Wet Pants

Yep, totally peed my pants when I saw our album at our front door tonight!

I love it. I was skeptical of Blurb's quality considering the low price but I swear to you that it's utterly fabulous. And I'm in love.

No, the pages aren't thick as cardboard and the cover isn't made of leather. But this album wasn't $1200 either. It was $75:) And I'm incredibly impressed with the result.

What's this behind Henry? Doesn't he look enthused?

"Mom, what is the big freaking deal? Why are you still taking pictures right now?"
I got the 11X13" size which is mighty big. It's difficult to portray proper sizing via photos but I thought my Diet Dr. Pepper might help put things into perspective:
See? Large and in charge.
This is our cover. It's crystal clear and just what I wanted:

And this is the back cover. Kind of symbolic with us walking into our reception site, no?
Inner front flap:
Inner back flap [this picture is blurry, sorry]:
And the title page:

Here are a few of my favorite pages. I swear these pictures don't do the book justice. It's always so hard to take pictures of albums but you have to trust me on this one. The details shine through much better in print than on a computer screen. I'm so glad I rescued my images from the internet and captured them on paper!And I'd like to end with a series of Henry pictures. Flexible, dramatic Henry pictures.
We are all counting down the hours until we hit the road for our STL trip [about 22, in case you were wondering.] So of course I won't be blogging until next week but I'll come armed with entertaining pictures for sure.

Must get packing now...and the album will make the trip, too:)

hairy situation

I've been given a task--a project--if you will. And you know that I love projects:) Keri called me tonight and enlisted my internet searching powers for her wig hunt. Apparently I'm known among my friends for being "internet savvy" or possibly just "the one who spends way too much time online." Regardless, she delegated this task to me. And I will not fail, my doves.

Keri is anticipating losing her signature curly blond locks soon. As a planner she is already on top of the wig hunt. In addition to some fabulous scarves and hats, she will probably rock one straight wig and would like a curly one, similar to her real hair. As a reminder, here are her natural curls:
The problem lies here: she lives in a small town lacking curly wig options. The internet is her friend but apparently when you type in "curly wigs" to the almighty Google, time warps backwards to the 80s. And it ain't pretty, folks.

So when you see something like this, you get hopeful. Sounds perfect, right?

Not so much. Exhibit A--bad 80s perm with a little bit of mullet in the mix. Maybe it's just the way it's styled?

Okay, so exhibit B poses another problem: a lot of these wigs are for the African American ladies out there, which would be perfect if Keri wasn't such a Caucasian. I think the name brand proves it isn't for our girl:

Now here is a lovely pale lady. Feathered waves, weird layers, and a dull gaze. Is it just me or is something seriously wrong with this chick? Like she might have just woken from a drunken stupor?


Oh, dear Lord. She isn't 90 years old, people. [No offense to the 'mature generation' out there---especially you, Memaw. You'd know better than to wear this wig, right?]


And finally, I may be obsessed with the color pink and I'm all for breast cancer awareness but seriously? The name of this is 'incognito' because you can totally blend in with your surroundings wearing this beast. Yep, it's basically camouflage.

I should mention that my husband is a real comedian. When we first discussed Keri losing her hair he said, "Going bald isn't THAT bad. Just tell her all the cool kids do it." Which is cute in some sort of sad way. Keri also mentioned tonight that she can now sympathize with Nate and realizes how traumatic it was for him to lose his hair. They've formed a new bond that is deeper than I'll know. Perhaps they should wig hunt together?

How about this one---dude who looks like a cracked out version of Michael Scott on The Office. GREAT look for Nate! So the point of this post is this: does anyone have a fabulous website for curly wigs? Preferably 100% human hair and cute. Preferably not hot pink.

Of course if you are one of the lucky ones in life who have desk jobs with time to kill, possibly you could do some searching for us? Because so far Michael Scott is coming out ahead...

Smile.

Seven reasons to smile, by moi:

1. Coming home to this guy each evening. Sans facial hair [and head hair, for that matter]:
2. Realizing that my husband is metrosexual enough for the following:

10 million long sleeved shirts, 8 million polo shirts [Ralph Lauren should personally thank my husband for buying one of every color]....That are, in fact, color coordinated. Isn't it ironic that he arranges his shirts like a RAINBOW? With metrosexual tendencies?! I won't even get into the fact that the man has more clothes than me because when he reads this he will refute that statement adamantly. :)

3. Drinking red wine. Lots of it. And making progress with our centerpiece:
4. Coming home to my other little man each evening:
Who happens to have the most adorable face after a haircut. Doesn't he look intelligent? I wish he could talk because I'm sure he'd sound just like Bill Gates. [not really sure what BG sounds like, though]:

5. The fact that the winter is losing the weather battle with spring. It got up to SEVENTY FOUR DEGREES today. And yes, I'm still in Milwaukee. I swear it's like heaven on earth.

6. The fact that I was dragging all day today--tired, moody, and coming down with a cold. But then I forced myself to run outside after work and I didn't even die. In fact, I ran almost 5 miles
in the glorious sunshine. There's just something about fresh air that can make everything better.

7. The fact that my Blurb book is supposed to arrive tomorrow! We almost have a wedding album and it might even be ready for our St. Louis trip. I might pee my pants if it's sitting on our doorstep tomorrow after work. I'll keep you updated on both the album and the peeing:)