it builds character

i have to say that owning your own business brings you many experiences, both wanted and unwanted. we started out small with a minimal investment each. great for risk factors but what this also meant is that we had to pinch wherever we could. we had to barter (thanks jim, david, and sacha), schlepp our own roles of fabric to the cutter, and stay up many long hours emailing potential stores and press leads (we were it as far as a sales team and p.r. department went). frankly, tatiana and i are both over-qualified for many of the jobs we do in the name of babysparewear. but we do them anyway, like a sacrifice made for our growing child... there was the time we received a less than stellar production run (before we switched sewing houses) and we sat for hours checking garments and trimming threads until we could not see straight. and then there was that first trade show tatiana had to man for a few days by herself due to schedule conflicts with the girls' school... but it's hard work like this that makes us strive harder and really feel those tiny pings of accomplishment when they do come. here we are back in 2004 at our first product photo shoot in my father-in-law's sunroom (thanks, dad.).