Happy Halloween!!!

What are we gonna do with this?

My mom made me a NinjaCat for Halloween.
(What the heck is a NinjaCat, anyway?)

NinjaCat strikes!

Masquerade Mama with her sweet little NinjaCat.
Aw.

e-i-e-i... O-FACE!!! :o :D

DJ Bubba G ~ Summer Light

This was a while ago at a local pizza place where my friend DJs.
(The place: Good Neighbor. The DJ: A-minus.)

Here's Bubba's first lesson:

(*Above three photos by Tyler Flynt*)

God, is that you?

(This is the moment when he became the next enlightened being:
The Bubba)

The cutest thing ever:

Don't ya think?

Is it... Bigger than a breadbox?

Simplicity Haiku

Ev'rything at once
Is MUCH more exciting than
One thing at a time.

(But... That's EXACTLY why you haven't seen any new stuff for quite some time and why I've decided to maybe just start throwing one picture up at a time. Some -or even ONE!- is better than none!)

Here:

Happy Baby!!! ;D

Oh, all right... I'll give you a few more... (I SHOULD be sleeping, though, you know!!)

Yup! STILL Happy!!! :D :D :D

(OK... I really must sleep. But, fear not: MORE to COME!!!)
~m

VIDEO!!!

Live footage of Bubba discovering
his Left Arm, his Right Arm, his Feet, and his Voice! ;D
(All within the span of about a week or two!)

My husband told me to post my new poem:

My Little River

Every little thing you do
carves its way into my heart.
I'm sure
that when I die
if they were to cut me open,
pull apart my ribs,
they would find that a great, grand canyon
had come to take the place of my old
heart. Owing all its awesome beauty
to the perfect love
of a mother
for her growing
infant son,
carved out over a lifetime,
bit by bit,
with every little thing you do.

-mellie

Happy Mother's Day, Momma[s]!

Mother, may I
be one, too?

Mother, may I
emulate you?

Mother, may I
join the role?

Mother, may I
become whole?

Mother, may I
learn to be?

Mother, may I
mother me?

Mother, may I
die some day?

Mother, may I
learn to pray?

Mother, may I?

Yes. You may.

-mellie

Firsts: Things that GO!!

First, a ferry ride (to Vashon, WA)! Then, a train ride (to Olympia, WA)!

Whatever it is I think I see...

...becomes a pair of BOOBS to me!!!*

*A friend asked what breastfeeding is like. All I can say is that it's a whole new world. It kind of takes over your life and -naturally- often occupies your mind; working all the time so that previously innocuous, quotidian objects begin looming in the mind as... well... BOOBS!!! ;D

Peek-A-what?! ;D

One of these giraffes...

...is NOT like the others! ;D

First Things First

Announcing the newest arrival to the Gurley family (oh, yeah - by the way... In case you didn't know, there IS such a thing as the "Gurley" family because, well, I married a Gurley man and actually changed my name! If you are surprised about this, don't feel alone... So were WE! And, the 'wedding' was rather 'intimate,' just the 'reverend' and his wife and child were in attendance. It was lovely. Anyway, back to the business at hand, which is the announcement of our little man):

Henri Colorado Gurley!*

*many, MANY more pictures to follow...