Houston

We had a great time in Houston this past weekend. Even though we had a quick run to the ER when I had an allergic reaction to something. Still not sure what caused it. We had fun at the Schmidt house. Thanks Aunt Donna and Uncle Thomas for having us! Your new house is great. We also got to visit with Marcie and Zach. They were so dark after returning from Hawaii. Darcy went swimming for the first time and she really liked the water. Because of her milky white skin she gets to wear a long sleeve swim shirt until she is old enough to apply the sunscreen. (Notice Corey and Uncle James do not want to waste time with the sunscreen either; they are both in swim shirts) She did have a hat, it just didnt make it in the pictures.




Friday night we went to the Astros/Yankee game. Darcy was great. We actually sat in our seats for 3 hours before we had to get up with her. She even managed to sleep for about an hour during the game. The loud crowd didn't scare her, if everyone was shouting she would get excited too. I just think she is the sweetest baby! She is very content and happy. I bought a "hot sling" but was never totally dependent on it until the baseball game. It was great. I checked the stroller at "fan accomidations" and just put the baby in the sling...I was very pleased with my purchase.



I have the Everyday sling "Indian Summer" and the Reversable sling "Mirror Ball". There was a childrens boutique going out of business so I got them at a great price.
www.hotslings.com

Darcy's First Yankee Game

So we are about to head to Houston to see the Yanks play the Astro's on Friday night. Very excited about this one. Joba will be making his third start and we will be about 10 rows from home plate. Go Yanks. We are going to stay with the Schmidt's and Zach and Marcie are going to come down and hang out with us so it will be a all around fun weekend.

Darcy is growing up so fast, she now arches her back, follows you with her eyes, and grabs toys. She weighs an unofficial 18lbs and is in my unbiased opinion the cutest kid ever. She is sleeping in her room now, she likes her big bed where she can stretch out and play with her Minnie Mouse doll.




Audri is really into me right now, she had a special braclet/ id tag made for me. Not super sure why but she makes me wear it, it's cool though.




Here are my summer reading, music, and tv pics.

Books-

Anything by John Feinstein- but specifically Painting the Black. It follows Mike "Moose" Mussina and Tommy Glavine during the 2007 season. It is a great look into 2 older but incredible pitchers. I usually don't like sports books but Feinstein tells a human and sports story in such a way that it is hard put down.

True Enough by Farhad Manjoo: This is a socio-political look into the lack truth that circulates in society. Whether news broadcast, commercials, we have accepted truthiness because it is easy. I got this book so i could get free shipping on Amazon (which is pretty lame) but it has been my favorite read of the year so far.

Music-

Coldplay / Viva La Vida- Death and All His Friends.

I heard the whole album yesterday and at first was not super impressed but by the 3rd go round I really started to like some of the songs. Yes/ Cemetaries of London / Viva La Vida. I think until most people love or hate Coldplay and this album isn't going to change that, but thats ok because it is the most purchased album on iTunes ever and it doesn't even release until June 24th.

Movies/ TV- Now that Lost and The Office are over our TV serves as a monitor for Yankee games on MLB.tv but on those occasional nights off we find ourselves looking for mindless entertainment for 30mins after Darcy falls alseep. The answer FLIGHT OF THE CONCORDS- the oddest, funny show on tv/ dvd. This series follows two New Zealanders who are in folk duo and their attempts to make it big in America. It is an HBO show but is cleaner than most network show (minus Dave the friend who cusses) and is really funny.