Big News

Heather had her baby on Feb. 4th. Her son was also born on the 4th of another month. Mom and baby are doing great and heading home from the hospital today. Miss Maggie Olivia weighed in at 9lbs. 13 oz. Now Heather gets to go home and try to figure out how to juggle 2 children and a hubby. Good luck with that.

Good News Indeed

Discovering the 'panno'.

Heather is about to give birth to a little girl, and I couldn't be more thrilled. It will be my first granddaughter. Indeed, she is due any day now. She's a strong one, like a little ninja baby. There is no room left, so she just has to come out and see the world. They came to visit us for New Year's Day. Here is Weston, age 2, discovering grandma has a piano.
Heather recently flew to Italy to do a wedding. But I am happy she came home to have the baby. 

Fascinated with our new yard.

Exploring Christmas stockings.

When Heather Comes to Town We Don't Mess Around

My daughter came to visit with my grandson in tow while hubby went to a business conference.  We had a blast shopping and going to the park and eating out and enjoying all the cool stuff S. California has to offer.  We spent one day at Downtown Disney.  Another day we roomed antique malls in downtown Orange.

Weston enjoying Dairy Queen

Daughter and Grandson

He wants to ride a motorcycle like his daddy.

Bounce Castle

New bike from thrift store.

Downtown Disney

My grand daughter is due in Feb. Antique store in Orange, CA.

Need a Wedding Photographer?

Heather just updated her photography website. http://www.heathermillenaar.com/engagement.html She's busy booking June weddings and graduations in the Atascadero/ Central Coast area of California. Don't wait until all the local photographers are snapped up.

Guess Who Came To Visit Me Today

They stopped by on the way from Arizona to central California.  We went to breakfast and then went to the park so the kiddo could run around and wear himself out before the long drive continued.

Grandson Turns One

My grandson just turned one and I had a fantastic time on my trip up to see my daughter and her new house. I guess I forgot to drop by my blog and show all of you.  I took tons of photos. Both my daughter's brought their families. I got to see people I haven't seen in years. I want to move back there so bad but my boyfriend will have none of it.
As soon as my daughter gets settled in I'm sure she'll open her photo studio and art gallery again.

Dad and Weston

Napping at the coffee shop

Watching the SLO Christmas Parade

Enjoying my trip

Weston tries out his new baby backpack

A toothy grin right before I catch my train home.

Busy Packing For a Trip to Atascadero

I'm going to go see Heather very soon for my grandson's first birthday and her big housewarming party.  I can't wait. In the meantime, I painted her portrait from a photo.

Grandson and Daughter

I got to visit Heather's new art space and they were right in the middle of rearranging it for a Shakespearean play. I got to visit my new grandson too.  Heather is juggling being a mom, an artist, a theater manager, a wife and an entrepreneur. I don't know how she does it all, but I wish her the best of luck.  When I was there she was doing another interview for an upcoming wedding photo shoot. Go Heather.

New Art Gallery Open

Heather is uber busy not only being a new mom, but getting her art gallery up and running, all the while returning to her job managing a movie theater.  When does that child ever sleep? I can't wait to visit SLO again to see her art gallery/photo studio. I need to ask her for the address so you can go check it out.

Say Hello to Weston

My grandson was born yesterday after about 60 hours of labor. I was on pins and needles let me tell you.  I'm happy mother and baby and daddy are now resting comfortably after the long ordeal.  The hospital is even treating them to a steak dinner tonight. I can't wait to see the little tyke.  Well, not so little. He weighed 10 lb.s 4 oz. when he was born,  Three ounces more than his mother when she was born. The Dr. said it was the second largest baby she'd ever delivered by the normal route, and the other one was only 1 oz. bigger.

Weston is my 2nd grandson. My other daughter has a son named Hudson. I guess they'll have to name the next baby Preston or Madison.

In other news, Heather is almost ready to open her art and photography gallery in downtown San Luis Obispo, CA. She's going to be one busy bee.

