The Animals

Ahhh...the 2009 Christmas animal photo shoot.

The above picture is the final product, but it took a good while to get to that pose. People ask me how I got all three animals to pose, and the trick was to catch Murphy while he was napping (I was pretty proud of myself for thinking of that!). His favorite place is on Charlotte's bed (he loves to torment her!), so I stuck him on her bed after a couple of attempts to get him to cooperate, and the other two animals actually listened pretty well.

I had to share the outtakes from the photo shoot, because, if you have met our animals, you will understand. Our pets are...ummm...how should I say this...unique. :) Charlotte (aka Char Char Binks) is (very!) needy and follows me around constantly. Rico (aka Ric Rock) sleeps in David's chair (that was expensive and originally meant only for David -ha!) without a care in the world. And Murphy...well, we are convinced Murphy is a miniature bobcat. No, really. The dude is huge. But, we love them all and couldn't imagine life without them! In fact, as I write this, they are all sitting around me. :) Enjoy the outtakes and look forward to more quirky pictures of them appearing on the blog!