Happy Thanksgiving!

We are thankful for our friends, our family, and that our dinner will be big and sweet.


Hope your turkey is just as yummy!

This week in the news

I have another job interview. It's funny, I didn't get the job I did apply for, but apparently I made a great impression as my resume was passed (unbeknownst to me) to a sister agency. They called me up last week and told me that the man I interviewed with really liked me and thought I would be a great fit with their agency. You know, this is how I ended up with the job at EHC. It's strange the way the world works. So we shall see how that goes.

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day as I have the interview in the morning, Melly has a playdate in the late morning and I have to make munchies for the adults. Wednesday should be fun too as I have a dentist appointment int he am and yoga in the late am. Why did I pack this week so full of stuff? I don't know. I guess when you have a holiday coming up everyone wants to get things done before it happens.

And now a moment of delight...
Melly's new outfit brought to you by Grandma D

Please ignore the bizzar picture on the TV screen in the background...it was not intentional.

Late is better than never

Grandma D sent us some pictures that were taken way back in July. So without furth ado....

Your face may stay like that.

Much better.

Four letter word

S N O W

Today it snowed.

At my house.

Outside my window.

I blame Mr. C.

Alone again

Yesterday Mr. C went off on a business trip to MI. He will be gone until Thursday...and we miss him.

We also got our one year shots today. Let me tell you, it was not much fun. There was crying involved and lots of dirty looks. However the now 22.2 pound baby is doing quite well... sound asleep... for her first nap this week. *sigh* Yesterday was not fun.

But tomorrow will be better.

And we made up for it by sleeping through the night.

So all is not lost.

Sign up now!

So last night we took Melly to get her one year pictures. It was lots of fun. The lady said "I can take any pictures as long as she will sit still for a moment". At which point Mr. C and I started laughing. Sit still! Yah, right! However after many escape attempts, several tense moments of deciding to cry or not and a few pokes at the camera... we have some wonderful pictures. (No, I haven't scanned them in yet...give me a little time, will ya?)

So if you would like some of these magical moments, let me know and I will send you a few of my favorite ones.

Cheers!

Smartest baby ever!

Yesterday Ms. Melly decided to go after a remote control on the sofa. So she climbed up and played with it for a moment. Unfortunately, she then dropped it by accident and it fell on the floor. So, smart baby that she is, Melly took one look at the fallen remote and threw a pillow on the floor. As I contemplated why she would do that, her father said that she was making a soft landing place. I scoffed and said she threw it just because she was mad she dropped the remote. But low and behold, a few seconds later little Melly rolled off the sofa and onto her pillow for a soft landing and got back her remote!

It was, quite possibly, the best thing she has ever done.

Way too smart.

Expectations

It's often true that the expectation for an event is better than the event itself. And unfortunately I found this out this weekend. The family made the 2 hour drive to the Carolina Ren faire. It was...well... it was. I guess my problem was expecting it to be like the California big faires. I expect people in the street annoying me..ummm I mean talking to me. I expect more than half of the paying public to be in costume (of some kind). I expect to be amazed by the quality and quantity of handmade art and crafts. And sadly, I didn't get it. We had conversations with two whole street giggers and one was at the opening gate. We saw a few things that were very nice (I love the feather wreaths!) but mainly I saw things that could be gotten on ebay. I did see a few of my favorite shops (go bi-costal shops!!! But for the most part there was poor costuming choices by the people working, few street giggers, and little to no audience participation. *sigh*

I had no idea that working for the CA faires would make me this jaded.

Do I want to audition for next year at this faire? I have no idea. It would be a lot of work and not a whole lot of people wold agree with my methods... Where is my guild? Where are my girls? I want my faire back.

Extra added bonus

Little Melly just discovered that she too can get on the sofa...all by herself.

Now if she could only figure out that face first is not the way to get down...

Faire garb, take one

This weekend Mr. C and I will be visiting the NC faire. It's something we both like to do and I want to get a good look at it to see if I might be interested in working at it next year. And because I hate going to faires not in costume... I made a quick little costume for Melly. And it has turned out to be the cutest thing ever!!!

So for your entertainment...
(This is a little out of focus, but you get the idea.)





I think my favorite part is that it is the leftovers of a costume I made for someone else last year. So I didn't have to buy anything for this thing. She is so cute. I am so proud. Too bad she will out grow it in a month. :) I guess I will just have to make more...

If you give a baby a cupcake...

When you throw a baby a party, you must first make sure the decorations are up to her standards.

Then you must feed her wholesome foods such as potato chips and bread.

After that, you must offer the baby a cupcake while singing "Happy Birthday".

Then the baby will discover that the cupcake is just about the best thing ever and will devourer it.

At that point all bets are off.

Except, of course, that a good time will be had by all.

Cheers!

Early voting

This morning I finally put into words what I have been thinking for the past few weeks....early voting is the same as getting all of your shopping done before the holiday rush. You people who went out and started buying things in September...I bet you were voting last week! I know your kind: Too good to be rushing out five hours before the gifts are given. No last second voting for you. No, that would be too late.

*sigh*

Making us who waited until the correct day look like late-comers.

You know who you are.

I'm watching you.

A year in the life of Melly

The difference in a year.

Proud Uncle

(I think they like each other.)

Halloween pictures!

And here we are in all our glory! The family Halloween theme.


Here is Melly and Mr. C having a paci fight. Who will be the victor? Only time will tell...

Birthday pictures!

Here are just a small taste of the recently promised pictures:

For her birthday I made Melly a little heart shaped cake with sugar dots all over it. I made a larger version for the adults...expecting that my child would be a "cake all over the place" kind of kid. I was wrong.

After a little encouragement from me... (like physically smashing her hand into the cake a little) Melly was convinced to lick her fingers and poke at the sugar dots.

*sigh* Well I tried. And she really liked the frosting... More to come!