Grandson Number Two is On the Way

Heather is in labor. Her sister Tiffany is with her to be her birth coach. Kyle is there too. I think one of his sister's in there. Heather sounded tired on the phone and that was at 5:30 PM. The baby is expected at midnight, Dec. 3, the very date I  predicted a few weeks ago. I also think his hair will be blond and he'll look like his daddy.  We'll see. I wish I was there. But my boyfriend just explained all the reasons I'm not, namely it's 300 miles away, taking the train is a hassle, and I have no where to stay and no one to go with.

At any rate, my heart is with her, and I'm waiting by the phone for any news.  But I'm not sure anyone will call me, because I didn't specifically ask them to.

Heather is Busy

Heather has been super busy lately. Not only is she expecting in early December, and just left the theater on maternity leave, but she's also opening a new photo and art studio in downtown San Luis Obispo, CA. In short, she is living my dream! Brat! Haha.  And hubby just got her a pottery wheel and a kiln for her birthday.

I'd post photos, but Blogger's photo feature is having a tantrum.

Asian Art Spiral Blingee.

Glitter Graphics





I made this using a spiral from Blingee and a painting Heather did.

More Weddings

I'm so happy that Heather has booked some more weddings. And she got hired on by another wedding photographer to do editing and such. I would say she definitely has her foot in the door.

New Wedding Photography Website

Heather redid her website. It looks great over at http://www.heathermillenaar.com/.
Recently Heather had a mishap at work with an evil popcorn machine. She's been planning to seque into doing wedding photography full time so I hope she can soon. If only the economy would cooperate. She does weddings from Paso Robles all the way down to Santa Barbara CA and is now taking bookings. If you are planning a wedding on Valentine's Day or 10/10/10 or any day in mid May through June, you might want to book it immediately as those dates are sure to get snapped up.

Top photo: My two daughters. Heather is on the left and Tiffany is the bride.

Bottom Photo: I took this of my daughter Tiffany.

Shopping and Dining Out

Heather came to Anaheim on Wednesday. We got to go shopping for art supplies. Our favorite place is Art Supply Warehouse. Then we went to Pearl in Huntington Beach only to find it had closed. The building was empty except for a few stray cardboard boxes. So another one bites the dust.

On Tuesday night we went to the Asian Buffet in Buena Park CA. It's one of my favorite all you can eat restaurants. And believe me, we ate all we could. Heather's going to have to work out a lot when she gets back to Atascadero. Between Halloween and relatives, I think all of us have eaten too much lately. I'm sure Heather will hit the gym as soon as she gets home, and I need to walk a lot more while the weather is still so beautiful out.

Weddings

Maybe I should have named this blog Heather Does Weddings. Her wedding photography business is going well. She even booked a wedding on Halloween day at a cemetary.

So if you need a wedding photographer anywhere between Paso Robles CA and Santa Maria, CA you might leave me a comment here and I'll pass it on.

Here is Heather dressed as a French photographer for Halloween.

Rainbow Scarf

Both of my daughters are really into rainbows right now. On her last visit Heather picked up some yarn to make a rainbow scarf and she already has it listed in her Etsy shop. I feel like a slacker. That was quick. I'm still working on a moss green scarf I started ages ago. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22159459

Family visiting

I'm so excited. Both of my daughters are coming to visit next week and bringing the grandson. Woot! My older one has a business meeting down here so she's bringing the other one along. I haven't seen the baby in a few months and they grow so fast. My apt. is an art studio so I'm going to have to do some major rearranging to have company though. I can't even squeeze three more people in here right now.

Snow in Atascadero

Sorry you don't feel well. Hope you get back on your feet real soon. At least you got to see the snow. Our local mountains got a record amount of snow. The skiers and snowboarders will be very happy.

I have archery tomorrow and I didn't even get my stuff together. I honestly don't know what I want to do there. Somehow I don't work on my archery projects between one meeting and the next so I feel like I'm always starting over. I need to make a new quiver. Mine's a wreck. Maybe I'll take the gourd quiver I started and add some beads to it. That's a thought.

Do you remember when we did atlatls? A bunch of people are getting ready for an atlatl competition in Las Vegas soon.

I hope it doesn't rain in the morning. It's a long drive if we get rained out. It's in Pasadena.

Hang in there.