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Coldplay – Charlie Brown

19 weeks kids, you know what that means?  We’ve got movement, and not in the typical fashion that you would think of after a huge steak dinner.  This last week we’ve had an official 4 “I think it moved” moments, and to be honest, the first couple may have been questionable due to confusion on the amount of fish tacos we had that night.  That being said, we aren’t yet in full “stop moving, you’re making me have to pee” mode either, so we’re just enjoying our time before that hits.  I say WE, like I’m actually being affected other than the occasional nudge in the middle of the night when my wife has to hit the bathroom.  All in all we’re still in sit and wait mode as we learn daily about new people thinking about having kids.

Let’s see what else we did….baby furniture shopping maybe?  Our visit to the Mercedes Benz dealership of baby furniture only wet our appetite for items that would cost more than OUR bedroom furniture.  I mean when a lady that says she’s only 125 pounds, who is more like 145 pounds, stands in a drawer and it’s doesn’t break, you have to feel pretty confident that even using the furniture as a base for a baby trapeze act in the coming toddler years shouldn’t be a problem.  Of course then you go to the Hyundai dealership, other known as Baby’s R Us, other known as the seventh circle of hell, and you really just can’t see your kid living in something that doesn’t come from Europe.  Oh, there is a 3 month waiting period before it arrives and it doesn’t include the mattress?  NO PROBLEMO my Italian furniture maker.  Thank god that we have a friend who owns a business furniture store telling us that there might be a cheaper way to bring it in.  So for now, we’re going to go that route, or at least start hitting up the blood bank to save some extra cash.

Either way I think we’ve got some time to decide, and I have to come to grips with the fact that giving my kids a better quality item that I use may be something that I have to deal with.  At least now I’ve got a few additional gift ideas for wife.  Somehow I have to find a blanket that looks like a lamb and is softer than a cloud…..in adult size.  That or string 8 of them together…..

FYI, this is awesome: 

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The Head and the Heart – Down in the Valley

I know, I know….you’re asking “Where have you been Mr. Blogger?”.  Without any excuses, the last couple of weeks have been busy with work as my new manager started after 6 months of not having one…..YAY!  Unfortunately this has limited my creative tendencies that usually pop up mid week during lunch.  So what does this mean to you the ever interested subscriber?  A DOUBLE LENGTH POST!  A lot has gone on since we last spoke, so here goes nothing for our 16.5 week blog post

First off, the Cardinals are the most amazing team in baseball yet again, and while this time the celebration was a little muted due to a certain someone’s inability to drink to celebrate, we still had a blast cheering on the red birds again.  I was actually looking back at pictures from 2006 when they won last, when we weren’t married and still could hang late into the night without remorse.  Looking at those pictures while we may have been a few pounds lighter and maybe a little more apt to jumping off bar chairs into the air to celebrate, we were the same people that we are today.  We were happy to be with our friends and their families as we just wanted to be around people that we cared about at such an exciting time.  If I remember right  we were hanging out with a couple of my wife’s classmates from nursing school and their uncle, or some guy they called their uncle??? Either way this year we were with friends and family again and it was just as good as the last time.   FYI, this kid is going to have more “my first” onesies then they’ll know what to do with between the world series and all these other events we keep having.

This last week we also received our super awesome new iPhone 4s devices with the new Siri functionality.  Nothing really more to talk about here other than now my wife can video chat and take pictures of herself more easily.  And with a new camera for all those great little videos and pictures that we’re going to take, along with the fact that I can ask Siri when my baby is going to be born and it tells me, we’re all in all pretty excited.  I won’t geek out too much more, but I figure the voice control thing was worth a mention.

While over a week back, I was also required by my wife to mention the following……We ran the half marathon, and my 15 week pregnant wife beat me by 5 minutes.  It’s even in bold honey.

So now that we’re a bit caught up, there is only one topic left to discuss…..the lack of trick or treaters around our house.  I did a lot of work: I carved the pumpkin (last minute), I put on scary sounds and music, pumping into the street to let kids know that we were home, and I bought way too much candy.  Only 3 “close to the age where trick or treating is creepy” kids showed up and that was it.  I did apparently freak one out when they got too close to the stereo to see what sounds were coming out, and while it was quiet when he walked up to it, it then blared a bass blasting scream which caused him to jump back.  All I know is that when my kids are old enough to enjoy Halloween, that we are not holding back, and every house up in this neighborhood is going to see us that night….candy or no candy.  I figure I’ll just stuff a few extra pieces in my pocket from home to give to the kid when the house doesn’t answer the door.

Oh crap, almost forgot…..our great friends that got married this summer who probably helped contribute to the “conception” of the baby by bringing us on vacation for 3 weeks to Chicago (this is a different couple in Chicago, no the other ones from a previous post),  just announced that they are having a baby 4 days after us.  These two are Halloween crazies and planned their awesome costumes around the announcement, so huge props to them.The Sweedish Chef and his wife who was an oven (with a bun in it), let us all know in great fashion, and they may win the award for best announcements of 2011.  Congrats guys, game on for first kid out.