Portrait (ˈpȯr-trət)Saturday morning we got together with Jen, Phil and Toby and went to Sears to get family portraits taken. Wow, was that crazy! We got pictures of each baby separately and together, then families separate and together. They turned out so great. We had some problems getting Catherine to smile - she looks kind of bewildered in her pictures. But then it fits her personality - she was stubborn enough not to smile until she wanted to, not when everyone wanted her to.
Getting pictures of the kids together was funny because they always want to play with each other anytime you sit them together - so getting them to focus on the same thing and smile at the same time was challenging. So we had fun tossing a stuffed frog back and forth to get them to laugh; then what really worked was the bubbles. And it turned out great in the pictures! A couple of my other favorites:
It took 3 1/2 hours to get the pictures done and get our order in. Poor Catherine! She was so exhausted and fell right asleep. For the whole hour that we had until we had to leave again. Ugh!
Bachtoberfest (bäk-ˈtō-bər-ˌfest)
Def: a gathering, event, or show having the specified focus of German food, good spirits (both personal and alcoholic), good entertainment, and fund raising for the Seattle Bach Choir.
The evening was great. We got to sing a few of our new pieces for all those that came to support us, the food was awesome, and everyone had a wonderful time. Catherine, after taking another short nap before the festivities really got going, was a complete angel the whole night. We got to spend time with almost all of her grandparents: both of Stephen's parents and my dad were there. And the best - all 3 of her gRodparents were there (gRodparent [ˈgräd-ˌper-ənt ]: a grand-godparent). I am kicking myself for not taking more pictures of her with her gRodparents.
There was a silent auction and a live auction with so many wonderful things up for grabs. The best thing was a collection of wine with one bottle donated by each of the choir members; 28 bottles in total. Guess who had the winning bid? Yup - we're the proud owners of a very nice, diverse wine collection. I still can't believe we did that. My favorite bottle is an uber-magnum bottle - see the picture. Seriously - she's not that small, the bottle is just that big!
And on the 7th day they rested - we were all so exhausted. Stephen let me have some time to myself and I used the time to have a leisurely afternoon at a coffee shop reading my Sunday paper and then shopping. My dad was so exhausted that he actually gave up his ticket to the Seahawks game that day - crazy!
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