Racing through the last week...

Well little one I thought that I would be updating this a little more regularly but I got busy this weekend, my bad. But to make it up to you I will be giving you a full update on the week. First and most importantly we saw Pearl Jam. Now this has been my favorite band for roughly 13 years or so needless to say I was pretty stoked. Your mom by the way was a real trooper. See we took the metro down and had to get there quite early as all of the fan club people have to get their tickets from the will call. The line was impossibly long but it moved quite quick. The story here is after 10 years in the fan club I was pretty confident our seats were gonna be very close.

So up we go to get the tickets and by this point I am getting nervous I really want good seats and had not seen PJ in about 5 years so my excitement was growing. Opening up the envelope ..... drumroll.... OUR SEATS SUCK!!!!!! yup section 100 on the side. Not even on the floor. I was crushed. It seems when I renewed my tenclub membership in '06 I did something funky and screwed up my seniority. So I was about as disappointed as I had been in a while. (Side not the following day I got the problem fixed and our seniority back but obviously the show was already over. So maybe the next tour we will be close) At this point all the wind is out of my sales and I really just wanna crawl under a rock. I quickly typed out an email to tenclub on the ole blackberry but I know there is nothing that can get done now.

So we head off to the Green turtle which is a sports bar that is in the arena. Needless to say your mom reminded me why she is truly the yin to my yang. Almost right away she goes into her "cheer up the husband" mode. See this is a mode that she normally reserves for when she really needs it. It does not come out often but when she sees that I am really crushed about something. It's just a few small changes on her part. Her smile gets a bit brighter and I can really see the love she has for me in her eyes. It always turns me around. She laughed at my corny jokes and before long (and after a few beers) I was feeling pretty good. It wasn't the perfect situation but it was what it was. I was seeing my favorite band hands down with my best friend who also happens to be my wife. I didn't have to drive home and the atmosphere for a Pearl Jam concert is like nothing you have ever seen before. See, they are by no means a trendy band. The stadium is filled with other idiots like me who have been following them for years and know every word to every song. Many of the people in the arena have been or are going to multiple shows on the tour and everyone is just really tuned in. So getting to sing Black (again this has been my favorite song for as long as I can remember) with 18,000 other crazys is just a really special experience. Another thing I like about them is every show on every tour is different. You are gonna get different songs every night. The only song you are pretty much sure to hear is Daughter. I would have also said Betterman but they didn't play at this show. So this is the first time I have seen Pearl jam and not heard that. Other than that you have no idea going in what is gonna get played. This was the set list for our show.

MAIN SET: Hard To Imagine, Severed Hand, Hail Hail, Do The Evolution, Small Town, Evacuation(Partial), Corduroy, I'm Open, I Am Mine, I Got ID, Daughter/(Hey-Ho), Light Years, Even Flow, Green Disease, You Are, You, Who You Are, Why Go

ENCORE 1: Comatose, Sad, Given To Fly, Come Back, Grievance, Black/(We Belong Together), Rearviewmirror

ENCORE 2: No More, Last Kiss, Crazy Mary (Victoria Williams), Alive, All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan), Yellow Ledbetter/(Star Spangled Banner) ((Francis Scott Key))

Needless to say the show was awesome. Even their new stuff from thier new album was seemlessly stitched into the show. It was just an awesome night. The Verizon center turned on the main get the hell out lights and Eddie just powered right on through.

Anyway that was Sunday. On Monday we got together with our neighbors Rob and Jennnaahhh. They are the young couple in our complex that we live in. They are us like 5 years ago. Sometimes they can be a little young in how they approach stuff. Or more accurately me and your mom are getting old. Rob and Jennahhh are like yeah it's 9pm what are you guys doing? Me and the wife.... "watching the end of the O's game and going to bed." Yeah I am starting to feel like Dan and Rosanne Conner. I don't know what the heck happened but I am so ready for bed by about 1030 anymore. I remember the good ole days when I would be up gaming till 2 or 3am..yeah not anymore. I am freaking tired. Anyway they wanted to play some Mario Party 8. A game that is me and your mothers current obsession. The Wii has really brought us together, and as long as I don't win too much the Wii filled nights are a blast. The thing is that I think your mother is actually pretty good at video games. The problem is I have been playing them about 20+ years longer than she has. Sooo generally I win. But I do believe that if she honed her skills she would be Kick ass at games. As you can tell we have been playing alot of Wii lately and I was more than up for putting the smack down on the young bucks. It's all fun and games till I gotta defend the family video game honor.

So over we go. Me your mom and Ben. for a video game collision of titans. Needless to say me and your mother wiped the floor with them. There was blood and carnage everywhere. Even Ben was Like Damnnnnnnnnnnnn we owned you. He did his part by relentlessy assulting thier dog's ear at every opportunity. Then we went to coldstone got some icecream and we were all in bed by 11. Wow we are so freaking lame..... But it was fun but lame, again this is why we need you to come along the party jersey is retired. We are settling into a more adult lifestyle. We had been resisting it for the better part of the last 10 years but now instead of crazy nights a bars and clubs we genuinely enjoy playing some games walking the dog and capping it all off with a trip to ice cream shop. Wow We really need football to come back just to spice things up a little. Maybe go all voodoo crazy and have hotwings while watching football.

Finally on to Tuesday and Wednesday... Two words Mario Kart. I was lucky enough to get my hands on an elusive copy of Mario kart. Which is a Mario Racing game. We have pretty much been just playing that for two solid days. It is a really good time that the two of us can do together. Again your mom is really good at it.. Her big thing is that she gets very frustrated whenever say a turtle shell gets slammed into her butt. (in the game) It really throws her all off. I find that it sucks but hell it happened lets get back into the race. Once she gets over that she will Pwn.

Mini housing rant incoming (read at your own risk)

We also spent a good portion of our day looking at homes. I have no idea what is gonna happen with that. We just currently hate where we live. It is getting too small. We are already dreading things like the holidays because once you put a tree and the snow village up we are pretty much out of space in our home and there is no where to go. With Ben no longer a puppy I can only imagine that this year will be even worse. It's just not fun at all as I Like the holiday decorations and I like having people over. But right now our house is just to small. Even for the three of us. It's like sardines in there. There is no way we could add you in such a small space. I would seriously go off the Bay bridge. I just hate the place we live. Other than Rob and Jennahhhh all our Friends have left and those two are moving in August.

See you would think the easy solution would be to buy a house. Unfortunately I am a chicken. I want to buy a house.. I do.. But the problem is I sell new homes.. and this year absolutely sucks when it comes to selling houses. I just am not selling enough to feel comfortable taking on a much larger payment for 30 years with the economy right now. Everyone tells me it's gonna turn around and I believe that it will. But until I can regularly start selling homes again and your mother finishes grad school I just think that us doing this right now would be stupid. Even if we were to buy in January I think that would be dumb. We would be coming of a record low house selling year and your mom is gonna graduate in July.

With a masters degree and the income boost that will provide and hopefully the economy returning mid '09 seems like we will be in a much stronger position to buy a house you can grow up in. Where as buying this year will likely get us something we may or may not be able to sell in year. I think buying a house for a year is a really crappy idea to tell you the truth. Why buy it when hopefully we can get something twice as big and nice if we wait a year. Also if we buy this January and we want to move into a non starter home next Jan. We will have a house we have to sell. Which we will most likely lose money on. The whole game seems dumb. It seems to me patience is kinda a virtue here. But we HAVE to get out of where we are now. I hate it. So we are currently looking to rent something a tad bigger for next year. At least big enough that when you come along we will not have to have you sleep in a car seat on the bar :).

I really want to buy and Honestly I think your mom would... But I am taking the bullet here, I think for us .. it's a really bad time. The wife is looking at like a 50% pay raise with a masters and I have only sold two houses so far this year. I just feel like what we can get as a family in 2010 is gonna dwarf what we will be looking at '09. Not gonna be a popular choice as far as the extended family goes but kinda what I am seeing for us right now. I keep telling myself when my parents were my age they were renting a brown house in Colorado. It's not the end of the world if we don't buy now. Things turned out great for them. This is turning into one of the hardest decisions me and your mother may make, with how much it could affect our futures. I really think jumping now because we want to or feel pressure to buy is gonna hurt us more than if we wait. Needless to say a lot of prayer is going into this. It's also a complete departure from how I felt even a week ago. The more I pray the more I feel like we should wait. I tend to listen when I hear a little voice telling me to wait. Especially when I put this much prayer into something. That's how we ended up in MD and that has turned out ok.

Life is complicated. But it sure is fun. Ok this is wayy to long.... see ya soon.

Dad.

Six Flags over zombies

So yesterday we went to Six Flags. WOW what an interesting day. First the positives, We picked and absolutely perfect day to go the weather was just right about 80 degrees and it was a Wed. afternoon so there were not alot of people in the park. So you would think Bam it's gonna be on. Well for the most part it was. The rides were fun and the lines were short. Especially if you get what they called "Flash Passes." These things were great you walked right up and got on the ride bypassing the line entirely. But we did not start using them until later in day. Also about a third of the park is a water park and we did not bring our swimsuits. This for me is not an issue as I could swim in my cargo shorts. But for mommy not good... They did sell swimsuits.. for $70. So needless to say no love on that, daddy likes water rides but 70 dollars was a bit much.

I should have noticed the day was gonna be a bit strange when on the second ride Which was a boat ride we got stuck at the top of the hill right before you go into the big plunge. This was not so bad in that we were not on an incline or anything the problem was the crazy trailer park lady in front of us acting like the world had just ended. "ohhh my Gawd!!! This is crazy we are gonna die" Or somesuch gibberish. See I have a finley tuned ignore filter and was doing my best to tune her out. Anyway eventually 7 dudes climbed up this ladder and pushed us to the bottem. It was a little weird to be pushed down a hill on a ride at Six Flags. It must be like what amusement parks were like in caveman times. "Me Ugg!! Me push you down hill" Enh whatever. So we get to the bottom Big splash and everything is fine.....or so I thnk. In fact something horrible had happened. Your mothers hair got wet... Which meant she was gonna talk about having flat hair or messed up hair or how she wishes she had brought a brush .. or my favorite the bathrooms don't have miriors... for hte next 3 hrs. Not in a bad way I love doing stuff with her but it was a bit funny how long this went on. I was kinda waiting for her to melt alla the wicked witch of the west.

It's really only funny because Nicole is so beautiful. She is going on and on about this wet hair. All I can think is Waa chunka waa waaa..... I like her hair wet or dry or died pink... I'm pretty much thinking she's hawt however it is.

Anyway so on with the day. Now enter the Zombies. Ok so the entire park is staffed and visited by people who move just way to slow. Like WTF MOVE. It is unreal to me how people can go through life this way. I mean the Roller Coaster pulls in and we sit there for 4 minutes waiting for people to get off. Then there is another like 4 minute wait for people to get on. Then the idiots can't get the straps buckled right. Or tries to not buckle one of the straps. Like hey I'm not gonna be upside down going 60mph who needs straps. Or hold on someone lost their phone lets empty out the car and start looking for their phone.. Like hello did you not think you were at a theme park. Guess what your phone is gone. When you do loop de loops at 60mph stuff gets lost. Leave it in the car. Who the heck are you trying to call anyway. "Heyyy GRLLLL I be chillin out on the coaster wachuu be doin???" "Na we ain't be moving yet some girl up ahead lost her phone so we be waitn!!" Like really leave it in the car. Although on Batwing I did see a pink phone fly out from somewhere on the train and explode...... it was kinda cool... and now that is one girl who will not be holding up lines anymore.

Not that the staff helped move things along. I guess they must tranquilize all the employees to prevent gang fights or something. These people moved like the undead zombies in night of the living dead. Like "unhhhhhhhhhh" just slowly shuffling their feet. For instance when Nicole went to get a "bangin" burger for lunch there were 3 people in front of her. Not a monumental task to serve 3 people right. Well for them it is. It took so long she gave up. She had fries and my cheese sticks for lunch. If my Roller Coaster tycoon employees moved like that I would uninstall the game and set my hard drive on fire. No wonder this country is in a recession half the people that live here are walking around like they have been dead for 2 years. Unfortunately nothing in the world frustrates me like people who don't move. It's so annoying, move like you have something going on or get the hell out of the way.

Anyway it's about that time that I figured out how to use the Flash passes. This is when the day started going much smoother. Superman was Awesome as far as roller coasters go. There was even this little boy who Nicole made throw a temper tantrum by taking his seat. I think he may have tried to VooDoo curse us. He was not happy. But the Best was definitely Batwing. On this coaster you lay down. So you are on your back or your stomach the whole time. Nicole hated it but I really enjoyed it. The only thing was that once you were done you kinda felt like you had been in a fight. For some reason maybe that i was trying to become one with the seat while hanging upside down like wore me out. I was more than a little discombobulated after the ride. But overall it was fun. I mean it could have been worse my hair could have gotten wet :) We also had alot of fun on the Penguins blizzard River. You kinda sat in this big innertube and spun all over the place going down this chute. It was fun.

The worst of the day was ROAR. Some old wooden roller coaster built for hauling 4 foot tall bodies. I say this because in order to ride it you should have been 4 foot tall and dead. You could barely cram yourself into the seat then once the ride started it just threw you all around. It was an old wooden coaster that was so bumpy and unpleasant to ride I was literally in pain when I got off. Not a Batwing hey I am kinda "off" but like "What the hell are you people trying to do to me?" pain.

Then we kinda walked around water park having knocked out all the rides in like 4 hours. Again it would have been about 3 had I figured out the Flash passes sooner. The water park looks like a hell of a lot of fun. I am almost positive that we will be going back this summer even if just to try those rides. Nicole made the day alot of fun. I am really enjoying summer so far. I love her Wed. work from home days that her and I get to spend together. Then it was really time to go home. Guess what your mom did the second we got in the car.. thats right Brushed her hair. So finally she was happy.

So on the way home we stopped to pick up Ben at Grandma and Grandpas house. Well his babysitters were not there. So I decided it would be fun to open all the cupboards and steal the dog. So that is what we did. I think just for a second my mom panicked. It was kinda funny. Then we went home and Watched the O's come from behind and win again in 10 innings. Magic magic magic magic. That was pretty much the night. Now back to the drudgery of work.. I can't wait till we actually have you around to take to stuff. It was a little funny walking through kiddie land without kids. I felt like everyone was looking at us like we were baby snatchers. But at least you will have cool parents to do stuff with. We got the fun stuff all scoped out.


See you soon.

Dad

O-R-I-O-L-E-S Magic Magic Magic Magic!!!!

