March

Warm, cold, warm, cold. 70 degrees...freezing rain. And finally...some snow!! Being inside so much we've been engaged in arts and crafts. Like painting! This is Aubrey's new favorite thing to do. It's so much nicer to have her wake up and say "I want to paint!" than it is to hear "I want to watch baby einsteins!!".

Humidity. Or in this case...sweaty naps.

Charlotte, meanwhile, continues to mainly laugh, smile, sleep and smile.

This is "AUBREY'S TUPPIES!!!". But sometimes she shares.

Some Pics

Yesterday Charlotte turned 3 months! Yeah! She's getting big. She can stand like a champ. She loves to smile and laugh. Her favorite thing is when people sing to her. And she WILL get that monkey's foot into her mouth!

Pics

Some more pictures

At the Arbo a couple weeks back. Very windy.
We now just do showers. Much easier.
Aubrey and her "pretty dress". It's pretty much a daily request when she wakes up. "I NEED a pretty dress!!"
Charlotte and her laughs. It's incredible. She also has some pretty good "agooos" going.
"You can share this bed...but we do NOT share blankets!"

Songs to birth by:

Tracy suggested I put this in writing so that we don't forget when we're old and...well...old. As every good husband would do, I had prepared a selection of songs for Tracy to listen to once we got the hospital for Charlotte's delivery. I spent a lot of time in picking out just the right songs to help her relax, smile and find the inner strength needed at such a trying moment in her life. I loaded the iPod and had it ready. Here are my songs (keep in mind...some were chosen for the title...some for the lyrical content - only qualifications were relevence to giving birth and that Tracy liked the song):

Inside Out - Mighty Lemmon Drops
Comfortably Numb - PF
Avalon - Roxy Music
Newborn History - The Damnwells
Bedspring Kiss - Jellyfish
Pink Bullets - The Shins
Deep Red Bells - Neko Case
Women 3 - OMD
Mad World - Michael Andres's cover of the TFF's song
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
Lay Me Down - Boxer Rebellion
So Have I For You - Nikka Costa
At Last - Neko Case
Hold on (hold on, hold on) - Neko Case (yeah...she was great for this (and in general))
Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham
How Soon is Now? - The Smiths
In The Airplane Over The Sea - Nuetral Milk Hotel (probably the best written song on this list)
How is your life today? - Porcupine Tree
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Roger Daultry's cover
No Ordinary Love - Sade
Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - PM Dawn
Jesus To A Child - George Michael
I'm On Fire - Catherine Feeny (cover of Bruce's song)
Love Burns - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Eye's Without A Face - Paul Anka (cover of Billy Idol)
Love Spreads - Stone Roses
Puncture Repair - Elbow
Hallelujah - Rufus Wainright's cover
Weightless Again - The Handsome Family
Fill My Little World - The Feeling
Gabrielle's Oboe - Yo Yo Ma (from The Mission)
Sexual Heeling - Marvin Gay
Waters Of March - Jobin
Don't Make Me Wait Too Long - Barry White
Orinoco Flow - Enya (which was appropriate...ask Tracy about her water breaking)
It'll never Happen Again - Dream Academy

There were more...but I've since updated her playlist and these are the only ones still on it. Some of these made her laugh. Some she made me forward through. The funny thing is...she LOVED the songs on this playlist and continues to listen to it at the house. So if YOUR husband didn't play Sexual Healing for when YOU gave birth...well...Tracy's just a lucky girl.

Things we say (to be updated later)

• Lately, if Tracy and I try and talk to each other in front of Aubrey it makes her mad. She says "Stop talking!! Stop talking Dada!!". Nice. Attention must be firmly on her whilest Daddy is home.
• "Burn!!" "Burning wood!!", she say, with here eyes aglow in the light of a fire. Something a bit unnerving about it all. Need to bump up our homeowners policy.
• "There's a bat in there!", pointing to her mouth. Or my mouth. "Spit it out!" OK.
• "I farted.....that's so gross!!"