Fly on the wall moments...

Some new Audreyisms.

"Are you a woman?"
"Yes."
"Is Ken a man?"
"Yes."
"I'm not a baby."
"No."
"I'm a toddler."
"Yes."

Pause.

"I'm a little booger. Are you a big booger?"
"Yes."

And, tonight while winding down toward bedtime. I was rubbing Audrey's back as I sang, "You are my sunshine..."
"Stop petting me. I'm not a cat."

Leaves!

Pics and viddies Sept - Oct

I'm gonna post some images/video, in no particular order. :)

To the left, we have "Fun with hats."



Below we have "Audrey coaches Cow to somersault."




Also, a couple Audreyisms from late:

Outside chatting with neighbor the other night. Audrey was playing alone in their toddler's sandbox. I told Audrey we'd leave in just a couple minutes. A few minutes went by, and she announced, 'I'm boring. I want to go home.'

Going naked is big right now. Audrey likes taking off her pants, skirts, tights, socks and/or diapers at no provocation. She's also begun using the toilet, albeit rather arbitrarily. :) The nakedness helps with that process, though.

Below is "Audrey somersaults with aplomb."



Below, "I'm a lemur."

You can tell we've recently visited the zoo by Audrey's command of monkey knowledge.



And, finally below, "Let me see!"

For Grandma Susie

Photos Bonanza - MD Birthday Trip July '09

And now for some party pix, and others.


"Blood on the Saddle..." as sung by Tina and Dave. It's not a party if there's no "blood on the saddle!"





















Nothing bloody below:


Grandpa Dave meets all of Audrey's little friends.

Photos Bonanza - Summer '09 Miscellaneous

Cousin Tracy's visit, during Walden's graduation picnic. It was shortly after this photo was taken that I skinned the beJesus out of my left elbow on a menacingly steep tube slide with Audrey.




And, now for some pix from our trip to Maryland in July.


Zak and Audrey.


Uncle Chris, maestro of the backyard grill.







Cousins William and Michael look chummy for the camera.

Doug and Ken below.









Ben and his favorite relatives: Audrey and Ken.










Greg and Lisa.

I feel out of practice!

I actually have a few, quiet, free moments here and thought I'd check in. And, then I wondered, 'what should I write about?'

Trip to Maryland to see Marshes Many and good friends was great. It really was. I'm hoping that by this weekend, Ken and/or I will sit down with the camera and download and upload stuff for your viewing pleasure here on the blog.

Audrey was great. She's a good traveler. The first time our plane took off, her eyes got bigger than dinner plates and she was a little scared. But, we talked about how it was a little scary to hear all the noises, feel the plane shake, and see ourselves zoom up, up, up into the sky!

And, then she played with the barf bag. Who knew dismantling barf bags could be so fun and time-consuming?

I'm currently planning on driving with Audrey in early August to my brother's house in Illinois. We look forward to playing with cousins Cody, Alyssa, and McKenzie for several days! Then, we'll continue south to Springfield, to visit with my best friend from high school. THEN, there's my 25th High School Reunion in Lincoln, IL. Afterward, we'll then head back up North again.

On a Lorie's Work note: today I got an email from an established movie producer whom I've LONG admired. Seriously, his work is something that has inspired me since I first started on this movie-making path in my late 20s. I'm quite tickled.

Okay, back to the remaining tasks at hand for the evening! More photos soon!

Phun With Photostitching

Finally got around to locating and installing some photostitching software that allows me to merge multiple photos into one panorama. Yay me! Turns out it came with our camera, duh.

Here's Minnehaha Falls towards the end of last winter, in a park just across the river from our house:








And here's about 200 degrees of the backyard of my Silver Spring, MD childhood home now occupied by brother Greg and his family. I shot this about a week ago while we were visiting my family. That giant dirt pile in the distance on the left, sadly, is the beginning of the outer beltway that they've been threatening to build "in our backyard" since before I was born.





The northwest corner of the house:






Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of backyards look like this right now all across Montgomery County MD:






On the bright side, this project is sure employing LOTS of people!

Portrait photos from June 09

Oh lovely Immediate Family (most of whom we'll be seeing shortly, live, in person!),

Here are some pix from our portrait sitting(s) last weekend for your viewing pleasure.






Repeat after me, 'My God, what a darling child!' Tee hee.

We'll be bringing/mailing some physical copies to parents and brothers/families.

XOXO

A video made at my job

It's cheesy and amateurish, but it gives you a rare glimpse into my workplace and a recent toy manufacturer trade show here in St. Paul where Beka had a booth. The video was made by the husband/wife? owners of a store that sells our products in Scottsdale AZ I think. I think they made the video just to show their own customers where Beka products come from.

I'm "so proud" that of all the cool things they could have shot me doing, I'm in the background sweeping up while Jon (Beka's owner's son) makes an easel. I didn't even know I was in the shot, duh.

Happy Fathers Day '09 To All Dads!

Lorie's big LA movie

Did we ever tell you Lorie crewed a "real Hollywood movie" while we were living in LA and I was a recognizable extra in it? Of course we did, but I'm too lazy to look through our old posts. I was just thinking about that movie tonight and looked it up in IMDB and Netflix - in case you want to rent this comedy gem right now Yeah sure it's got actors you've actually seen on "That 70's Show" and "Reno 911" and elsewhere, but the real excitement for you will be trying to catch my almost three seconds of screen time and Lorie's name in the credits!

Oh boy, those phone calls are gonna start rolling in any day now, I can feel it! Guy In Suit is going straight to the top, baby!

But seriously, even though this movie isn't all that great, I'll always remember it as the film she was working on when she discovered she was pregnant with Audrey!