The photo should explain it all to my family when you see Blake hanging out in his pull up and socks. Some of us say that Blake resembles my grandfather who everyone called "Shorty". Blake has skinny chicken legs and a pot belly which matches my grandfather. There has been a few things that he has done that reminds us all of my grandfather (who is no longer with us).
I am going to try and tell this story but it could be one of those things that you just have to been there. My grandfather was famous for sitting at the kitchen table in his underwear after coming in from milking the cows. Growing up - I never thought it was strange because it was so normal. The funniest part is that my grandmother decided to fight fire with fire at one point and came to the table with the equal amount of clothing. I wish I would have been there for that one but I can only imagine that reaction.
So it was ironic yesterday that Blake HAD to take his nap in only his pull up and socks and then came marching down the stairs with elephants in hand. Blake could run around naked or partially naked all the time. I finally got him dressed in time for dinner but Billy was welcomed home with Blake running around half naked.
Shortly after Blake was born - Billy started calling him shorty one day not ever knowing that is what our grandfather was called. I guess we had always talked about my grandfather as PopPop so it was one of those Ahha moments when I heard him calling Blake "Shorty". There has many other moments but too many to list but I thought my family would enjoy this Little Shorty post.