if you like awkward or silly photos, you'll enjoy this contest for awkward prom photos held by sfgate's the poop blog.

rex is really enjoying the time here in michigan with his grandparents. right now his grandpa hall is holding him out on the screened in porch while a storm blows in, and rex is fascinated by the wind blowing through the trees. we'll see how he does as it actually starts raining... hopefully he'll enjoy the white noise.

to all of our friends here in the great state of michigan: email me so we can schedule a time to get together! we're booked through this weekend, but free after that. rex wants to meet you!

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the video below is making the rounds of the online ad buying community. i definitely LOLed and recognized these situations. :)




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turns out rex does indeed love the sound of the rain. just like his mama!


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according to the nypost, hugh jackman and daniel craig are going to be in a play on broadway together this fall. hottttness!

i know you've always wanted to know more about zambonis. well, then, you might get a kick out of this article.

our little guy is getting so big! he was weighed at his doctor appointment today and is a whopping 7 pounds. such a cute little nugget!
he is already holding his head up quite a bit, and has such an amazing, alert gaze. i'm so totally in love...
in the middle of the night last night i took this photo of him, very content and alert after a feeding:


we are heading to michigan on monday for a nice, long visit (5 weeks!). we're really excited to see family and friends on an unrushed and mellow schedule. the flip side is that we're going to miss all of our friends here -- especially since there are a lot of people we haven't seen lately due to our new parent schedule. we are so lucky to have so many good friends!

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on a very different topic, i'm really excited about eminem's new album. i've been desperately needing some new tunes, and have been really enjoying the new green day one (thanks, michael!).
regardless of what you think of eminem, you've got to love that he flew a bunch of unemployed detroit auto workers to see his performance on jimmy kimmel. way to represent detroit, em!

OMG, i can't wait to see this! not only does it have deborah gibson and lorenzo lamas in it, but the special effects look ridiculous (check out that shot of the golden gate bridge!)

things are going very well here. rex continues to be a bit of a nightowl, and he's generally interested only in going to sleep after mid-night feedings if he's nestled on me (vs in his co-sleeper or crib). however, he's generally a darn mellow baby, only feeding every 3 hours or so (and since the dr says we need to feed him at least every 3 hours, we're counting our blessings it's not more often), and he is generally comforted pretty easily by any of us (me, steve or grandma hall).
it turns out that he's already found his calling, as a model. a local photographer offered to take some free photos of rex (she also took some maternity shots of me, less than a week before giving birth) and is giving me a discount on prints (since she'll be using the photos promotionally as well. if you'd like to check the photos out -- which you should, since he's darn cute -- go here and then click on 'client proofing' and enter the password "mrrex" (no quotes). let me know which ones you think i should order!

we're heading to michigan at the end of this month. i'm really excited to see our friends there and to spend some time in some warm summer weather!
i decided i needed to get some fun, flat sandals for the trip and was browsing around online and fell in love with these:



they're hella expensive, though, and i wasn't sure what size to get (and they're sold out in most sizes too) so i ended up checking out the line of 'miss trish of capri' sandals at target when we went there yesterday, and bought these:



kinda hard to see, but there's a jeweled bee on the toe. sooooo cute!

things i've learned in the first week:
- "wipes" technology is amazing. how did people wipe their baby off after changing, disinfect counters, etc, before wipes?
- the diapers with the "i'm wet" indicator strip are key.
- we have great friends out here. we haven't wanted for anything (other than sleep) since rex was born. our fridge is full, we've had company on a fairly regular basis, and when we've put out a request for something, it's been taken care of. we are soooooo lucky.
- getting out hasn't been all that hard. we've had to go to the doctor almost every day (my c-section incision isn't healing all that well) and rex has done a great job getting out and about. i had the pleasure of doing my first out-of-home feeding at a starbucks two days after being released from the hospital.
- steve is the bomb. truly.

we've uploaded some videos of rex. not only is he super cute, but you can hear his funky little squawking sounds in them.
if you're interested in checking them out, you can view them on my youtube channel. the most recent one, from yesterday, is here:

wow, go youtube! i knew we had lots of helpful video clips on the site, but this story is absolutely nuts!