Library Ramblings/iPod on Shuffle

Toto's "Africa" playing on the ipizzle.

My brain hurts. I can't tell if it's because I've been squinting at this computer screen for four hours or because I've been working through this tax depreciation problem for two.

Big Dal came home from Buenos Aires yesterday. He sounds good. Reminds me of a younger, wiser me.

The backyard's bangin. Except for the hibiscus which still seem to have the touch of winter. desert bird of paradise, bougainvillea, lantana, tangelo, orange, lime, sunflowers, cilantro, basil, rosemary, mediterranean palm. Recipe for visual succulence.

Jes is big and beautiful and her belly bounces when she's on her back. Emma dances inside when I sing Jes to sleep. Can't wait to have someone to stay up with during the nights I'm insomnis.

Pinback's "Bad Light" playing now.

I'm on the verge of finishing two or three new songs. Stress brings that out in me.

This summer I'm interning at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. Probably in the appeals division.

T Weed got married last week and gave up his solitude. Now that he's part of the club, he might want to go on couple's dates and talk about barbeques and 401k's. But probably not.

Obama has fallen to earth, joining Hill-Bill and The General. I'm cynical enough to stay far enough away from any one politician's corner to take his fall from grace personally. Still, the political carousel has too many haters without horses. I get the feeling people attack anything that has promise so they can crack it open and say "see, look at all the flaws" and feel better about their own convictions. Or maybe it's just fundamental fear (i.e. I don't know, therefore I fear, therefore I hate). A lot of that going around still.

Bright Eyes, "Easy/Lucky/Free" playing now.

Have I said how I can't wait to see Emma? I had my "I-never-knew-all-the-stories-were-true-now-I'm-telling-them-too" realization about being a daddy the other day. Even the anticipation changes a man.

Two years of marriage this 29th. Looking back, a couple phrases come to mind: easy/lucky/free, my beautiful jes-bles, money highs and lows, just content, just watching, still waiting for marriage to be hard, my patient wife, apartment and house, winters and summer and now just one long summer, we've got the afternoon, love love love. I don't ever want this to end.

The Stills, "Still in Love Song." Seems like a good one to end on.

10 weeks to go

I've gotten a few requests for an updated bump pic. Here you go! I decided to take a pic in the same outfit so there's no smoke and mirrors... it's all bump! :) Lil Emmy is now 15 inches and 3 pounds. With only 10 weeks to go, she's got a few more pounds to put on and a few more rolls around the thighs to develop.

Ammon is getting very anxious to meet her and is even focusing more efforts on his fabulous backyard grass so we can play and enjoy the outdoors with Emma. He's so selfless! :) As you can tell from his last post, he is completely involved in school and only has a few more weeks until finals. We all can't wait for his first year to be behind us... only 2 more to go!

As you can tell, I'm all about countdowns, but am trying to live more in the moment like Ammon does. We can't all be as perfect as Am. I really don't know what I would do without him throughout this pregnancy. He's the best... and the reason why I'm holding up so well! Big Kiss!

weighing in at a staggering ONE pound & measuring 12 inches...

In one corner we have the proud mother-to-be admiring the new view. In the other corner, we have bouncing lil Emma showing us a gorgeous profile! We are all so excited to meet each other... 16 weeks to go!

It's a GIRL!!!

Well... it's official! Our modest lil one is a cute and cuddly lil girl! I couldn't be happier... and Am is warming up to the idea of having another lil princess around the house. Grandma Brown has already brought over 8-10 baby blankets that are adorable! I can't wait to start planning out the details of the nursery. We're thinking of pink and brown... although Am refers to it as BROWN with a little pink. :)

As new parents (almost) we are also up for any suggestions on baby things... such as which strollers to stay away from, which diapers are the best, or whatever else you wish you knew ahead of time.

Hope you all had as great of a day as we did!

LOVES!