Sorry Babaganush, I did not get a chance to update you on the life and times of of the 'Rents the last two days. So I shall do so now... first off on Tuesday night we went to the O's game with one of Nicoles work friends and her boyfriend. They are named Katie and Nick. Two very cool people. I really enjoyed thier company. Katie is an absolute riot.. It's like she is wired on Redbull all the time. She just has energy oozing off of her. I also Enjoyed Nick. He was very laid back and we had alot of fun. I got to go and see your grandpa and grandma who were at the the game as well. Right now Camden yards is just a special and fun place to be. The O's have some life and the city is starting to realize it. There were over 20k people there and almost all of them were in Orange and Black. Now I know you are gonna be very confused about how our house is all Pittsburgh... except for the O's. See the thing is I have never really connected with a baseball team before. The Pirates were so bad for so long I but Ifollowed them. Usually by the end of may the season was over and we started thinking about Football. So when we got here I started going to O's game with Grandpa and Uncle Mike. Then all of a sudden we got a couple young players and started just being a team that is fun to watch. I have never viewed watching baseball as fun. It wasen't not fun it just was not fun I just kinda watched as I like sports and thats really all that is going on from June till Football. Until now .. It's Orioles magic and the team is a blast to watch even on TV. They remind me sooooo much of the Penguins of 2 years ago it's spooky. Well except they don't play on ice have skates nor do they wear helmets. But you know what I mean.

I cannot wait to start taking you down Camden Yards. I gotta admit I am having an absolute blast with baseball right now. I walk around singing the Orioles magic song. I read the Baltimore Sun (which sucks by the way). I have never really had a baseball team to root for and this is one that even when they are down by 3 runs in the 8th still believe they can win. It' s just a whole lot of fun. It does kinda suck we cannot pick up any ground in the division because of the Sox and Rays just will not lose. But we still get to see both of those teams this season so we will see what happens. We also are probably going to end up having to get rid of Millar, Huff and most importantly Roberts. The team has to build for the future you do not go to the playoffs in the ALeast with Huff batting cleanup. Sad but true. The trading deadline it July 31st so I am just trying to enjoy it while I can. I am really feeiling next year this club is going to improve by leaps and bounds. So there are alot of good summers on the Horizon it would seem. I am looking forward to having you be a part of them. We can all go down to the Yard and watch the games You and Edawg and Jax I am sure it will be a blast sharing Baseball with you guys. I am so glad I finally have a team worth sharing. I think it would be much easier when you are young to take you on a cool summers night to an O's game rather than bundleing you up like Ralphie's brother in A Christmas Story to take you to a Winter Steelers game.

2people1pup

OK so in my continuing quest to help you get to know us in '08 I feel like I should let you in on our dirty smelly secret. Well little one the truth about me and your mother is.... We are obsessed with Ben's poop. Not in a normal way like "hey when you took the dog out did he poop?" Kinda way. In fact a conversation that gets had around our house AT LEAST three times a day goes as follows.

I come in the door and the dog runs up the stairs too try to eat Potter(the cat). The problem is he is still hooked up to the leash.. this means two things are gonna happen. A) my arm is about to be separated from my shoulder and B) Ben is going to reach the top of the stairs stretch out his leash and choke the hell out of himself. By the time I pull him back down the stairs to unhook him this starts.

Wife "Did he poop?"

Me "Yeah."

Wife "Was it soft or hard?"

Me "I dunno it was kinda soft I guess"

Wife "Oh god was it the sick poo?"

Me .. at this point I realize that I have to say no or I will be standing outside with the dog the rest of the night "No it was fine"

Wife "are you sure"

Me "yeah it's fine"

Your mother will then kinda give me this look ... it's more of a I know your not giving me the whole story look. Her one Eye gets a little squinty and for a second she kinda looks like a retarted pirate. If I have learned anything in 11years with her hell or high water stick to my story. So the key for me is to then change the subject to anything ... what is on TV .. why does the interweb not work on our desktop anymore (I am almost positve its a router setting but I have no clue.) or the best way to completely make her forget about poop.. What is going on at work?

