Merry Christmas from Lillian and Cookie Monster

Lillian and Cookie Monster became BFFs today!

Merry Christmas!

Lillian met Santa last night

Lillian vs. Rice Cereal

In her crib.

Lillian has been pretty fussy today, but at least we got a few cute smiles out of her.

Lillian at a wedding!

My friend and co-worker Jim Urquhart got married earlier in the week. Lillian got all dressed up for the wedding. Another friend and co-worker, Chris Detrick, shot this photo of her.

Happy Halloween!

She's a pea pod!

Even more photos of Lillian

Wiggle Chair Time

At the office with Daddy.

She was very popular in the 4pm budget meeting.

Smiley Smile!

I swear she is getting cuter by the second!!

waking up from a nap

I swear she is cuter every day. You wouldn't think it would be possible, but it is.

Two Weeks Old!

Can you believe she is already two weeks old? We can't. The time is already passing so fast.

Even more photos...

Another photo of our little sweetie

The neighbors got her a little pink bear. Doesn't she look cute in her little hospital hat as she tries to open her eyes?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILLIAN!!!

Here she is!

She is about 10 minutes old in this photo. Amanda wanted to listen to music while we were at the hospital to help her relax between contractions and asked that I put on The Beatles. Lillian was born while All You Need Is Love was playing in the delivery room. It was an amazing moment to see my daughter come into the world. I can't even begin to describe it.

BEST DAY EVER!!!!

More photos of her room

Here are some more photos from Lillian's room. We put the curtains up a few days ago. The room is pretty small. I actually have to go into the closet to take these photos. The other photo is of a wall decal that Amanda found. It looks cool with old dresser in the room which was part of the furniture we got when we bought the house.

Lillian's room

This is it. Lillian's room. We still need to put the curtains up and touch up a rough spot or two in the paint, but for the most part, it is done. Can't wait to bring our little Lilly Bug home and put her in her little crib.

I have to get the loud stuff out of my system

It's my day off and I spent the day recording this song. I had my amp up really loud to get all the feedback. It was a lot of fun. I figure I won't be able to be this noisy after Lillian is born so I better do it now!!

Our garage

I've been shooting a lot of pictures with my old Leica lately. My friend sam let me borrow his collapsable 50mm f/2. It's a great lens and it's been a lot of fun to shoot with a "real" camera again. This is a photo of our garage. As you can see, it needs a coat of paint.

Of course, one of the coolest photos i ever shot with my Leica is this one of Trayton and Spencer at David and Christine's wedding.

It's about time

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Maternity Photos

Amanda had me take these photos of her today so that we could remember what she looks like being pregnant with Lillian.

A cd for Trayton

To "celebrate" my nephew's success with guitar up to this point, and in an effort to get him even more excited about what he can do with it, I made him a cd featuring songs from a wide variety of bands.

Its got Pink Floyd because David Gilmour's solos have always blown me away. Its got The Ramones and The Clash because what better way to get a kid excited about guitar than a slew of I IV V power chords? (Trayton, the songs by The Ramones and The Clash are super easy to play!) The cd has Hendrix because how can you make a disc featuring cool guitar music and not have Hendrix on there? Its got R.E.M. from the band's Murmur era because while what Peter Buck did on that album is surprising simple, it was incredibly groundbreaking.

The disc starts off with a song from a band I used to be in. Recording has become so much more accessible in recent years thanks to programs like GarageBand than it was even 10 years ago. I actually like recording more than I ever liked performing. I guess the song from my old band is on here to show a "you can do it too" attitude.


The little play bar thing above here will play the song.

Anyway, here is the track list. The cd is going in the mail today.

And one last thing. Here's a video of Pink Floyd performing their song On The Turning Away. David Gilmour's guitar solo in the last half of the song is really cool. I wish I could play like that.

Back In Black

My nine-year-old nephew Trayton got an electric guitar last Christmas and has been taking guitar lessons. We were in Richfield yesterday for Drew's blessing and Trayton told me has learned 8 songs. I asked him what his favorite song to play is so far. His answer caught me off guard. He said his favorite song to play is Back In Black. I asked if meant the AC/DC song. "Yeah, I like AC/DC," he said. We went over to my brother's house after a while and Trayton brought out his guitar. I've never learned any AC/DC songs so I asked him to teach me how to play it. So he did. He's really picking it up. I can't tell you how cool it was to have my nephew teach me to play AC/DC. He also taught me a Weezer song.

new take on a hymn

Okay, so sometimes I record my own versions of the hymns. Here's a new one. I completely changed the lyrics and melody however to reflect some things I've been thinking about lately. When the "solo" comes in I play the actual melody of the hymn. For me it's been good to work on this and so I thought I'd share with rest of the family.



If you want it, you can download it here.

edit: just realized the rhythm was a little messed up in the the middle of the verses so I just put up a corrected version. same links will work

Our little angel Lillian Vera!

Here she is! Little Lillian Vera in her very first video. Isn't she cute. Amanda and I couldn't stop grinning the entire time we were at the ultrasound today. When the nurse told us it was a little baby girl the first thing i said was "My mom is going to flip out." Amanda was smiling the biggest smile I've ever seen and just kept saying "I was right all along." She's been saying it's a girl for the entire she has been pregnant, and she was right. After we left the doctor we went to Baby Gap and bought this cute little dress.


I love Amanda's tummy in the photo. It's so cute. Here's another picture of the dress. We knew the grandmas would want to see it.

Drew Harmon

This is our new little nephew Drew Harmon. He was born yesterday at about 4:00 pm. Today Amanda and I went to the hospital to visit him and we spent about 4 hours there getting to know him. It was pretty amazing to see such a tiny little guy. My brother David is very proud. It made Amanda and I even more excited to think that in just a few months we'll have one too.

Anyway, I knew the family would want to see photos of him, so here you go. The photos are hi-res so you can download them and make a good print.

Am I really supposed to be this big???

Well I am just about 16 wks and I get bigger and bigger everyday. I realize Im pregnant.... but all of the sudden I just popped! The weird thing is, is somedays I am big some days I'm just normal...humm. I really don't mind the changes ( maybe I do a little) but the thing that is bugging me most is when I'm at the gym, I'm wearing tighter than usual clothes, people stop and stare. "Is she preg? Or is she fat? I can't quite tell...."