Nomi's Day

I love free days and I especially love free Fridays. So today, I was going to spend the whole day with Nomi, doing all the things she loved to do and throw in a few errands that I needed to do.

So first, we went to the post office and mailed off an order to a client in Florida. I love the Newberg Post Office. The folks there are so helpful and so cool. Nomi loves going there because she get to turn on the charm, go "on stage" and be as cute as can be, which is exactly what she did while we were there.

Next we went to the Union Block Marketplace on W. 2nd Street, here in Newberg. OK, so as a photographer, I can so get in trouble in there!!! There was just too much cool stuff. I could totally use everything in there as super cool props. And yes, I did buy the blue couch because it rocked and now I can't wait to use it!!

After that, we went to Critter Cabana (www.crittercabana.com/), only the coolest pet shop in Newberg. Nomi had a blast. She just LOVES the fish. All of them are now named Nemo, Gil, or Sharkbait. She thought the hamsters were hilarious and her laugh was totally contagious as she watched them run in their hamster wheels. The birds were a fascination. She loved it when they chirped and when they "kissed". But alas, it was while we were there when I really took notice to her little cough.

Our next stop, Coffee Cottage. Everybody knows Nomi's name there... it could be because we go there way too often. And once again, she turned on the charm. After I ordered Nomi's favorite, a chocolate cookie and blue berry smoothie, we sat down. Even though Nomi did drink most of her smoothie, she barely touched her cookie and I could see her go down hill from there. Her eyes got red and her poor little nose started to run. One minute, she looked like she was having the perfect day and the next, she looked like she was just hit with a nasty case of the flu. I guess it was time to call it a day. By the time we did get home, she had a fever. Poor Nomi! Its funny how this cold just hit her like a ton of bricks!

That is OK because we still had a ton of fun and it was almost the perfect day.

Below is a portrait I took of Nomi a while ago. Isn't she so cute!!!