Butch Walker and the Black Widows – Synthesizers

Hear Ye Hear Ye,

All hail princess (no name yet), for her domain shall be vast, pink, and probably smell of girl. Yes folks, her majesty’s castle is being constructed daily in preparation for her arrival. All the necessary tapestries and furniture are being put in place, and her bedding is made of the finest Egyptian cotton. So while I’m slightly exaggerating, you have yet to see the layout, which I’m sure I’ll share in a blueprint form in coming posts.

On a positive note, I was successfully able to convince my wife to pay a professional to give the room the quality paint job that it deserved. I did the math people. I work a few extra hours with my side consulting gig and save myself hours of frustration and turmoil, which in turn makes us all much happier. I mean who wants a fussy dad with only 10 weeks left….not this guy. So the cost of a painter, a small business loan for the furniture, and the eventual build up of wall adornments from Target will all add up to what I feel will be the perfect growing room for our child. We got the bedding nailed down after a clutch “Aunt Abbi” sale on GILT, which helped pick the color and general “theme” of the room. So I have a lot of trouble with this idea of a theme for a child’s room. My first impression when someone asked me about the room theme was “It’s a bedroom theme.” I was a bit confused. I mean, we’re not trying to lay out 7 rooms of seduction at your local motel. I really don’t want my daughter growing up in the “space room”, or the “rumble in the jungle” bungalow. Better yet, we could always revert to some classic “Office” episodes and recreate some of Shrute Farms B & B motifs such as the Irrigation room. Either way, if we had to pick something I would have to say that we’re going for a “girl” themed room, and if there are some vague Dave Matthew’s band references in there, I think we’ll be happy campers.

Overall I think though that we’re pretty ready. My wife’s inability to cover our small child with her rather large belly leads to some great one liners on a daily basis. My favorite so far : “I keep going to bed with my shirt down, and waking up with it UP here.” It’s like our child is already pulling a Girls gone wild at the expense of my wife’s sanity, and with only expansion from here, I have a feeling this will continue to get interesting. So to all those expecting dads out there, you know who you are, be ready for some of the greatest “whose line is it anyway?” type content in the third trimester. I have to say that if nothing else, this kid makes us laugh more at each other than we ever did before. Have a great night subscribers, we’re calling it a late one with a 9:30 bed time. Here is a reminder of one of my favorite Office episodes: