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.