{"id":6424,"date":"2014-11-13T08:26:24","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T13:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=6424"},"modified":"2014-11-13T08:26:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T13:26:24","slug":"blogger-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/13\/blogger-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blogger Before Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>This is me: before the blog, before the babies. \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0(click on any of the thumbnails to see the full-size pictures as some of the cropping is weird. \u00a0Remember, these are copies of older, poor-quality originals but I hope you enjoy a little peek of me through the years!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Pre-School:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03397-e1415883744517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03397-e1415883744517-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh, the chins and the eyes! (1984, a few months old)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON006-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EPSON MFP image\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reading at the lake (1985ish?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03395-e1415883769977.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03395-e1415883769977-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Getting down at my Aunt and Uncle&#8217;s wedding (1985\/86? \u00a0Sorry for not remembering!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON006-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON006-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2nd Birthday (1985, clearly an angel child!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03398-e1415883727206.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03398-e1415883727206-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So excited about being in Florida! (1987?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03399-e1415883705870.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03399-e1415883705870-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">First day of pre-school (1987)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03400-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I took reading with Big Bird very seriously! (1988?)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Classic school pictures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6424 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/13\/blogger-babies\/attachment\/6433\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"159\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-8-159x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-8-159x250.jpg 159w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-8-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-8.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6433'>\n\t\t\t\tKindergarten (1989)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/13\/blogger-babies\/epson-mfp-image-20\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-186x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-186x250.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6434'>\n\t\t\t\t1st Grade (1990)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/13\/blogger-babies\/attachment\/6431\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"182\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-6-182x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-6-182x250.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-6-300x413.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-6-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-6.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6431'>\n\t\t\t\t2nd Grade (1991)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/13\/blogger-babies\/attachment\/6429\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-4-167x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-4-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-4-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-4.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6429'>\n\t\t\t\t3rd Grade (1992)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/13\/blogger-babies\/epson-mfp-image-19\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-2-174x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-2-174x250.jpg 174w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-2-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-2.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6427'>\n\t\t\t\t7th Grade (1996)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/13\/blogger-babies\/attachment\/6428\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-3-180x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-3-180x250.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-3-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-3.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6428'>\n\t\t\t\t9th Grade (1998)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/13\/blogger-babies\/attachment\/6432\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-7-172x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-7-172x250.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-7-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-7.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6432'>\n\t\t\t\t11th Grade (2000)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/13\/blogger-babies\/attachment\/6430\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-5-355x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-5-355x250.jpg 355w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-5-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-5-600x422.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON003-5.jpg 651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6430'>\n\t\t\t\tSenior Picture (2001)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Ballerina Mama<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/dreamers-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/dreamers-crop-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"dance dreamers \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dreamers, my second dance performance (1991?)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON004-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6447 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON004-4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ballerina Family (1993ish?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON004-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EPSON MFP image\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">One of my most favorite dances ever! (1999)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON004-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON004-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Arabian (2000, the dance and pose that started my whole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/25\/mommying-is-like-dancing-and-drugs\/\">path to injury<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON004-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON004-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">One of the only pictures you&#8217;ll ever find of me smiling in braces (2001?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON007-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON007-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Fairy of the Woodland Glade (2002, my senior solo,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/23\/dangers-dancing\/\"> broken nose<\/a> and all!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Through the years:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON005-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6438 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON005-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EPSON MFP image\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With my baby cousin (1993-the start of my love for babies)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON005-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EPSON MFP image\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Check out those bangs! (1995)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON005-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON005-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">No idea what&#8217;s going on here but my friends and I used to like to do makeovers&#8230; (Middle School&#8211;1996-1998)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON005-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON005-4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Senior Prom (2002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON006-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON006-4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">High School Graduation (2002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON006-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON006-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The only time I&#8217;ve ever dyed my hair (red highlights, 2002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON007-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON007-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Freshman year of college (2003)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03396.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03396-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Getting ready for my Senior dance performance (2005)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/9-15-137.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC03403-e1415883613722-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">College Graduation (2005)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/9-15-137.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/EPSON007-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EPSON MFP image\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Teaching (2005)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/9-15-137.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-3595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/9-15-137-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"9-15 (137)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wedding Day (2007)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC00084-e1415847717506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC00084-e1415847717506-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00084\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Last stop before mommyland! (2008)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0This is me: before the blog, before the babies. \u00a0 \u00a0(click on any of the thumbnails to see the full-size pictures as some of the cropping is weird. \u00a0Remember, these are copies of older, poor-quality originals but I hope you enjoy a little peek of me through the years!) 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