Friday!

(P.S. If you double-click on the images, you can see them even bigger.)