OK i really wish i had photos to go along with this story because i doubt you guys will believe me without photos! And the funny part is that at every part of this story i had my camera around my neck so photos were totally possible. I was just sooooo caught up in what was happening, there was no way i was stopping to take photos :) So instead I made pictures so you can have a fun visual :)
So it all starts with me wanting to take photos of Brett while it was still cloudy but the rain hadnt started yet. It was 10am and we rushed out of the house to make this happen. As soon as I opened the door i heard a cat meowing. i knew a cat was around somewhere but didnt see it. I put Brett in the car and all my stuff and then thought i better look under the car to make sure the cat wasnt there. Sure enough the cat was under the car. So i grab a few crackers and try to lure the cat from under the car. that didnt work. so i talk all sweet and finally the cat comes out. i try to make a break for the car, BUT the cat was faster and he jumped INTO my car! I then quickly take Brett out of the car so at this point we are both NOT in the car and the cat IS!
So i finally go into the backyard and teh cat follows. YAY! so i quickly close the gate (and yes i know cats can jump, but this cat was HUGE and FAT that i was hoping he wouldnt jump right away). so i got brett into the car, got the car started and then went and opened the gate and jumped back into my car and started to pull out of the driveway and then of course i see...
the poor kitty all sad to see us go, like he just wanted us to pay attention to him. poor thing. but he had no tags on and me being pregnant and of course brett a toddler we couldnt take any chances.
So then we drive to the park. Its a very small park and there is only one other person there, a maintance person. We start to go down the path but its blocked by 3 swans. no big deal i figure i wont bother them, they wont bother me. so we continue slowly and are trying to stay to one side so we dont disturb the swans. WELL we didnt even get that close to them, they all three stood up and started to run after us honking. they were not happy we were trying to pass. and they were not stoping, they kept coming.
I had to grab Brett, all my props and my camera and run across a wooded swamp area to get away from them to get to the other path.
So we are safe from the swans and i start to look for an area to take Bretts photos. I find a great spot just a little down teh path when I start to hear quacking. I turn around and a swarm of ducks are following us and are coming on shore after us. I quickly grab all my stuff and start to walk down teh path, well they followed us!
And more are coming from across the pond, they are everywhere at this point and we cannot take any photos. So we start to run down the path away from the ducks.
At this point I have a few quick minutes to take Brett's photo (which I do) but now the ducks have found us and are quacking and coming up on the shore again.
So we just deciede to leave, but the ducks are not going to let us so we have to run through the woods off the path just so we can cut through back to the car to get away from the ducks and swans.
It seriously made me feel like i was part of some weird Hitchcock movie!
But it was worth it. i did get a GREAT photo and the kind of photo i was wanting. brett in his Halloween costume :)
(and behind that tall grass behind brett is about 15 ducks and a swan!)
I have been working on this for what seems like forever. I made it from blurb.com and its ALL the posts (pictures and journaling) from his blog from February 20, 2007 - February 20, 2008 :) His entire first year in a 436 page book!!!
It has everything in here. Its every single day. The photos, the words i wrote, what we did, the boring days, the fun days. Its all in here.
I cried when it arrived. Ok so I am pregnant, but it seriously brought a tear to my eye to have it all in one spot, his entire first year, every single day in a big book!
I am already working on his next book which will be year 1-2. But this time I am doing it as I do this blog so it will be done about a week after his 2nd birthday. Then I plan to do the books for New Baby too.
I have been working on this for what seems like forever. I made it from blurb.com and its ALL the posts (pictures and journaling) from his blog from February 20, 2007 - February 20, 2008 :) His entire first year in a 436 page book!!!
It has everything in here. Its every single day. The photos, the words i wrote, what we did, the boring days, the fun days. Its all in here.
I cried when it arrived. Ok so I am pregnant, but it seriously brought a tear to my eye to have it all in one spot, his entire first year, every single day in a big book!
I am already working on his next book which will be year 1-2. But this time I am doing it as I do this blog so it will be done about a week after his 2nd birthday. Then I plan to do the books for New Baby too.
