Witch's, Dead Princess's, and Bumble Bees...OH MY!

We had a really fun Halloween this year, I don't know who gets more excited, Trent and I or the kids! Brooklyn & Lily have their costumes planned months in advance, infact they are already planning next years costumes! Halloween is definately one of our family's favorite holidays....(is that weird?) Anyow, we couldn't do it with out my mother in law, Gloria. Gloria always makes the best costumes. This year she made 4 custom costumes!

Otto was Nacho Libre... gloria slaved over it for days, the mask alone took 3 prototypes to get it perfect. Lily was a party witch, with layers of fun tulle and even a fun broom stick to match. Brooklyn was a dead princess, with a perfectly "tea" dyed dress that was worn and ripped in all the right places, and miss Ruby was a bumble bee. Gloria actually sewed a little witch dress for Ruby, but it was too cold to wear. The bumble bee worked out great, infact Ruby loved the bumble bee costume and fell asleep in it for hours.....hummm, I might have to keep it around for a while since she slept so well in it!

Anyhow, the kids got very serious with their "characters" and wanted to act out their characters all night, It was pretty funny. We started the night off, meeting Taber and Jenna and grandma and grandpa for dinner at our favorite Pizza joint..costumes and all, then we headed out to trick or treat.

At one house the kids got their candy, and as they walked away, Otto turns around and goes back to the door, and says, "wait, I need one more". It was so funny. The guy guy at the door laughed at him and gave him another candy. This was the first year that Otto really got into it, and had a good time.

In one neighborhood, they really decorate the houses well, and make their yards scarry and have things jumping out at the kids, the girls loved it, but Otto was freaked out and wouldn't go near the house if he saw anything suspicious. One house was so so freaky...we didn't stop because "I" was scared. They had 3 men outside as horror movie characters, with real chainsaws and realistic decorations and costumes. It was like a haunted house, but way too real for us...definately not for the little kids..(or me)!

Otto was so worn out, he could hardly stay awake. The girls traded candy and as soon as their sugar rushes were over, they all crashed out hard.

Another Halloween is over, now I just have try to stay out of their candy and remember those pre-pregancy jeans that I am dying to fit in!

Happy Halloween!!

NY NY...what a wonderful town!!

We just got back from New York. We had a tradeshow there, and so Trent, me and Ruby made the 6hr (red-eye) flight to sell, sell sell! And sell we did..we had a fantastic show, and sold way way more than we expected, we are so excited! And we are definately going again in March.

We had a little down time in the evenings to be tourists, so we took Ruby on the town. Here she is in Times Square, at our favorite Italian restaurant, on the subway, and at Rockefeller Center, and Lastly our booth at the show. (P.S. note the cool custom Knucklehead sling that Trent is sport'n, it has our logo sewn on the shoulder, we gotta advertise!)

My Ruby

This sweet little thing is definatly my most challenging baby so far. I have to say that I have been extreemly lucky with our other babies. The others slept like angels and were so happy and content by themselves, and they loved their car seats and would sleep for hours on a long drive.
But not my sweet Ruby....lets just say that she loves to be held and held and held. So long as she is held... she is great, she will smile, giggle and coo, then she will slowly nod off into a nice nap. But the minute you stand up to lay her down, she opens her eyes, as if she knows that you are going to put her down. She hates her car seat and screams the entire drive, just ask trent about my little "bump" on my brand new tahoe, because I was distracted by a screaming baby ......ugh, (changing the subject)

So, I have given up and attatched her to me. Melanie showed me this great invention, the Moby Wrap, and I swear by it! We have tried 3 different slings, bonjorn carriers...everything.
She loves this wrap, it holds her so tight against me and I have 2 hands free at all times. I can do everything with her attatched to me, and the best part is that it feels great on....no back pain at all!
It is easy to use and if you don't mind looking a bit hippie-ish, it is perfect!


*please note: this is NOT me, it is the ad for the wrap!!!

My new love!

I am obessed with houndstooth prints....it has been going on for a few years now. Infact our new Hula Mula fall line is full of cool houndstooth prints. So, anyhow....Trent got me these Pj's for my birthday! LOVE EM!

New baby pics!

Here is Ruby modeling her new headband....thanks to Megan for the darling baby gift, that she made! And she is wearing her new fur boots, designed by her mamma for the new Hula Mula fall line.

New LA showroom

We have a new corporate showroom in LA!! This is a really big deal! We are in the same building with HUGE designers and it really is an amazing oportunity for us. Trent designed and built out the space, along with his friend Ryan. They did a great job, I am so lucky that Trent is so talented. I havn't seen it in person yet...I just had a baby when he did it.
So, here are the pics. Here is the before: and the after: He took up the carpet and found tiles under the floor, so he took the tiles up and painted the concrete, then added wood molding painted black. We also had a cool neon sign made, it doesn't show up the pic, but there is a little corner with manequins and that neon logo sign by the front window.
P.S. All of the clothing wasn't up yet..so the racks look a bit empty. Our first show is end of October!!

BEFORE:

And the AFTER: