my heart you have

25.5 weeks along now. It's been going by real fast. Almost too fast sometimes... And yet not fast enough.


Jackie took these photos of us and I love them. At first I was a little hesitant to ask because I thought it was a silly thing to do. But now that I have them I am so grateful. This is such a special time in our lives. There's this small window right before we have this baby. It freaks me out a little bit to think our lives are about to be turned upside down, or right side up... whichever way you look at it. It's this time where I want to remember every little thing about this pregnancy and never forget how special it is. I get goosebumps sometimes thinking  how lucky we are to have a baby. The other day I was folding teeny tiny onesies and it hit me how much I already love this baby, and I cried. I can't even imagine the love I'll have for it when I can hold it in my arms. But until then, I'll just keep reminding myself how magical this time is and try to enjoy all the baby kicks and squirms. 


All The Pretty Little Horses by Eric's friend Gabe and his girlfriend Sonya.
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Fruit for thought

J= my fruit display.
E= Eric's fruit display.
Eric and I got a little competitive when we were assigned to bring fruit trays to baby Sam's blessing. I have my opinion, but who do you think should be the champ?
Also, I would like to introduce you all to The Archer's Apple in case you haven't heard of them. Matt, who used to play the drums in Eric's band, got together with his cousin and started playing in his band. I love this video and music. It is raw and simple and everything I love in a good acoustic set. They are sweet.


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south of the border

I came downstairs the other night and Eric was cooking away with some Spanish music on. It turned my mood around. 
Mexican food combined with some authentic Latin music. . . somehow makes a dreary cold January day turn into a fiesta. Try it. Cheers.

Jarabe de Palo. (great band from Spain) Agustito Con La Vida

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The Music of the Night

Last weekend Eric and I went down to Las Vegas to celebrate our anniversary (a month late). But much needed after a crazy winter for Eric. The food was great, and oh, the warm weather! Plus, we finally got to see The Phantom of the Opera, which has been on Eric's to-do list since he first heard his buddy was a lead role in it four years ago. And it was great. I love that musical, I walked around for days singing all the songs. (poor eric)

Some odd things we found out later... 1. The hour after the show that we walked around the strip just so happened to be the exact time they did their annual "Earth Hour" and everything was turned off/shut down. (of course)2. Our good friends happened to be in Vegas that exact same time- how random.

Ho Down

Eric had to work for his birthday. He had to cover the Hootenanny Fundraiser in Park City. It was ok though cuz there was a mechanical bull and a delicious BBQ. Plus, the dress code turned out to match our attire for later that evening- the Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt concert. (Eric's always wanted to see Lyle perform.) I loved it too if that even matters. Both guys up on stage acoustic style with the most handsome voices. I didn't know John wrote a bunch of songs for Bonnie Raitt and Emmy Lou Harris. (some of my favorites.) If you get the chance you should listen to them. So of course-we went home with inspiration to pull out the guitar and uke:)