Misc.

Like everything else, I cannot post one of those rad little mix tapes on my blog. Is it the blog? The stupid computer? I have no idea.

Anyway I am rocking out to Stone Temple Pilots and Wilson Phillips and Mr Bigg right now. Good fun. Alan and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary yesterday. Just youngins, I know.

Lucy started dancing the other day, bobbing her head and singing when she hears music! She's dancing right now! And clapping! (I'm a very proud parent).

I'm looking forward to a trip to WA. This time, FINALLY, Alan is taking me to see the Pacific Ocean. It will be nice to have a break-- no matter how much I love Wilmore it will be good to see family, visit a real city, and (thank you merciful God) breath ocean air into my lungs.

And my sister's coming for a visit after our trip. She wants to hang around town drinking Ale 8, harassing the local (sounds good to me!).

I'll write more later when I have something worth saying.

Baby

Our Lucy is such a baby! She is all chubbiness and smiles. Lucy can sit up all by herself, eat solid food, and even blows raspberries on our necks. She started clapping a little and says "dadada" and "mumum" and "buh buh buh." You'd think a baby never babbled before the way Alan and I are proud of her when she does that.

I wanted to post some pictures (there are hundreds to choose from, trust me) but my computer is being dumb and won't let me upload pictures or even make hyper links on this blog (any advice Chad?). Hopefully I will have some up soon.

She is napping with her Dad right now; they were both up late last night due to teething pain (Lucy was teething, not Alan). Alan is a good nighttime parent. When I am too tired to think straight Alan is walking around with Lucy, hushing her back to sleep.

We are very sleepy these days and very happy.

We heard many a comment when I was pregnant about how soon we were having a baby, questions like "Was this a planned pregnancy?" from virtual strangers. If I was indignant then, now all I can say is they can stick it where the sun don't shine. Lucy is the greatest little person I've ever met; shame on people who make others (especially new moms) doubt the joy and blessing of being a parent.

Pictures will be up soon, I promise.

A Nice Day

What a nice day we had yesterday. After Alan finished off a few papers the three of us drove up to the Gap clearance store and spent an hour or so picking through clothes with tears along the seams and shoe prints on the front (which was fun in its own way). Then we ate at Cracker Barrel, a must when traveling a road like I-75, and enjoyed the sunset as we drove home.

Could we have been doing other things? Yes. Was it the most virtuous way to spend the first day of Alan's break? Not exactly. But it was good to buy some needed clothes, to get out of Jessamine County, and be together as a family on a rainy day.