Look what I found this week!

I wanted to take some pictures of Dane today, but somehow the three of us have turned this house of ours into a warzone! I will not place all of the blame on Dane, but most of the mess is his! For some reason, I allowed myself to become callouse to the caos today, and we all enjoyed our day off together. My birthday is this Friday, but we can't celebrate it then because of a youth retreat, so we enjoyed a great lunch at Olive Garden. I had really been craving those breadsticks and alfredo sauce, and it had been so long since we had been there. It was really good. After that, we came home and all went on a walk together with Spanky, who, by the way, has completely forgotten how to walk on a leash since I let myself be lazy and not walk during November and December (pregnancy is an easy excuse for that!).



Anyway, during the afternoon, Dane was in his room climbing and getting into his dresser drawers, and he found a little box that had some coin proof sets Lane's grandfather gave him for his birth year. Well, in that box, I guess I had slipped this picture in it during the move because I haven't seen it in ages! As some of you will recognize, this is a picture of our child, Rusty. Before I was expecting Dane, Lane and I went with our friends, Bruce & Katy, to Dave and Buster's to play one night. That particular Dave and Buster's had a photo booth called The Gene Machine, which took each of our pictures and then came up with what our possible offspring might look like. To be perfectly honest, when we first saw Rusty, we were very alarmed. He looked angry, and he looked like he might be the type to take out that anger on us. The fact that he looked about 5 years old and already entering into puberty also alarmed us.

So, anyway, not long after that, we found out we were expecting Dane, and all during my pregnancy, we would sometimes refer to him as Rusty. So, clearly, unless I am blind to my child's appearance, Dane does not look like Rusty. However, our fears have already begun to surface about what looms ahead of us with our expected bundle of joy coming this summer...Will Rusty really become a part of our lives?...Will Rusty really be so angry, or is it just his look?...Is Rusty really even a boy?...If not, I will start saving now for all of the uni-brow waxing expenses in her future!...And, why is his/her hair so matted looking?!