overcoming fear

I love this photo of Aerowyn.

It looks like she's having a great time sitting on this alligator statue at the LA Zoo. What you don't know is the back story.

Aerowyn was having a great time on the slide at the zoo until... mama wanted to get a picture of her on the alligator. She happily walked away from the slide, curiosity taking her to check out whatever I must have had planned next. Then she saw it. I admit, it looks real. She froze and broke out into hysterics. Being the "mean mommy" that I am (I wanted that picture, dang it), I took her hand and walked her over there any way. Yes, she looks happy. That's because she has a crowd of people (aka family) basically doing backflips and cheering to get her to do the same.

It's funny how we can overcome some big fears as little people. We overcome to try new things... and end up ok. As we get older, we let the fear get the best of us. Fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of just about anything. I wish we could remember what we knew as little kids. I think they have the right idea.

Welcome to the Castle

I've been inspired by my friends' blogs to finally start one of my own. Maybe this will keep me on top of uploading pics and sharing them ;-)

Princess Aerowyn is 13.5 months old and becoming more and more "girl" every day. I hope to share her accomplishments and overall cuteness on this site. I'll be sharing random family stuff along the way too.

Aerowyn's Castle is also my up-and-coming, not quite running, etsy site. I'll post it as soon as I get it going. Being a mommy on a budget with a little princess at home, I've learned to make a lot of that cute "boutique" stuff such as hair bows and clips, tutus, deco burp cloths, baby legs etc. Now that Aerowyn can entertain herself for a bit of time, I'm finally able to start making these on a more regular basis for sale. I'm hoping to share my creations with all of you to get input and suggestions (and maybe a sale or two) as I expand my repetoire of items.

King Robert (aka daddy) is finishing his second year of pharmacy school at USC. In addition to all of that studying (lol, what studying?), he has a small photography business on the side. You can check out some his pictures at www.rjdigitalphoto.com. For her safety, all of Aerowyn's pictures are currently password protected. I'll be loading select pictures here. Message me (can you do that on here?) or leave a comment with a way to contact you and I'll send you the password. I want to know who has access to them.