Tuesday 16 March 2010

Happy 30th Bro

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY BROTHER!!

Today is my little brother's 30th birthday. The photo above was taken on the day of his Christening when he was a just few months old and I was 5. Thinking back to a snowy day in March of 1980, I remember my mum coming home from hospital with a wizened face little mite and not being too sure what to make of him. All I remember was he was a boring 'new toy' because he slept all the time and I used to try and rouse him by shaking the pram ('gently' of course) everytime my Mum was out of the room.

Despite the 4 year 11 month age gap, it wasn't long until Mark caught up with me in the height stakes and on holidays in the mid-80's we were often (much to my disgust) mistaken for twins.

However whilst I retained my petite stature...the boy kept growing (and growing!). At 6 ft 2, he towers over my dinky 4ft 6 ins. Height aside I am still most definitely his BIG sister and never hold back from telling him 'what's what'!

Me & my brother today.

4 comments:

Bellybarra said...

that was really nice . x

Cecelia said...

Awww...you were such a cute kid :)

Anonymous said...

Happy belated birthday to him!

Samsara said...

Awww, that's a lovely picture of you with your brother! :)