12 August 2008

Suck it, Anne Geddes.



OK so here’s Alice! I’m so sorry it took me so long to get a post up. I had planned to announce her birth right away by posting a photo of her giggling in the Dutch oven, all Anne Geddes style.

Well you may or may not know that two-week old babies don’t giggle, and they don’t like being put in pots, even when you promise them a big slab of ribs afterwards.

So that first photo shoot failed miserably, and had I posted photos of a wretched newborn punching herself in the face with fists clenched in sheer terror and betrayal, I would have gotten more hate mail from that one post than the Tyler Florence post and the parrot-eating post combined. And no one is emotionally stable enough to get hate mail for their baby’s birth announcement, so I put that project on hold until she seemed old enough to enjoy sitting in a soup pot, and also old enough to understand me when I told her if she was good, she would get a beer with her ribs.

20 comments:

Kristen said...

Welcome, Alice! You look yummy.

Annie said...

Congratulations! What a beautiful girl! Although for a moment, the placement of that celery had me thinking otherwise....

Anonymous said...

What a fabulous picture! Congratulations! :)

Anonymous said...

Thank GOD you're posting again... really. We've missed you. Welcome, Alice. :) If you do that at Burger King, you get fired.

Luis said...

So pretty pretty pretty!

Unknown said...

That's entirely hysterical. Made my night. Awesome!

tammy said...

Welcome back! Congrats on your beautiful baby girl. She looks tasty indeed.

HHRose said...

Good LORD....your photos are fantastic! Loving the blog; just added to bloglines. :o)

Anonymous said...

Almost ten days to a year! I think we've all missed your blogging. ;)

Welcome back! And Alice looks like a perfectly gorgeous baby - maybe she'll grow up to be like her mother and inherit her wicked sense of humour, heh.

Anonymous said...

Just want to eat her up!! I see motherhood is treating you well. Hugs and kisses to all of you. Caren, Mark and the girls..

FANCY said...

Hello

She is a real sweetheart.:)

Anonymous said...

What a gorgeous little dumpling. And your headline made me laugh.

kristina said...

omg yes. i am so glad you are back. missed your posts so much!

oh, right. Congratulations on being a mommy too!

Anonymous said...

yay, so glad to see you're back! congrats on the newest family member.

Jane said...

Eri, Alice is beautiful! I love the picture! Miss you!

Erielle said...

Thanks Kristen! My mom pretends to eat me sometimes. I guess I am pretty yummy. Love, Alice.

Ha ha Annie, I was wondering if people would think that...

Thanks Dianne!

Kim, do you know that from experience? A BK trip gives me some ideas for some funny photos, though.

Linnommable, thanks thanks thanks!

Glad you like it, Kimberly.

She is pretty tasty, Tammy!

Thanks Hannah. Bloglines is the best, huh? Lets you be so efficient at wasting time reading blogs.

Kevin, I can't believe it's been almost a year. I'm such a jerk. Here's to another post before August 2009!

Thanks Caren! Hope to see you soon. Maybe around the holidays?

Hello Fancy! I like your name.

Casey, I will probably start calling her dumpling now. What a cute nickname!

Lovelymorning, it's good to be back!

Jess, thanks!

Jane, I miss you too.

Anonymous said...

YEAH you are back! Wonderful baby!! Please keep posting, I love your recipes, sense of humor, pictures, all of it!! Congrats!

Anonymous said...

oh i've missed you! very glad you're back and alice is such a welcome addition to my daily 'checking around to see how my bloggers and their babies/partners/dogs are doing'!

congratulations all.

Rachel said...

She is so adorable!!

Anonymous said...

the orange saffron aioli sounds insane. makes me wonder about adding a little adobo sauce to kick it up and then toss in some crispy fried chicken wings...