Patty Griffin at the Old ACL Studio

Last night Christian and I went to a special radio promotion on the UT Campus.  It was being put on by KGSR, a local station here in Austin, and their music lounge is under construction.  So KLRU, the PBS station, loaned their little studio.  Their little studio is Studio 6A where Austin City Limits has been filmed for years and years until recently.  There have been many legends on that stage and just being in the intimate little room was pretty cool. 

We were there to see Patty Griffin whom i've loved for years.  She has such a pure voice.  She has a new album coming out and she sang four songs from it.  For her last song she introduced Robert Plant and he sang with her also.  They have been dating for a year or so. There were less than 100 people there and it was AWESOME.

After the show Robert Plant walked within 2 feet of me up the stairs to see a friend he knew in the audience.  It was only after some research that I realized how truly amazing that moment was.  Yes, he's just another person, which is why I didn't oooo and aaaa, but he is a musical legend. 

I am so grateful to Sandra for calling the radio station to try to get us tickets and glad her southern charm and my pregnancy talked them into it.  The MC said that they had a greater response to last night's show than any other contest they've held on their station and that if you were there you either knew someone or were really really lucky. 

We weren't allowed to take photos during the show, but here is one from the radio station.

Egg Hunt

The Saturday before Easter our neighbor invited us to an egg hunt in their backyard.  There were about 20 kids and their parents there.  They had 500 eggs "hidden" in the backyard.  Being that most of the kids were under the age of 5, it was a cluster.

Parker had no idea what to do.  We ended up with 5 eggs in her basket, most of which I picked up and put in there.  And what I put in, she would take out.  She'd bend over, pick up an egg, break it open take out the candy and throw the plastic shell on the ground.

She was too enamored by the baseballs, soccer balls & three wheeler to care about plastic eggs.  Smart girl.

This face was one of the first I saw that reminded me of a face I would make.

Where's Parker?

Peekaboo!!!

Austin Rodeo with Aunt Jill

Jill came to visit and it was the last day of the Austin Rodeo.  Parker understands animals now, it was Christian's cheat day on her "diet" and Jake likes rides.  So we headed out to the rodeo.  Jake and his friend were let loose and given unlimited ride passes.  We went to look for the petting zoo and foods high in carbs and sugar. 

We found this longhorn hanging out behind some tents.  It was massive!  We couldn't get too close because he was pushing this rather rickety fence like it was made of toothpicks.  

Footlong Corndogs and unlimited sodas in a metal mug were next on the agenda.  We got the $12 worth on the unlimited sodas between the three of us.

We went into the barn where the kids were getting their cattle ready to show.  There were horses in their stalls too.  Parker wanted to touch all of them.  I was waiting for her to "moo" at a cow but we're still stuck on monkey, lion and owl noises.

All these cool places to hang out and Parker wanted to play on the bleachers. Cheap date.

The petting zoo was a hit.  It was hard to get good pictures since the animals and Parker are sporadic, unpredictable movers. Christian's goal was to not let Parker touch an animal butt.  Parker went straight for the exit when she was finished.  Lasted about 5 minutes, maybe.

Both Christian and I have issues going in circles, so Aunt Jill took Parker on her first carousel ride.  Jill tried to let us know that Parker really was enjoying it. Time for Disneyland!!!

The day ended as all trips to a carnival should, with Jake being upset that after spending $35-40 on a game he couldn't win the gigantic Pikachu Pokemon that he had his eye on.  Even after telling him how rigged the carnival games are, he cried most of the way home.  Poor guy. 

It's A Girl!!!

March 5th we found out that there was another little girl on her way.  Boy or girl didn't really matter much.  The best news was that there was no chance of another previa.  My pregnancy with Parker was filled with so much stress and anxiety.  We had emergency plans of action in place in case we weren't together and I needed to get to a hospital stat.  We counted down the days, not because I was uncomfortable, but because we wanted our first little girl to be healthy and safe.  Oddly enough, she would be safer outside of the nice cozy womb.

This pregnancy is EASY.  I hate to say that now because it could jinx it, but I don't believe in jinx.  (Maybe a little, knocking on wood)

No previa and baby is healthy and so far growing on track, if not a few days bigger than average.  We do not need to see our perinatal specialist again this pregnancy unless we just want to go get more pics of our little one. 

I'm slowly growing out of my shorts and all things that fit me.  Shirts are bulging and shorts are almost unable to be buttoned. 

I came up with the idea to announce the gender through a cute picture or two.  Well, it rained the day we were supposed to do it and I got overwhelmed with the amount of planning, so we just took them in our foyer.  One idea I had seen was to have Jake sprinkle confetti over Parker.  There were supposed to be smiles and laughter.  We got this...

Apparently Parker doesn't like confetti, especially if it's on her feet.

So we ended up with this as our final shot.