I’m Back!

May 9, 2009 by  

Wow, it has been a long time since my last post. I guess I really have been posting a lot, but generally 140 characters at a time via my twitter account. But, this morning I am sitting in my hotel room, venti white chocolate mocca sitting beside me (thanks, !) and many rambles in my head. So, here we go… in no particular order, my rambles for the day:

* We’re having a baby boy! Yep, that’s right… the new baby has “boy parts” according to the nice lady who made pictures out of sound of the baby. The ultrasound pictures are posted at BabyElledge.com. They didn’t give us a real good picture of the boy parts, but we saw ‘em.

* Baby Boy is due around the 20th of September, and the doctor says everything looks good and he measures good. I can only hope he comes out as happy and healthy as his big sister Braelyn did.

* I don’t know what it is about the month of December but it sure has led to a bunch of September birthdays in my family. I guess it’s just the excitement of all the holidays….

* Yes, I think we have settled on a name.

* No, I am not going to post it just yet!

* Speaking of big sister Braelyn, she is doing just awesome and today is her 16th month . She is spending her “” away from mom and dad and is hanging out with her grandma and grandpa Bradshaw down in Harrisonville. She apparently had a fun day at the park and was sliding and swinging. Amazing how much I miss her when she’s not around. Oh well, we get to pick her back up tomorrow afternoon when we get back in town. She is really a high energy little girl… which is good, because she eats a ton… she would probably be fat if she wasn’t so high energy. At her 15 month checkup, she was at the 50% in height and 30% in weight. Just like her momma (brownie points).

* Funny sidebar… mentioned to me this morning that I was thinking she is fat and pregnant. No, I said… I wasn’t thinking pregnant. I think she laughed at that with her inside voice but her outside voice wasn’t laughing.

* Been a busy week or so of concerts. Had a great time at The Killer’s concert last week, followed by Jason Mraz last Wednesday (and he had the Plain White T’s opening for him which was awesome) and then last night Jason Mraz opened for Dave Matthews Band here in Vegas at the MGM Grand Arena. It was my first DMB show of the tour… tonight will be my 2nd. Last night’s show was good, a nice mix of some new songs which come out on their new album on June 2 and some old songs. I hope tonight is a great show.

* I saw Jamie Fulmer last night… she lives here in Vegas and she camped next to Gabe and I last year at the Gorge. Was great seeing her again. She is going back to the Gorge this year, so I’m sure that we’ll be camping by her and our England friends Ricardo and Nath. I can’t wait for the Gorge, except that it signals the end of summer.

* Happy mothers’ day tomorrow to the world’s #1 mom… my mom… ! Love ya, mom!

* is a great mom, too… she shares that #1 designation.

* Staying at the Luxor here in Vegas. My bad. I stayed here a loooong time ago, I think right after it opened up. Then, it was nice. Now, it is just dated. We have a spa suite, which is cool and nice sized, but the ammenities are crap. Aside from the vultures who try to “give us vouchers” at every turn downstairs (give us vouchers means buy over priced tickets to shows and get food vouchers), our room is misisng a remote control, has two tv’s which I predict will quit working when the conversion to digital tv transition takes place in June (assuming Obama doesn’t delay it again), has no mini-bar, has no coffee maker.. I could go on, but no use. Just know this will be my last stay at the Luxor.

* Cole Cercy, who played baseball for me when I was coaching the Oilers in a few years back, messaged me saying he, too, is in Vegas right now. He is golfing today and has dinner plans, but hopefully I will run into him in between.

* Ok, hint on the name… initials will likely be B-C-E, though alternately they might be B-K-E depending on how we decide to spell. Then again, they could be B-R-E or C-R-E or C-C-E or C-K-E. But, I bet they will be B-C-E. Will let you know sometime between now and September 20-ish.

* Hoover is recouping from his knee surgery quite well. Thankfully the hair on his shaved leg and spots is starting to come back in. While we’re in Vegas, he is staying at the Oxford Animal Hospital, where we sometimes board him when we’re gone. He is tired of his confinement, but he has about 6 1/2 weeks left of it. Restricted activity (something I figured he would be good at) is a pain in the butt… Hoover misses going outside and roaming, barking, and running the fence line with the neighbor dogs. I feel bad leaving him at the vet while we were gone, but I think it was better than having someone house sit this soon after the surgery. When , Spencer, Braelyn and I go to Colorado in a few weeks for my nephew ’s graduation (you are graduating still, aren’t you Nate?) we have a house sitter. Hopefully Hoover will be easier to handle by then.

I guess that’s enough rambles for today. Time to get a shower and hit the 100 degree city of Vegas. You should mark this date on the calendar, as I didn’t really get political on here… only one slight Obamaism. I should get an award!

Take care, and Happy Mothers’ Day tomorrow to all the mothers of the world.

Peace,

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