Thank you, Emily, for putting down the puppies long enough to take this photo.
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Heather B. Armstrong
Hi. I’m Heather B. Armstrong, and this used to be called mommy blogging. But then they started calling it Influencer Marketing: hashtag ad, hashtag sponsored, hashtag you know you want me to slap your product on my kid and exploit her for millions and millions of dollars. That’s how this shit works. Now? Well… sit back, buckle up, and enjoy the ride.
Jason
2005/01/24 at 4:52 amFirst
Shlee
2005/01/24 at 4:53 amLovely!
H in Chicago
2005/01/24 at 4:53 amSo cute! I love your highlights! 🙂
Jonna
2005/01/24 at 4:53 amThat is a sweet, sweet photo. Love Leta’s hair!
Dee
2005/01/24 at 4:53 amThird! See Emily is good for something!
Jason
2005/01/24 at 4:54 amhuh, first to post for the day with my first comment on dooce.com.
It is a very cute picture.
minxlj
2005/01/24 at 4:54 amAw bless. Mischief in the making.
Badger
2005/01/24 at 4:56 amAw. AAWWW! Just aw.
gwen
2005/01/24 at 4:56 amCute photo. Where’s all the snow?
Marcia
2005/01/24 at 4:57 amwhat a great photo
Cheryl
2005/01/24 at 4:57 amI love this picture… Your mommie-ness is showing and it’s awesome! Thanks Emily!
Scott
2005/01/24 at 4:57 amI like Chuck standing stoically in the background. He looks like he is on guard duty.
Bucky Four-Eyes
2005/01/24 at 5:00 amLeta’s tiny fist in the thumbnail says only one thing to me:
“Mama said knock you OUT!”
Em
2005/01/24 at 5:02 amOh, cuteness! You all look great. And you look happy!
maura
2005/01/24 at 5:03 amgreat picture! Her hair is really getting long!
Honey Bunny
2005/01/24 at 5:04 amOH!
Chloe
2005/01/24 at 5:05 amUgh! So *not* cute.
Yeah, totally obvious that was a lie, huh?
Is that Chuck in the background or some other dog? Does his tail do that?
Circus Kelli
2005/01/24 at 5:08 amOh! That is the bestest family portrait evah! Lovely! Sweet! Just plain wonderful and heart-warming!
Happy Monday, Armstrongs!
Mojo
2005/01/24 at 5:08 amNuzzle!
Jennifer
2005/01/24 at 5:08 amWhat a cute picture! You look truly happy!
Tiger
2005/01/24 at 5:13 amHmmm… was browsing backward to the “Help Me Name this Photo” and… had to smirk at the
“Burning Bush” and then “The Burning OF Bush.”
…I kind of liked *those*…
(& this photo is very sweet)
red
2005/01/24 at 5:13 amawe, i love this!! you guys are so precious.
Wicked H
2005/01/24 at 5:14 amGreat pic but where is Chuck?
He is part of the family too?
Thanks for sharing!
Visvoice
2005/01/24 at 5:15 amOh, the power of an image to bring a smile to the face!
becca
2005/01/24 at 5:16 amI love the maternal aspect of this photo, too… We almost never see you and Leta together (usually because you’re the photographer). Totally adorable.
Danielle
2005/01/24 at 5:19 amum… scott, I don’t think that is chuck. too yellow and too big.
When I saw this photo I said “Awww, that’s nice.”
Then I looked lower and about bust a gut at the ads for
“Louis Armstrong doll” and
“Armstrong books”
HA!
Louis Armstrong doll, indeed.
shaunacat
2005/01/24 at 5:19 amI am so glad I am pregnant already, because if I weren’t my ovaries would be screaming for mercy right now.
I love the pictures of the three of you together. 🙂
Tabbie
2005/01/24 at 5:21 amI’m kind of mad right now that when its cold men can grow beards to keep themselves warm. Where was I when they were handing out beards!?!?!
MyChelle
2005/01/24 at 5:23 amAlmost all smiles on the Armstrong family…how luurrrrvvvleeee!
Smark!
2005/01/24 at 5:24 amLove it when we get a pic of *almost* everyone together.
SaraJane
2005/01/24 at 5:24 amGreat pic!!! Makes me smile!
Mir
2005/01/24 at 5:25 amWow, you have such a beautiful smile, Heather. Love the photo!
e
2005/01/24 at 5:26 amhappy happy joy joy!
mouse
2005/01/24 at 5:28 amThess peeshir iss 1 gud metiforr 4 Shuck’s shrenkeeng rul en yor 1 famlee. Thatt bebe iss tikin up 1-therd ef thi furgrand. Por Shuck iss berly vissibil. Andd luk haw yew R miking hem 2 walkk outsad en thatt skirry beeg yardd wit nu lish!! I wul haf 1 hart attick iff thatt happin 2 mi. My hart briks 4 hem.
Geremy F
2005/01/24 at 5:30 amWhere’s Chuck??
Oh… there he is.
Taya
2005/01/24 at 5:33 amDooce, she has your eyebrows.
gordon
2005/01/24 at 5:34 amLeta: “Ok mom, I did my part…I acted cute for the picture…now wheres my bottle…per contract.”
Sarah
2005/01/24 at 5:35 amYou are SMILING!! What a beautiful picture of your family (helps that you are all so beautiful, too).
andrea
2005/01/24 at 5:36 amYeah, what kind of dog is Chuck anyway? Just curious.
Laura C.
2005/01/24 at 5:37 amDooce, I love your chin. It looks…elegant.
maxigumee
2005/01/24 at 5:37 amOH MY GOSH. This is like the cutest picture EVER!
kari g
2005/01/24 at 5:37 amgreat – very cute. Chuck watching over his happy, healthy, beautiful family!!
Moxie
2005/01/24 at 5:47 amLeta: ” Mother, could stand back a bit…you are blocking my light.”
BerryGirl
2005/01/24 at 5:48 amSooo cute!! News Flash:
Boobah’s are on sale at Target for $6!! Collect them all.
closet metro
2005/01/24 at 5:49 amPerfect Picture. Or you could call it “Fred II”
Colleen from NJ
2005/01/24 at 5:50 amDoes anyone remember “Where’s Waldo?” books?
Where’s Chuck?
You should definitely frame this one. Definitely.
Mary
2005/01/24 at 5:52 amObviously you all look cute in this photo, but Heather, I think you take the cake for the cutest in this photo–which is hard to do, considering that your daughter is so adorable. Nice work.
kim
2005/01/24 at 5:53 amit makes me really happy to see you three so happy..
JuJuBee
2005/01/24 at 5:53 amThis would look great in black and white…beautiful.
jules
2005/01/24 at 5:54 am“Look, we can’t ALL do big arms.”