baby g's first photo shoot

ah, we are so lucky! our dear friend Amy at Funky Wonder did a shoot for us at Nomad just before George-Ephraim's first moon celebration and, of course, the results are breathtaking...

in arms

the biggest sister

george-ephraim in a basket (oh, the hair!)

so handsome

adornment

little boy nomad

whisker kisses

father and son

the nomad family (looking straight out of a magazine spread)

family of five

mommy's little chunk

through the museum case

i, g, m

bright eyes

edible

so, amy and i were belly-sisters--due just a few days apart. she ended up having her baby boy Max exactly 2 weeks before I had George and this was her first photo shoot since the birth. we just had to get pics of the boys together and it proved to be hilarious! i don't know how she captured it but here is the shot that had us all rolling....

max and his little birdie

don't worry, my boy ended it, quick and cool-like--LOL!

THANK YOU, AMY--for capturing the beauty of our lives to enjoy forever and for being so great to work with!

one hot week in pdx

breaking records this week in portland with temps in the 90's. what happened to having a spring? last week i was protecting my garden from hail and freezing temps, this week we were scrambling for shorts and sunblock. here is this week in pictures:

best of all, Naomi was here visiting from LA...the last day she was here we visited the Japanese Gardens in Washington Park:



later, we introduce George to Nomad:


(one of the girls took this, i am not sure which one....)

after all the sweatin', poor George-Ephraim had a heat rash so i figured out a way to bathe him comfortably without him crying....he seemed comfy on his towel in a huge metal bowl, and sister Isadore helped, too. he sure is chunking up fast:


Saturday was the children's fair at Leach Botanical Gardens down the street, always a treat, and this time Breana and crew got to join us:


it was seriously HOT on Saturday afternoon, so i let the girls run through the sprinklers...is there anything more GREAT for a kid than sprinklers on a hot day??:



today, we went to a birthday party for our friend Kieran....what a cute bunch of kids!:

Mama and Papa and George from Isa-view:


fianlly some random faces of George-Ephraim. first, a silly sleepy grin:

then, bored:
mr. sweaty:
and the pucker-face "huh?" look that i love so dearly:


it is supposed to cool off again this week so we'll have a break. i have a check-up with the midwives on tuesday--i am sure baby G is 10 pounds already! love to all....

Nomad celebrates 15 years

a worthy headline! it really always has and always will that Blake opened the THIRD piercing shop in the country--and began a movement that still ripples today. the existing shops at the time--Body Manipulations and the Gaunlet--just didn't make the connection that he had (inspired by his Grandmother's travels), that piercing was not merely "play" but ritual and adornment and above all else it was ANCIENT, a practices seen since the earliest civilizations acroos the globe. it has deeper meaning. on Haight Street in San Francisco, his biz partner Kristian and him filled their shop with tribal art and a fountain with trees and birds, walked the streets fliering everyone they saw, and it didn't take long at all--before they knew it they were doing 50 piercings a day.

he definitely hit a chord, and everything just happened at the right place and right time. 15 years later and when i see the grocery clerk with stretched lobes and bone spirals in them, i think "wow, blake impacted this." and i think it works so well for him becasue of his passion. he is dedicated, driven, and intense--but that could have been applied to anything. anything wouldn't do: poking holes, adorning bodies--this is what called him. it's really cool to be even near that kind of passion. i am honored to be "Nomad guy's wife."

the early crowd--KC reads the kids a book in the new "kid zone"

Blake with River, our 8-year-old friend who just got her ears pierced last week

did i mention Nomad has kid zone?

what is the difference between the first nomad party crowd and this crowd--15 years later? um, we all have FAMILIES!

Blake helping Johann (aka the Red King, an old friend and bandmate) pick out something sparkly for his lady

what we look like

this is what i look like 25 weeks pregnant from the left:

this is what Humper looks like when he sleeps:

this is what Blake looks like when he is doing house projects:

this is what Mayan looks like riding her bike without training wheels:

this is what Isadore looks like floating on her back:

this is what Nomad looks like in the evening:

this is what Isadore and I look like watching Sesame Street first thing in the morning:

this is what my belly looks like in bed:

this is what the girls look like taking a bath:

and finally, this is what i look like 27 week pregnant from the right: