random things

first off- thank you for all the kind words & thoughts in regards to mr. gary cat.
he was awesome. we're going to miss him.

however, let's focus on happier things. yes.

like, swinging. for 2 hours. straight. until you're unable to stand because your equilibrium is off.

thank goodness the ritzy community down the street has a private park (that i have yet to see any other children playing in) because i fear other mother's would mentally stab me for letting my children monopolize the swings.





spitting. fun.








eventually she took a breather to check out the slide







but that lasted all of 5 minutes before she was back on the swings.



much to alex's dismay, we cannot take up residency at the park. so we had to drag her home at some point. but not before i got this video: (forgive the quality- my camera, as awesome as it is, takes the worst videos)



kids are incredible. i wish i got this giddy about something. anything. (besides the Twilight movies)

and for something far less cute- spiderwebs. i loathe spiders. but i can't deny the beauty of their webs. (unless i walk into said webs- which results in my body instantly going into ninja mode in an attempt to escape. have you ever noticed that?)

i was playing with lighting






and sun flare





i love sun flare- but rarely do i get any. now i just need to perfect it.

have a great weekend.

Q&A- videos

*before watching- you to the bottom of my blog & turn off/pause the music- otherwise Regina Spektor's gorgeous voice just becomes an annoyance*

i answered your questions with a video! (well, not all of them, i'll finish next week):


and for kicks- here's alex discovering that she can smack her lips & tongue:


she so freaking cute i can't even stand it.

in other news:
remember when my camera got dropped ::wince::

well i thought everything was fine but lately it's been throwing Errors like crazy. so yesterday i shipped the body out to Nikon for assessment. $50 bucks later...OUCH! yeah.

so now i'm basically cameraless- i have my Nikon CoolPix but it's really just crap compared to my DSLR. example:

here are some pics i took last night.
it was dark out, i had inside lights on & i didn't use the flash:

please notice my new delias skinny cords ::swoon::

YIKES! i "cleaned" them up- upped the exposure & threw a polaroid action on them- but come on. these pics are crap. the only reason they're somewhat "neat" looking is because i worked @ making them look like a crappy pic on purpose. ::sigh::if i had my D90 & my speedlight- these pics would have been kick ass. this is just a reminder at how far cameras have come.

i mean, 4 years ago my CoolPix was pretty pimp. but now- blah. i mean, outside with natural light the pics would have been passable. but inside with or without the flash- they look absolutely horrid.

anyways i should have my camera back within 2 weeks ::fingers crossed::i wonder how much it's going to run me...? ::sob::

moving on- i'd like to gloat about something. the pants i have on in above horrid pics = a SIZE 5!!!

now i know for some of you skinny peeps out there, a size 5 = your "fat pants". but for me, a size 5 is like- WHOA! before i got ku i was very happily rocking a size 8/9- and while ku & for a few months after, size 10 was acceptable for me. but lately i've been looking dumpy & when my husband commented on how skinny i was geting, i knew it as time to suck it up & buy some new pants.

so we went to delias & i started trying on some of those popular "skinny jeans"- and what do youknow??? they FIT! so as i'm standing there in a slightly loose size 7, i braved it up & asked for a size 5.

i stood in front of the mirror & started to pull them on- the moment of truth....dun dun dun.....OMG! THEY EFFING FIT! and they look GOOD! REALLY?! is that ME IN THOSE PANTS!?

i flew out of the dressing room & pranced around for the husband. he told me the pants were so tight that i look like a little punk rocker dude- well this pleased me even more. i look like a skinny dude?! GO ME!

so i happily collected up my purchased & threw down $80 for 3 pairs of pants (and some socks):

skinny cords

super skinny jeans

and because i can't go skinny ALL the time:

boot cut jeans

so- now that i owned skinny jeans i needed appropriate footwear, no?

so to OffBroadway we went & i picked up a couple pairs:

Rocket Dog Boots

Steve Madden Moxie mocs

(they're basically these w/o the fringe)

and that's that! i've been walking around on cloud 9 since Saturday- once i stop breasfeeding i think that cloud might dissapate- but for now, i'll take it.