Place Your Bet!

November 11, 2009 | Filed Under Children, Mine | 21 Comments 

…Okay, so truth: you probably won’t get any prize in the mail, simply because I know myself well enough to know that after having a baby, I’m simply out.of.commission. for a few weeks, but I thought it would be interesting to know who wins. FYI- I’m technically due the week of Thanksgiving. Praying for an early arrival though, of course…

Comment on this post and include your guesses for the following things:
Gender of our new one (no, we don’t know what we’re having!)
Date of arrival
Time of arrival
Weight

I hope to post soon (tomorrow? oh wishful thinking…) with news!

And, a few shots of sweet Rowan that I took this week. I actually made the headwrap for myself, but *ahem*, it’s a tad small for me. However, it fits her like a charm!

Halloween Catch-Up ~ Inland Empire Photographer ~ Rachel Clare

November 2, 2009 | Filed Under Mine | 7 Comments 

I was all set to do a Halloween post. Honest. Then time ran out before the party, so I thought, “it’s cool, I’ll do a post afterward…” Yeah, not so much. After being in those boots for 3 hours (standing the whole time, mind you) and almost 9 months pregnant, my sciatica was raging, my whole body hurt, and my eyes could not stay open. Then yesterday was all about recuperating. And having family over for dinner. And getting ourselves organized for this month of November. And the post didn’t happen… again.

So today, you have it. Happy Halloween! A bit late… sorry.

JT’s sister and her family threw a monstrous party (no pun intended) on Saturday night and their home morphed into the Haunted Mansion at Disney. I kid you not. Think: skeletons in wedding dresses and tuxes floating in the pool, a graveyard, multiple pinatas for the littles, Halloween decor on ever available surface of their home. It was fantastic.
I was in charge of the sugar, essentially. Cupcakes, sugar cookies, and bubbling witches brew. Friday and Saturday were spend baking and icing and decorating (and, *ahem* tasting). It all went off without a hitch, and we had a crazy-fun evening.

You know, my costume was only appropriate given my situation. Seriously, how could I have been anything else? And, I’m thinking that the blonde Farrah Fawcett ‘do really works for me. You?

E, the crazy Count Dracula…

And of course, the stinkin’ cutest little “girl pirate” you’ve ever seen…

Then there was Scary Fairy, formerly known as JT. Rowan asked him last week what he was going to be. He told her he didn’t know. She suggested a ballerina, and he decided that was a good idea. How he went from ballerina to creepy-guy-in-lycra-with-a-glued-on-comb-over-hair’do, I don’t know. But somehow it morphed into that.

So there you have it. Scary Fairy won “scariest costume” at the party. Incidentally, I actually won “funniest costume” which tickled me pink.
I hope you had a wickedly spooky Halloween! Happy November!