When 22-month-old Ashton Howell's mother saw a meme of her son, she didn't know what to think. But she wanted to track down the person who posted her son's image to the internet.
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Ariel Griggs, 29, of Mobile, Ala., had no clue that her brother, 18-year-old Steven Small, a freshman at University of California, Berkeley, had posted a photo of his nephew to Instagram. And now everyone, from regular people on social media to celebrities like Tyrese, is getting in on Ashton's meme-worthy cuteness.
"He thought it was funny to dress Ashton up, putting his 'little' big head in caps and stuff and taking pictures of him. I found out he has tons of pictures of Ashton on Instagram. I guess people just thought his pictures were cute and went from there," Griggs told AL.com.
"I'm kind of leery of social media. I kinda think that my brother set this up as a ploy to get more followers on Instagram, but he hasn't admitted yet," Griggs said.
And, of course, there's now a Twitter account dedicated solely to "Honey Bun Baby":
Cute babies always win on social media.
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