My new favorite song

It's always been hard to answer the question "What is your favorite song?" I have many "favorite" songs depending on what mood I am in. However, this past week, while watching American Idol, I was reminded of how much I love the song, "Hallelujah." (despite the fact that I did not particularly like the contestant who sang it.) I have spent the past few days downloading the lyrics and their various interpretations, as well as sampling the myriad of versions out there. The song (originally written by Leonard Cohen in 1984) is most well known by the Jeff Buckley version and has been performed by just about everybody from Sheryl Crowe to Bon Jovi. After much research....I have decided that this song is my official "favorite." In addition to my new revelation, I have concluded that the BEST version is that performed by K.D. Lang. Check it out when you get a chance....I think you will all agree that it is a beautiful song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE&feature=related

-AEB

Yeah....right...sure...

The sad part is....he insn't even joking with the majority of that list. No lie. It will just make it even better when that baby comes out and the doctor announces, "It's a Girl!!" That's a face I can't wait to see!

-AEB

darn right it's going to be a boy

Allow me to retort:

-I've begun reading football tutorials to the kid in utero.
-I've begun strategically kicking soccer balls when Amy's walking by to get him used to the sound.
-I will be broadcasting Braves games into Amy's belly while she's asleep during the months of April and May.
-I am seriously considering investing in a kids' electric guitar and drumset, as well as a child's membership at one of our local golf courses.
-While Amy's gone to California for the Baby Shower in a month or so, and I'm supposed to paint the nursery soft yellow and sage green, I will actually be painting it bright Dodger blue... with racing stripes and flames on alternating walls.
-Instead of lambs and bunnies and frogs decorating the walls, his room will be covered with surfing montages, deep-sea fishing scenes, and several images paying homage to the greatness of John Elway, Cal Ripken, and ESPN's College Gameday broadcasts.
-I am encouraging all my friends, family, and coworkers to assist me with the child's mental development - does anyone have a baseball rule book translated into Baby-Sign-Language?

I have already invested in a couch to sleep on for the next few months while I'm in the dog-house for having written this post.

-kb

Better late than never

Okay, so we were a little late at getting these scanned into the computer...but here we go. The picture of the foot was taken at 20 weeks (when the little darling would not cooperate) and the nicer, profile picture was taken at

25 weeks (which was last week). All of my other tests have been coming back great. I'm right on track with weight gain and belly growth, and all that fun stuff...so far so good. In two weeks I go back for the diabetes test.

Kenneth SWEARS that the baby will be a boy...he won't even consider the posibility that it could be a girl....which sorta makes me want it to be a girl, just so he will be wrong. Plus then I wouldn't have to hear "I told you so," and "I knew it all along." Does that make me a mean person?? Oh well.

I am feeling wonderful. Just some bad heart burn when I sit for too long. Other than that...no complaints at all. The doctor says this is the "honeymoon" period and I should enjoy it while it lasts. That's the current plan.

More to come soon!