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.

Darcy Days

Darcy is the sweetest baby...I know I am her mother and what else would I say. However it is true. She has started talking up a storm. She loves her mobile. She gets excited when we lay her in her bed because she knows we are going to turn it on for her. She always alerts us when it shuts off...unless she has fallen asleep. I will try to get some video of her talking to her "friends". It is pretty funny.
Here are some pics from the other day:

Darcy at 10 weeks (last month):

Darcy the chubby Ballerina

How Time Flies

It has certainly been awhile so I hope this lives up to your expectations but it has been crazy around here. Darcy is growing like one of those spongy things you soak in water and in 72 hours it grows an outlandish 80X its regular size. She is somewhere around 23 inches and about 17 lbs, and is quickly approaching her 3rd month on earth. She holds her head up and loves to lay in bed and watch her mobile friends. Audri and I are pretty consumed with her and we would like to keep it like that. Here is a recent pic of Darcy. This weekend we are headed to Orange Beach in AL for a weekend getaway, Mothers Day celebration, Corey catchup on some work, fun weekend- so we will have some pictures.




More to follow soon, the Yankees are on Tv and Wang is pitching.

Goodnight.

One and Done.

Admist all of the NCAA basketball players declaring for the draft I wanted to let everyone know that I am entering the NBA draft and have hired my agent Boblob Law to represent me. Experts are expecting me to go anywhere from the first to last round.

Neyland Update

Here is a rundown of our lives over the past few weeks.

On April 2nd we left for Texas to visit Gigi/ Grandpa/ and Uncle Noah. There we saw their new house, ate at the Dinner Bell and Posados, went to Racquet & Jog and hung out with our good friend Sarah Wilson.

On April 4th we drove to Arlington to visit Marcie and Zach. Things got interesting there. Audri woke up Saturday morning with lips that Steven Tyler, Hillary Swank, and Mr. Ed would be embarrassed about. So we rushed to Carenow to find out what went wrong and she got the Barry Bonds steroid package, so that she didn't look like Angelina Jolie on Botox at Marcie's wedding shower. There are no pictures but it was really funny.

Since we've gotten back things have been pretty typical, Darcy is growing like crazy and likes to hold her head up and she has captured my heart by spending our evenings together watching the Yankees play. Her Jeter jersey and Yankee cap will come in this week, so we will now match- we'll put some pictures up.

Ok- I'm off to finish watching the Yanks destroy the Tampa Bay Dev.... RAYS.

Corey

Get Well Soon Harlan Chamberlain.