Baby Blase

After re-reading my post last week, it occurred to me that it may have sounded a little boastful or just downright braggy. But, that was in no way my intention. It started out as more like a state of the union or a what-we’ve-been-up-to kind of thing. But, instead turned out to be an appalling [...]

Holy F@#^ing S#!^! (I’m sorry dad, but, this epiphany deserves some expletives.)
Fenugreek!
and the heavens smiled, birds sang and babies slept soundly with full bellies.

Why on earth did it take me four months to add this almighty new drug to my post-pregnancy regimen? How is it possible that for four months I have doubled my wrinkle [...]

Just tried to pump while reading The Night of The Gun by David Carr. Which I can only imagine is like trying to masturbate while in church - unless of course you’re into that kind of thing.
The book is getting a lot of great press and deservedly so. It was written by a friend of [...]

Knowing our disdain for many typical-baby-type-items - the cutesy, pastel puppies, honey-bears and duckies - Aunty Margaret gave the kid a beautiful new bath towel:

Yes, technically it is a duck, however, this is no “duckie”. This is a grown-up, big-boy, dark-colored, honest-to-goodness mallard.

Thank you Aunty Margaret!
Listening: Bon Iver

Oh my, it is good to know and especially be related to creative people who make things for you!

Kylie is visiting for a couple of days and brought with her the cutest teddy monster stuffed animal ever - that she and my mom MADE, by hand, by themselves, without a pattern. Kylie based the design [...]

After my sister and mom came out to help with the kid’s room we pretty much slacked on doing/buying anything else and his room turned into a giant storage closet/guest room for Chuck. But, we finally made a bit more progress.
We ordered some bits and pieces from the mighty interwebs, Marc and Bryan put together [...]

Thanks to a very generous wedding present ages ago, we had a beautiful Cannon EOS with a lens that works with the new digital body we got. It’s the Cannon 40D. I have no patience for instruction manuals, so, it falls upon Marc to learn about all the new gadgets that find their way into [...]

My mom and sister, graciously agreed - after the promise of barbecue -

to come to Austin to help us set up the kid’s room. I can not believe how much they did for us. We are extremely grateful for their help and their generous gifts.
They painted the kid’s room:

And the bathroom:

Took us shopping at: Home [...]

First of all - apologies to those of you who like pastel puppies, duckies, bears with pots of honey and the like as baby decor - we just don’t happen to dig that stuff.
Thanks to designspongeonline we found the cutest little monster prints from artist, AshleyG, on Etsy. These are the first items bought specifically [...]

Goals before the kid comes (just a few minor items):
1. Office to become office/guest bedroom: To be ready before Friday for Tim and Abby’s overnight visit. Entails building of smaller desks, installation of shelving, selling of Eames desks - any takers? selling of printer, and throwing away a dumpster-full of crap that never should have [...]