Change of Address

After being with dear Blogger for a month-and-a-half now, I've decided to switch over to a different website with more options that Charming has helped me create.

Without further ado, my new blog is now located at: http://heidisblog.biglaughs.org/

(Sorry to make you change all your links and google readers and stuff).

This blog is officially closed. I hope to see you over at the new address often!

Thanks! Bye.

(Aw, I feel sad now. Goodbye Blogger. You've been good to me. See you later).

Thwarted

I had grand plans to neglect the laundry and do an outdoor fall photo shoot with Bubbers today. (I just loved Tearese's).

But given the sudden torrential rainfall, I decided against it. (Speaking of which, it's amazing how threats of a severe windstorm can motivate me to organize my food storage. Very quickly. And with great gusto).

So, I switched plans.

(This is when Charming prays that I decided to do the laundry).

I set up Heidi's Portrait Studio and took some more 6 mos. pictures of Bubbers. Yay!!

(Sorry, Love).

After I get all my sessions done, I'll post some of his pictures.

In the meantime... Here are some pictures from our official 6 mos. check-up (a euphemism for needles, Tylenol and banshee crying).

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"Hello, internet. Are you getting vaccinated, too?"





Check-ups are a family affair. Mom comforts the banshee baby.



And Dad comforts the Mom.

Be Still My Heart

What started out as two ceiling hooks and one piece of black fabric, has wonderfully multiplied to five ceiling hooks and five pieces of black fabric.

Oh yeah, baby.

Wall-to-wall. Ceiling-to-floor.

Heidi's Portrait Studio, here I come...

p.s. Huge thanks to dear friend Kathy. Not only did she jam up her surger sewing the fabric ends for me--she gave me a plate of fresh pumpkin cookies to boot. Wow. Now that's a real woman for you. When I grow up, I want to be like Kathy. (I'd never even heard of a surger before...)

Sock Football!

I'm not quite sure how to preface this video...

A few weeks ago, Charming figured out that Bubbers loves having a pair of socks thrown at him.

Yes, socks.

I have no idea where Charming comes up with these things, but I'm sure glad he does, because it makes for some really fun laughs!

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Keep an eye out for my two favorites:

1. Bubbers has figured out the fun of "anticipating" what's going to happen.

2. Bubbers makes himself cough.

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Also, if you haven't seen our scare video, yet, you should check it out--it's priceless!

A Scanning Celebration

A couple years ago, I confiscated all my Mom's photo albums and negatives so I could scan every single one.

Why?

1: I love the sense of control I feel to know I have digital copies of every single picture my parents took. (Is that weird or what?)

2: I'm going to use them in my latest DVD project. (That's the "normal" sounding reason I gave my Mom for stealing all her pictures).

So, last night I finished scanning my Mom's eighth gargantuan photo album. (293 pictures. A bit of a relief after 489 scans for album #7).

I've only got about three more albums to go. Woohoo!

As a celebration for my scanning success thus far, I'm posting some of my favorite pictures for your viewing pleasure...

Check out these strollers! (I'm in the one on the right).

I'd never seen this picture and I was fascinated to see how much baby paraphernalia has changed in 20 some-odd years. These things are basically metal bars with seats and wheels.

The word that came to my mind when I saw these: Ouch!

Check out this walker! (This is one of my older brothers).

Again--metal bars with a seat and wheels. Wow! I don't think I could have started Bubbers in this as early as I did in our walker now.

I liked this picture for a few reasons... The swing was cool (more metal bars with a seat).

But my favorite part is this neat feeling I have seeing my two older sisters next to me like that. They look so pretty and feminine to me. And very protective. I just like it.

I also like that it reminds me of Bubbers. I look about his age right now, so it makes me think of him. And whenever I think of him, I smile inside and the world is at peace.

This is me asleep on my brother's bed. I loved this because it totally made me think of Bubbers.

There's something magical about watching your baby sleep. Seeing me asleep with all those warm colors around me just feels good. Do you know what I mean?

(It also blows my mind to think I was ever a baby like Bubbers. And I wonder what Bubbers will be like when he's my age. And then I feel sad and happy at the same time).

This is my Mom's all-time favorite picture of me as a young tot. She loves how ginormous my eyes are.

This is me and my brother, Beaster. We've always been good buddies. And I love how we look here.

I'd never seen this picture, either, but I just fell in love with it.

It's all 8 of us kids as a Nativity scene. Is that just cool or what? (I'm the littlest angel).

This is one of my all-time favorites. It reminds me of one our Christmas traditions...

Every Christmas morning, we lined up oldest to youngest. Then one at a time we'd go into the living room and find our stocking full of gifts (while my Dad videotaped).

If my younger sister had been born and in this picture, then it would really be perfect. (I'm the little caboose at the end).

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Ah, that was nice. Thanks for taking a trip through time with me. :)