Music that has inspired the Pudge to “dance”
LOTR Soundtrack
Phantom of the Opera
Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now
Most songs from The Rocky Horror Picture Show
I’m sure the list will grow longer as it gets bigger and more aware of it’s surroundings.
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When I told my MIL that the Pudge had been quite active and keeping me up most nights, she reassured me that “babies that are active in the womb are intelligent.”
I haven’t been able to google anything that might back up that theory, but if it’s correct we’re going to have an Incredibly Intelligent (Genius) Baby.
The Pudge also has an eclectic taste in music, so far it has increased it’s movement (dancing around?) when it has heard Queen’s Don’t stop me Now, much of the LOTR soundtrack, Phantom of the Opera, and several musical selections from Top Gear.
I spoke with my parents about 20 minutes ago. About 30 seconds after mom picked up the phone the lights came back on! My parents are doing fine, the house sustained very minimal damage, and there was no flooding.
The cat, who usually supplements his diet liberally with small mammals and lizards, is annoyed they’ve run off, and that he’s mostly consuming kibble.
For more on the storm and how the Houston/Glaveston area is coping, visit the Houston Chronicle’s website www.chron.com, for updates on how my parents are doing, you can now call or e-mail them.
For those of you who’ve asked how my parents are doing after Hurricane Ike decimated the Houston/Galveston area, the answer is they’re doing OK.
They don’t have power, but their land-line phones are working again. There was minimal damage to the house, some siding blew off, no flooding, or extreme damage. A few neighbors lost chimneys, and some trees snapped on the Golf Course. The Cat is also fine.
Friends of ours in the area DO have power, so my parents spent the afternoon with them. Hopefully they’ll get power back soon.
For updates on how things are going, the Houston Chronicle’s website, www.chron.com ,is doing a decent job covering the issues.
For those of you who have not yet heard the news, Gavin & Kindli are excited to announce the newest member of their family will be arriving in mid-February. Right now, our gender-unknown little one is being affectionately referred to as “the Pudge” (sort of like the anonymous, very brilliant, Stig on Top Gear).
To answer all the questions we’ve been inundated with, we’ve given the Pudge it’s own tab on our website, and created an FAQ. The Pudge’s tab will be periodically updated through out the process, and you can track it’s process with the baby tracker at the top of the page.
I now present photos from our trip to Oregon.
We’re back from Oregon (we drove up July 6), we got in Saturday afternoon and Nick picked us up @ the Santa Rosa airport. SR has a quirky little airport, I highly recommend flying into it at least once.
Our adventure started Sunday, when we stayed at a little motor lodge in Humbolt County. A family friend owned the motor lodge and was renting out most of the buildings to homeless people. They also own other properties in the area, and are working to help the community.
Monday we drove to Gold Coast, OR, over nighted in a lovely condo, and Tuesday we took one of Jerry’s Rogue Jet Boats up the river.
Tuesday night we arrived at the house in Waldport (between Florence and Newport). The next few days are a blur of car rides and napping. We visited the Aquarium in Newport, the dunes outside Florence and the bog with the bug eating plants (very cool).
Eventually I’m going to upload photos, and my FIL has promised to send me the ones he took as well.
Wednesday night Megan graduated from Gunn. MC Hammer was the key speaker, and he did a magnificent job. He also graciously stood for photos with every last one of the graduates as they picked up their diploma folders and walked across the stage. Continue reading ‘Congratulations to the Class of 2008′
Last week Heidi got back from visiting with the Parents and Oma in Germany and traveling around Switzerland with Ginny. Her photos have been uploaded, you can see them at http://picasaweb.google.com/h.trudell/.
Mom, Oma and Heidi in Konigswinter, Photo by Dad.
As of today Gavin and I have been married for a rather eventful two years. I am doing several celebratory loads of laundry. After dinner we’ll have some of the remains of the orange-chocolate cake I made the other day, and we might even watch VanHelsing again (and this time we might actually finish it).
Orange-Chocolate Cake, from The White House Family Cookbook, the recipe is from the Ford Administration
