let them eat cupcakes

a couple of weeks ago we all went to hear five's heartbeat for the first time. :)
always fun.

afterwards we got cupcakes and went to the park. it was a gorgeous fall day.

i can't believe this little monster just turned 2. TWO!

 did i mention there was cupcakes?

yummmm....


you have no idea how it tortured them to take this shot--"look, but DON'T TOUCH!!!"

 some of us ate the whole thing...





some of us just like the icing...

and leave the rest of the cake for daddy

and believe it or not, some of us just like the cake...

and leave the icing for mommy...

but in the end, there was no cupcake left to be found.

then we burned off some of our cupcake-y energy on the playground.

this is pretty much why i married him.

and i got this as a bonus...

sorry, excess pregnant sappy hormones escaping. :)



it's like raaaaa-eyaaainnn on your wedding day

with the births of all our googies the googiedaddy and i have declined the routine eyedrops they adminster to your newborn immediately after birth.

i'm not trying to start a debate over safe childbirth practices or standard newborn care and procedure....suffice it to say that the diseases/side effects they are "treating" are not an issue for us. and the drops cause blurry vision, which...well, just why? you know, if you don't have to...

anyway, yesterday i had my doctor's appointment. as i knew suspected, i have a raging case of pink eye in both eyes.

the treatment? 10 days of erythromycin 4x a day in both eyes. the same drug i turn down for my newborns.

the doctor said "you'll have some blurry vision, but only for about 15 minutes."

liar.

after i put the drops in, i spend about an hour like this:
> <
(those are my eyes)

everything looks like this:

4 times a day.
it's goopy and teary and all i want to do is wipe it out and wash my face. but that kind of defeats the purpose.

you know, basically it's awesome.

so when the little googie currently baking is born, if i see a nurse coming at him/her with eye drops, i just may bite her.

i kid. not.

and that, my friends, is the definition of irony.

dontcha think?

wordless wednesday~the wedding

some of my favorite shots from my cousin's wedding...

(their last name begins with 'e')

my definition of a beautiful bride: a bride who looks like herself, but even more gorgeous. not overdone, not underdone--it is a special occasion, after all. a bride who's comfortable, happy, excited, and laid back. no bridezillas, please :)

my cousin was all of these, and more. it was a beautiful, happy day. i wish them all the best.

(please bear with my long absence. just when i was prepared for a return to blogging, the googie family got hit with a stomach bug, pinkeye, and the on-going cold/flu/hacking cough thing. today, i cried mercy. doctor appointment is at 1:30)