It All Comes Full (Golden) Circle

In what I think will be the last post about Iceland (probably not), this is a bulletin to the three of you following our blog (what up Suzy, Nate, and Justin). On Wednesday March 4th, Teri and I will be on the radio talking about the great country we visited last year.

Details: Wednesday night March 4th at 8pm PST, on 97.3 FM KIRO (if you are in the Seattle area). If you are not, here is a link to their webpage, where you can listen to it online, or download the podcast: http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=93

That's right, even if you are just now reding about this in the middle of March, you can go to Itunes and download the show and listen to Teri and I wax poetic about Iceland.

How did this come about? Well first know, Teri and I are awesome and everyone wants to talk to us. But also, there is a radio show in our area called TBTL and Teri and I enjoy listening to it. It makes time on the go treadmill faster, and lets me take Big Papi on hour long walks multiple times a week, while not talking to myself. It's fun, smart, and not a typical talk radio show.

Anyway they have a segment they do occasionally where listeners try and convince the hosts that something dear to them is worth the hosts' love as well. Basically, someone goes on and tries to convince them to like and use Twitter, or understand why Elton John is worth someone's adoration. Anyway, a few weeks ago they were talking about Iceland and only referencing how little fun Anthony Bourdain had in his visit on his televsion show No Reservations. Things like it's totally dark, and cold, and just a barren rock in the middle of the Atlantic where Bjork makes weird, scary music no one can follow.

Knowing differently, I wrote them and asked that we come on and defend Iceland's awesomeness. They found it to be a great idea, and now Teri and I are heading to the radio station in a week to talk about Iceland for 15-20 minutes. We'll probably ramble, and hopefully not swear, but it will be fun nontheless. And I am bringing Brenavin.

8 weeks!

One more week has past, and Farrow is now officially 8 weeks old. This means that she now:

- Returns smiles when you smile at her
- Spends a good amount of time hanging out in her crib coo-ing at her grizzly bear mobile
- Sleeps (sometimes) for 5 hour stretches
- Gets her first round of shots on Friday (which I am dreading)
- Is taking a bottle from her Dad without any problems
- Attends house parties
- Attends Oscar parties where her parents sweep the Oscar pool, ending the night tied for first place

She's a busy girl these days. And in a few weeks she'll get to meet her Uncle Dan, Great Aunt Sally, and Great grandmother Non!

7 weeks

Tomorrow Farrow will officially be 7 weeks old. It's hard to believe she's been with us for almost two months already! In terms of her demeanor, she continues to be a great baby ... relaxed, low-maintenance and very sweet and cuddly. She was starting to consistently sleep in stretches reaching 4 hours in length, but has since started a growth spurt (I'm guessing) since she's back to needing to eat every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. It's not too bad being up with her at night since she's really so easy to please.

She's starting to coo and to smile from time to time. I'm trying my damnest to get a photo of her smiling - I have to catch her playing with Matt. He can always get to smile and it's really sweet. I started going to a New Mom's group at the hospital where Farrow was born. We've only have two classes so far, but it's already proven to be a great outlet for me. There are 10 new moms, and our babies were born within two weeks of each other. It's a great support system, and I love having a reason to leave the house once a week.

I had my 6 week check-up last Thursday, and it looks like I am healed and back to "normal". This means I get to start exercising again, and I'm really excited to hit up my first yoga class. There is a studio in our neighborhood that has a Mom & Baby yoga class, and I think I'm going to try it out this week. Hopefully Farrow will be fairly well behaved for the 90 minutes. We'll see!

Farrow at 6 weeks

Here's a picture of Farrow in a shirt brought to her by our friends Tyler and Sosh from southeast Asia. She's approaching 6 weeks on Monday and is starting to do exciting things like lifting her head, throwing up, smiling, and laughing at Alex Rodriguez for using steroids. Genius!

Also today, we did what all new parents probably do... joined Costco. Diapers and wipes and paper towels now are busting our cabinets at the hinges.

By all accounts we have lucked out with Farrow. She's had two nights where she's only woken up once. There are worse nights, but so far she's a sweet, calm, well behaved child. This surprises all four of her Grandparents.

Speaking of, the Grandmother's are each making trip number two in March, while she'll meet her uncle Dan next month as well. And her only cousins, Ryan and Holly are making an appearance in April.

So far, so good. And she generates cash!

Tax deductions!!!

Guess who is worth $1400? Woo hoo.