happy day!

If you were looking for a mushy Mother's Day post, this ain't it.


Yeah, yeah, I love my mom, and she loves me, and I love my daughter, and she loves me, yada yada, never knew my heart could be so full, yada yada, fully appreciated my mother only when I became one, yada yada...

But more importantly, where is my gift?

I've dropped enough hints, subtle and otherwise, for a whole month, so I'm sure the message was loud and clear!

Sleep late, breakfast in bed, cuddles and cards. Lovely. WHERE IS MY GIFT?

Ahhhhh, here it is.... WEEEEE!

It's even prettier than I imagined :)

Lunch outside? Sure... Ohhh, what a nice surprise!!

One more quick shot, from a different angle

Douggy, in his usual sun-coma/raptured state.

She's too fast for me... always was.

Ahh, a slower subject... WAIT, we have snails????

I mean, come on! If it does this with an orange, the possibilities are ENDLESS! (Gawd, I love this camera!)

Will come back to this in a bit, right now I'm too psyched for instructions

Okay, okay, I'll go shoot something else. And, for the record, I'm NOT demented (not yet)

Et tu, Brutus? Fine! 

I believe this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship...

So, how was your Mother's Day? What did you give/get?

champagne and hangover

For those of you who asked me for pics of the big night, I'm afraid I have to come clean: Though we did take our "good" camera with us, it was hopelessly inadequate, especially in the darkly lit event.

If you just joined us, this is the last installment of a thread that will make much more sense if you read wanna guess the dress? and the "big reveal" first, in that order... or not :)

Seriously, how many crappy pictures does it take to convince someone that I need a new camera?
Mother's Day is almost here, yo!
And I know he don't have nothun planned.
Need I say more, Norman, you old poop?


I submit to you shameful exhibit A:

And this was such a good angle for me, too...

Here are the very few that didn't go straight to the delete bin:

She kept trying to pull me up. What was she thinking?

Montage of the honorees, produced by Cameron Crowe

  

                        Yummy. And yummier!

Yummiest!

And lastly,

                                       (As usual, all pictures can be biggified by clicking on them)

I'll be eagerly waiting for that phone call, Jill. Shall we say the Ivy and Madama Butterfly?

How about you, how do you feel about operas?

Madama Butterfly - Puccini by Paula Delligatti