Prayers for Jana

Hi, everyone! I just wanted to take a moment to tell you all about my friend Jana. I am a member of an online group for moms, and we are all very close. Jana is one of us. She has four children (and two dogs) and is in neurological intensive care right now. She had surgery to remove an angioma in her brain. She's had some setbacks with seizures since coming out of surgery, and she could really use your prayers.

Her husband, Brad, is doing an awesome job updating their CaringBridge site. You can see it here if you're interested. He's reading the guestbook to her when she's lucid, so just signing and telling them you're praying for them would mean a lot.

Thanks, everyone.

Here comes the bride

Bride looks pretty...Groom does all the work, originally uploaded by je ne sais quoi.

And the groom, in the background, keeping her on schedule :-)

There goes the bride

There goes the bride, originally uploaded by je ne sais quoi.

Me and the little princess

Great view, originally uploaded by je ne sais quoi.

The reception site was just beautiful, and the weather couldn't have been better. Here Laila and I smile for Daddy out back...

Lookin' sweet

Lookin' sweet, originally uploaded by je ne sais quoi.

Wow -- what a cake! Will is impressed...

The best school pictures EVER

No, seriously. I about fell out of my seat when I saw these. Why is it that whenever I got my school picture proofs, I always had a wayward hair, a half-closed eye, or icky-looking skin...not to mention the side ponytails and coral lip gloss. But somehow, my child comes home with these incredible photos...and I even forgot it was photo day and sent him to school in a brown t-shirt that says "rock on!" on the front of it. He's just so cute, though, he can't help it. :-) 

Funny Girl

Sunny Days sweeping the clouds away, originally uploaded by je ne sais quoi.

She was making such adorable faces, I just had to take her outside in her pretty dress and have some fun...and fun was had. Oh, have I mentioned how HOT it still is here? Hello? October? Someone wake up fall. He overslept.

Locks of love!

Well, I had recently decided that two YEARS was long enough to go without a haircut, and I thought that while the long hair was really pretty for a while, it was starting to look a little stringy and dowdy. So I made an appointment at the Baton Rouge Aveda Institute, which rocks, because they use all Aveda products and really great student stylists, and you can seriously get a haircut for $11. Wow.

So I went in and I was like, "It's too long!" And that's when she pointed out to me that it was in fact so long that I could donate to Locks of Love and still be able to have some decent length. So we did it, and I am so pleased! Okay, this is a picture taken by a five-year-old who is supremely excited to be using mommy's expensive camera after mommy has has a LOOOOOOOONG day with the chillins -- Daddy in in Kansas City, and the kids had a photo shoot today for an ad for a local store...and they weren't their normal pliant selves. Seriously, it was like pulling teeth! Hopefully they got a couple of good ones...Anyway, here is my "new look," and I am so happy I was able to do something good with all that extra hair!