three minutes & bows! bows! bows!

I was restocking the closets the other day and the UPS guy came to the door. We chatted for maybe three minutes and this is what Lottie Sue did in that time...

this could have been a lot worse but she kept it contained

Lottie Sue is such a shag dog! Her hair hangs in her face and she will not let me keep a barrette in her hair. I put it in, she rips it out - then repeat. So I gave up (I am not ready to give her bangs, it's not my current "vision"). I did take her for a trim the other day and it looks super cute. Cindy Lou trimmed up the back her hair curled up big time! We thought her hair was wavy back there but it is Curl City. LS was so great during the whole thing as well. She sat in the chair and was very good, she was pleasant and sweet. Her visit ended with a shoulder ride through the salon with Cindy Lou, it was pretty cute.

shag dog, pre hair do appointment

UPDATE: I am very happy to report that Lottie Sue will let me put bows in her hair (not plain barrettes, bows only) as of yesterday. I haven't been trying bows since she was so against the barrettes. But I swear this child is all girl, she wears necklaces ALL DAY and now when I do her hair she tilts her head to side once I put the bow in - likes she's posing and enjoying her loveliness. Today her bow fell out of her hair when I put her in the car seat and she started yelling "bow! bow! bow!" - seriously, all girl.

Here are two photos of Lottie this morning before MDO - notice the giant bow! The Muppets took over the Today Show this morning and she was loving it. I was too, actually.

showing me her belly button

OK, that's all for now. Enjoy the Lottie Sue-centric post!

chicken little is soooooo cute & croissants

Kat sent these photos out the other day of Chicken Little - how cute is he?!?!?! I can't wait to meet him, he'll be here in December!

oh boy!

I love Fall! I love Fall! The weather is so perfect right now and we have Thanksgiving around the corner followed by Christmas. I love this time of year! Look at what Lottie Sue drew (or I guess fingerprinted for you) for your enjoyment...

one day this will be worth millions

And I took this photo of Lottie Sue this morning, our artist chewing on a lint remover.

it looks like she's dressed for a flood

Changing the subject: Perfect for those warm holiday mornings, I give you the best croissants in the world by Williams Sonoma. I think Becce saw them on Oprah (the favorite things episode) a few years ago and she turned us on to them. They are not cheap, but are so very worth it. I suggest the mini croissants, buy a few lovely jams and good butter and you have a little piece of heaven. We have them on Christmas mornings and it's such a delight.

A few other notes of interest...

• Here's a Q&A with the curator of the punk-rock auction at Christie's.
• Here's an interview with Paul Rudd - he's one of my favorites...
• Lost returns on January 21st! I know that's a long time away but still...
• I HATE the Saved by Zero commercials. It seems like I'm not the only one. And it's not just that I hate the song, it's that it is on about 1,000 times a day on every channel. I can't escape it. Ugh.
  

I'm currently scanning in old photos from my grandparents, these are of my cousins Melinda and Michael. They look the same! Michael has a little girl Campbell (and a boy Russell) that looks just like him. EXACTLY! I'm posting a photo of her as well so you can see how much they look alike.

a cutie pie melinda rockin the pigtails

here is michael as a little boy...

and this is campbell (last christmas) - it's so neat how much they look alike

I also found this gem of Michelle and Matt from the 80s. Lookin GOOD!

they both look the same today

This photo is Tyler and Witne (my cousins as well), I'm not sure when this was taken but it's not that old. Isn't our family full of handsome people?

smiles and a bear hug, good stuff

This is the only photo I have of the game on Saturday. My battery was dead, I thought it was charged but no.

even though we lost, us girls looked cute at least

OK, I hope this is the beginning of a great week for everyone. Peace.

do it to julia & a matter of life and death

If you like great music then you should buy the new CD from Do It To Julia (after you're there click on the store link to the left of the screen). Here is the link to their face book page and here is the link to their myspace page. You can listen to a few songs on either site, so check it out.

I think they are really great, if I didn't I wouldn't put this up. I know I could be a tad bit biased because vocals/fiddle member Halli Anderson is Matt's cousin, but I'm not. They've worked so hard on this and it's very exciting! THEY ARE GREAT!

click on this image to buy a great cd by a great band

I also want to share with you one the most moving pieces of literature I've ever read. This essay is by Marjorie Williams and was featured in Vanity Fair (my favorite periodical) in October of 2005.

a matter of life and death

I read it and tore out the piece, tucked it away and found it the other day when I was cleaning in the office. I've thought about this woman and her family often throughout the years. Click A Matter of Life and Death by Marjorie Williams, then print it out and read it. It's an intimate account of what it feels like to observe - and live - one’s own dying. Her writing displays wit, intelligence and grace.