See the thing is we will have this conversation anywhere..... Regardless of who is around... and it can just happen spontaneously... We could be with relatives... out for a drink .. at church.. We constantly think about and dissect Ben's poop. In all honesty this started because I was at work thinking about the poop he took this morning.. it was soft and a little discolored...I know that he got spoiled at grandmas yesterday and I don't wanna have accidents when I get home. I just thought you should know this. I can only imagine how crazy we will be about your poop. I mean if we put this much time into analyzing our our dogs health by looking at his poo I just can't imagine how crazy it will be with you. Let me just say in the first 6 months I expect at least once a week to have your mother walk all through the house with a dirty diaper to show me the poop and ask if I thought you were ok. For the record I am saying now Yes gawd Yes take the diaper away :P In all honesty the sad thing is not that I really would not be surprised but I actually am expecting it as part of the child having experience. Kinda makes me wonder how important Ben's poops will be then? I think Mommy's head will explode looking at different poops.

Anyway I just wanted to clear all of this up. Just so you know why we spend so much time staring at your poop when you get changed.. It's gonna happen.. again Deal with it.

Moving on it's my Friday.... Woot!! which is Monday for everyone else. I am pretty stoked about this week. I have O's tomorrow and Six Flags on Wed. This will be followed up with ... wait for it .... Pearl Jam this weekend. I am ready to go. Needless to say It should be a whole lot of fun.

I feel like I should give you more for today than just Poop but I am kinda struggling as to what to say next. I am just waiting for work to end so I can begin a very promising weekend. All right yeah I am gonna roll. See you tomorrow.

Dad

So it begins....

Well it's fathers day 2008 and guess what? Like with every major holiday I am at work.. The rest of the family is at a picnic that I wish I was at. See the thing is it's just not worth it for me to go. I can't leave till 6 because I have to send in the weeks traffic which is 2... (but I did have a sale) So Woot.....Any way, with me leaving at 6 I won't get there till 630ish... the party will pretty much be over. But I took my dad to an O's game last night which was our Fathers day. It was quite simply the most fun I have ever had at Camden yards. There were home runs 4 comebacks and a game winning 2 out hit in the bottom of the ninth. It was even better to just be there with my dad. I absolutely love going to games with him..It seems there I can talk to him one on one and just all the other crap that life involves is gone..You just get to hang with your dad and every time it's special still at 31 there is nothing like a cool summer night, baseball, beer in your hand and Dad beside you. I honestly believe that I get more out of going to games with him than he does.

Moving on .. The point is I think blogging is kinda silly... that being said I am doing it. But here's why.. This is for you.. the Child that your mother and I are hoping to have next year. See I was looking at my sister and your Aunts blog and saw how cool it was that one day Eathan and Jax can look back on this and see what was going on with mom and dad and with them. I think one day perhaps not until one of them goes to college will they really appreciate that it's there. My sister is doing one hell of a job with it so far. So I figured I would start one and you can look back at all the goofy things me and your mom and your favorite pet Ben were doing. Even if its just to laugh at the clothes. Today we think they are in but by the time you can actually read this they will no doubt be hysterical.

Now the ground rules kiddo.... ha ha .. I am not guaranteeing regular updates.. But the economy sucks right now and I am selling homes no one can get loans to buy. This means I do have a little free time. Next rule... Not really gonna sensor myself too much.... I think the whole thing is pointless if I don't tell you what I am thinking and feeling.. The point of this whole project is so you can maybe one day look back and see who your family was back in 2008 and beyond. Who knows it could go for a while and you will see us change and grow. The next rule is more for me... I am going to try and have this like grandpa and Aunt Nicole's.... What I mean is I am not just gonna blog and bitch... that is generally what people do in their blogs ... bitch about stuff... I am gonna complain and go on rants... but I am also gonna try to include the good stuff too.. I don't want to you think we were all depressed sicko's. Finally the most important rule..... Don't bitch about my run on sentences... I get it.. I do it.. Shit happens .. Deal with it.

