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\nwe couldn’t find a shoelace small enough for a newborn\u00a0so jon ended up taking the leather one
\nright out of his church shoes + putting it in the hospital bag.
\nyou bet we took it to the hospital. right along with the striped beanie that i bought the day we found out j was a boy.
\nthe same beanie that i dreamed of him wearing every single night until he got here.
\nironically, it\u00a0still<\/i> has the tag on it.
\ndid you know jonah came out with a full head of grownup hair?
\nit wasn’t thin or spotty + it never fell out either. {so many people told me it would}
\nwe were smitten by his locks from day one.\u00a0i hated to cover it up, so i never did.
\nwhich is the exact reason why he despises hats now. hoods included.
\nhe finds it rather amusing when i try to put one on him.
\nay carumba!
\nit drives me crayyyzaaay.<\/p>\nyou win the hat battle, mr. too cool for school in your striped pants.
\nbut i’m telling you right now, the day you discover the key to your mama’s heart, it’s game over for all of us.<\/p>\n
moral of this lengthy<\/span> pointless<\/span> awesome story ::
\ni am the one to blame for j’s hat hating heart + i will stop complaining now.
\njonah gets his style from his dad.
\n+ roll with the punches.
\nthat is all.<\/p>\nps :: \u00a0he got the lid off his sippy by himself. not to be mistaken for a slobber ring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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