And on a much lighter note...

For you coupon cutters out there...if you sign up for emails from kmart they will send you two $5 coupons. They have a ton of toys plus the Martha Steward items, I plan on going there for a few things for holiday gifts.

OK, I know everyone voted - exciting times!

beep beep goes lottie sue, meet the new wong & the nguyens take paris

Oh, what a lovely weekend it has been. Aside from Tennessee having a very rough Saturday night, we've had a great time with Lottie Sue. The weather is so great and we've been outside a lot. Lottie Sue can sing the "row, row, row" part of Row, Row, Row Your Boat and it is the sweetest thing EVER. Her not-so-sweet thing is constantly saying NO NO NO to us. We try not to take it personally.

Last night we grilled out and had LS in her pink car, she loves to be pushed around in this thing.

beep beep

lottie sue, baby extraordinaire

moving fast

We spent some time on the swing set as well.

matt and lottie sue

megan and lottie sue laughing it up

Now we have a few slide photos, she loves the slide very much.

pure joy

this photo isn't great but is showed the pretty tree colors, it's gorgeous here right now

And now I'd like to show off the newest addition to the Wong family. William is an old work friend of mine and he and his family live in Los Angeles. They welcomed their second boy (Ethan is now a big brother), Ian, on Saturday. Um, could he be any cuter? The answer is NO. I need to pull photos I have of Ethan so you can see how cute he is, he should be a model. Christina and baby are doing well.

meet ian wong!

Here's the international section of this post. My friend Lisa and her family went to Paris to visit family (husband Mike is French). She has a TON of great photos here if you'd like to peruse.

lisa with kailin and the eiffel tower

notre dame de paris

lisa's pièce de résistance posing in the louvre

the cathedral of senlis

Alright, it's dinner time so I'm off like a dirty shirt. Have a super duper week!

our own little neanderthal

Last minute on Thursday I finally made myself get moving on Lottie Sue's costume. It took me about an hour and it was so easy I kicked myself for not starting earlier - think of the embellishments I could have made. Oh well. She had a prop, a big bone but we don't have any photos of her with it. She likes to bonk you in the head with it. She also LOVED the kiddies coming to the door for candy, she was wide-eyed.

me name lottie sue

our own little neanderthal

Both sets of grandparents (BB, GranDaddy, Gramma and PawPaw) stopped by to check her out. PawPaw went all Mr. T on us using one of Lottie Sue's fur leg warmers.

pawpaw pities the fool
(i knew this photo would be blog gold)

And this is Drake, he's our cute little neighbor. His costume was the best all night.

drake wows us with his rendition of spaghetti and meatballs

And without crying, CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW MUCH SHE'S GROWN IN ONE MEASLY YEAR? It's killing me.

halloween 2007, principle ballerina

family shot - boo!
side note: looking at this photo makes me
want to be a brunette again. hmm.

I'll leave you with this random photo. This was taken the other day during the afternoon Blue's Clues/snack time.

the sweetest kid i know

I hope everyone had a great Halloween! Boo!

old halloween photos

I'm totally stealing Brad and Patterson's blog post here, thanks for the inspiration! This photo of Brad's Halloween costume cracked me up. He was a redneck last year, and boy does he have it down...

hitting a little too close to home?

And here you'll see the old photos I found - good times! I love Halloween, it's like a costume ball.

kenley as a floozie, carrie as a brownie, then on top cera as
elton john (which cracks me up to this day), me as prince and becce as a geisha

um yes, i won "best costume" that night

jonathan as a dork (i.e., too cool to wear a costume) with carrie

matt with the greers

And I can't tell you how many man hours Matt put in to his "Man In Wind" costume...it was inspired by our time in Chicago. It was pretty great. And it was the only thing to survive the fire that took that room down, go figure.

matt won "most creative" that night

And these are from a Halloween party in Chicago that the Chuns threw. It was so much fun and people had awesome costumes.

sigfried and roy (lots of time went in to these outfits)

teresa as ron weasley with bob dylan

the chuns (susan and phil) as punky brewster and hulk hogan

And this is us and the Smiths from a few years ago.

mr. t, strawberry shortcake, the bee girl from the
blind melon video and rupert from survivor

OK, I'm off for now and I'm still trying to figure out LS's costume. I had nothing but the best intentions of making one for her but I don't see that happening. Time to get creative. Later!