Not Throw Up Ugly

On our last trip to New York we visited the Union Square Greenmarket. Within a minute of arriving a reporter and camera from the CBS Evening News asked if we could be interviewed on camera about babies and such. Actually one of them said "there's a cute baby" and ran over to us. Ben was interviewed since this was originally going to air on Father's Day (Tim Russert's death bumped the segment). 

For the record, we saw the original photograph of the reporter's son -- not the edited one -- and George was cute. Yes, sort of average cute, we agreed. But then when Steve Hartman (the reporter) said that George was only two months old, I exclaimed: "Oh, then he really *is* a cute baby. Babies that age are kind of meh. I mean, Penelope has always been cute in our eyes, but looking back at pictures we think 'this is cute?' Not throw-up ugly, but definitely not as cute as now." 

I wonder why that sound bite didn't make it. 

Watch for Pen and Ben right near the start of the video. And here's the story.

Here's also the email I sent to Steve Hartman -- after taping the interview:

Hi Steve,
You interviewed us at the Farmers Market -- we were the ones from San Francisco. As I was saying - the fact that your son is only 2-3 months and looks that cute is a good indicator that he really is cute. Attached are two photos of my daughter, Penelope -- one from 2 months and one from 7 months. She's a good-looking baby now, but at 2 months -- there was room for improvement. :)

Mena Trott