Trifecta

Three posts in three days! It wasn't my goal to do this, but these pictures I took of Sylvie were just too beautiful not to share with my readers (Mom) who are stuck inside today. Sylvie has slept in our bed the past two nights, because she's not feeling well and is quite pitiful. I've enjoyed almost every minute of it; watching her play with her hair as she falls asleep, hearing her hum along with my singing as she falls asleep, and feeling her snuggle in the middle of the night. Pretty sweet;)

Also, it is white outside!!

Lights, Camera, Regretsy

We were given a really nifty little lighting studio for Christmas that is made specifically for selling objects on Ebay and such. As I mentioned in my last post, I tried it out soon after getting home, and it proved too complicated for me. So I dumbed it down, used just the mini lights, and took these photos of my little handmade goods:











As you can see, there's a reason we pay professionals to do this, but I'm happy with quirky imperfections in these photographs and so I'm going to stick with this as the best I can do for now, and keep experimenting.

Also important to share with you is this photo of Sylvie, taken as we were getting packed up to leave for Christmas Vacation. I figured since she was always trying to look into the laundry basket, it would be a perfect place for her to hang out while we buzzed around her (or just packed leisurely, stopping to watch the Christmas special on TV)

It seemed like a good idea in my head; execution of the idea was kind of fuzzy. Sylvie played along for about 15 mintues, then realized how uncomfortable it was. Keep in mind, this idea came out of me before our Christmas vacation. You should hear my ideas now; my best so far has been apple, avocado, and cabbage salad with a vinegar-y dill dressing. Understand, I don't really use the word 'best' in the most genuine way. I pretty sure Denney would classify it as my worst idea yet. He did not even try it.

And speaking of bad ideas...

This was posted on regretsy.com, a spoof of etsy.com (it just realized it is kind of raunchy, I don't really recommend browsing the site). I had to erase a bad word in the title, but you get the [bad] idea. Knitted toilet paper. Pretty ridiculous, huh? :) Somewhere, deep deep down, I'm kind of scared something I sell will end up on regretsy.com. Crossing my fingers.

1,789 miles of Christmas Vacation...in a car

Well, well, well...

I guess I've been to0 busy to blog lately, but I am happy to say I'm hoping to change that and keep my readers ( Hi, Mom!) more up to date with this life we're blessed with [and tiny tidbits you could really get by without].

So, since I've last written, I've performed in the Nutcracker, sold 28 items from my shop at sweetandspontaneous.etsy.com , went to Wal-Mart on Christmas Eve, came out alive, traveled 1,789 miles during our Christams Vacation, had Christmas in Cincinnati and Alabama (on the same day), went to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, and watched Sylvie crawl to me for the first time on Christmas Day!!! So when we came home tonight, we were kind of happy to be home. I guess each of these events could be a blog post, but I'll spare you. Wow, that was a lot of info about me. I guess I've been holding it in while riding in the back seat of my 2 door scion (packed full of Sasha, Sasha hair, Sylvie, clothes, gifts, and the other essentials of Christmas travel). It kills the spirit, kind of like a jail cell.

But, you know, all this travel kind of makes me feel important. Like I could imagine I'm a jet setting super mom . It makes me feel important enough that I pulled out our new little miniature professional light studio when we got home to take pictures of the boots I made during the 28 hours in the car (it was a Christmas re-gift). It didn't go as well as I'd imagined, and I'm going to try again tomorrow with some natural light and while corralling our newly mobile baby. I imagine it'll be good fun.

Right now, all you really need to know is that we took Sylvie to dinner in the French Quarter on New Years Eve, and its a good thing we weren't there with her a couple hours later because its a lot like Mardi Gras (if you know what I mean). And that we have a powerful God who kept us safe, blessed us with lots of great family, and cares about little babies' digestive systems (I know this because he answered our prayers while Sylvie was having issues.:)

Happy New Year to you, and here's to more posts with less about me in them:)