Ok that is about it with the setup... this is my ambitious project to chronicle who your parents are and will become so you can look back on this someday and laugh. So here's the plan. Vegas in January knock up mommy so there is someone to read this someday and retire the party jersey. You should know when daddy retires the party jersey it's probably gonna end up hanging in a hall somewhere. I mean I am HOF performer in that arena and have been for quite some time. I personally think I am a first ballot party hall of famer. But I am also ready to move on with my life...Then I am gonna put on the Daddy hat. At least that is the plan...... Now if you can read this you will soon learn that nothing ever goes according to plan so your birthday probably wont be in October.

It's actually funny how done I am with partying.. I mean I am 31 years old and there has been this strange shift in my mindset the last 6 months or so. I play video games and hang out. It's pathetic..I so wish I had other stuff going on.. I know I may regret saying this one day but I wish I had yard work or kids to watch or family vacations to plan. It's just crazy how much I am ready to be done with this stage of my life. I see Edawg and he is a freaking riot. Do you know how lame it is that I have nothing going on at this point. Patrick is finishing college, your mom is doing grad school, Nikki and Mike have kids.. Yeah I walk Ben and then play games. YAY I have the highest lvl toon in a video game...whoop de shit. I feel Like I am totally wasting my life at this point. I really think you are gonna like me and your mom and it just feels different for me latley. Maybe it's 30 who knows. But all of a sudden I want you to come along and have a house in the worst way. I wanna teach you to ride a bike and coach your little league team. Or take you to dance class. I just feel like no one got more out of thier 20's than me mabye ever. But I am just done with it. I am so jealous of everyone who has a family and responsibilities. Even Patrick, right now I know he hates taking summer classes but he is accomplishing something. I am leveling a character in a game. Seeing it in print makes it ever lamer. Not that I play games, that is something we will do together you and I, but that that is all I have to do right now. Anyway we wanna wait for January to do the kid thing so that Nicole can finish grad school. Then one last hurah in Vegas with Stin and Chizzle and hopefully we will be blessed enough to move on and hopefully get you in the oven. I'd rather come home from that trip with you in the works than any amount of money I could win.

I guess I will also take this opportunity to introduce us.. we're your parents... Myself and the Wizzle.. You know we should probably cut the crap and just tell you how it is.. Your mom is awesome. She is a social worker in Baltimore which may or may not have blown itself up by the time you read this. She is in grad school, She has one more year, and basically she keeps me alive. She does everything and all of it well.. by the time you read this you will have that figured out she is simply the most amazing person ever. Also she is a knockout, I mean just crazy Hawt.

Me not too much to me. Your mom, Ben, Family, Steelers, Pens, O's. Yeah that's pretty much all you need to know. I have been lucky enough to share almost 11 years to this point with your mom and to this day I am head over heels for her. I cannot believe that everyday she is more beautiful and I am more in love with her. But I am. She literally means everything to me. I could not imagine nor would I want to imagine my life without her. In all seriousness I don't think I would make it 2 months if something were to happen to her. I really don't. It's so scary for me to be so dependent on her but really I am. My sun rises and sets around her. I truley can't wait for you to meet her I just ..WoW.. We are so blessed that she is in our lives. Everyday with her is a gift. Ok this is kinda boarding on creepy stalker stuff now so I am just gonna move on to .......

THIS....We live in a townhouse in Glen Burnie Md. We are hoping to buy a home for you next year.. and we have our dog Ben....who is much more than a dog.. he is pretty much the most pampered dog ever. But he's also a member of the family not just the dog... You will probably notice that we are crazy about him.

So to recap Jan bun in oven. Feb Celebrate Steelers superbowl win and move into new home. March narrowly escape losing a limb doing a project in said home. (see I am not handy at ALL) July Nicole's graduation. October hopefully you show up. December we will all have our first Christmas in what is hopefully the home you will grow up in. I am really looking forward to '09.

The rest of '08 is just cleaning up dog poop and trying to sell houses. Hmmm I know this is getting long but this really is the setup for the rest of this. Any way the foundation has been set up. I will keep you up dated on all the events I can. I can't wait to meet you.

Dad