Nursery v 1.0

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Last night I woke up around 3am and realized Bandit is due in like 3 1/2 months.  To put that into perspective, I have 12 Sunday naps left to take before that sweet screams of my heir will prevent me from following my favorite weekend pass time.

To mark this nearing of baby, how about I float a few photos of the nursery your way? I think it is development, perhaps some were along half way done.

A shot showing the clouds kate painting and the blue wall. Personally, I think that all boy bedrooms should be done in a Dinosaur motif, but I was vetoed. C’est la vie. I think Kate did an awesome job on the clouds.  They are extra fluffy.

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In this shot, witness the crib (thanks Grandma TJ).  It is pretty bad ass and is a mighty improvement over my plan of keeping the kid in drawer.  Also, the glider. Thanks very much to people that went into getting us this thing.  I suspect it will be one of the more heavily used baby accessories.   Finally, that painting is from a dude that used to hang out next to the alley by our old apartment.  $30 and it is my favorite art thingy we have.

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Various and sundry dolls.  Kate and I made the ones on the ends, our friend made us the Sock Monkey.IMG_6121

One more shot from the other direction. I am weary of describing stuff. Infer for yourselves.

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BBQ – Real Ultimate Power

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Confession, I don’t grill. Or rather, I have never grilled. As youngest dude in the family I was essentially the C-Team when it came to BBQ time and never had to give it a whirl. After leaving home….well, I had a George Foreman Grill, problem solved.

Getting ready for a day with my Family coming over for food, I realized I didn’t have a grill (thanks Ballard Fred Meyer for helping with that) and didn’t know how to use one.

Now, I am well equipped for summer cooking. Which is great.

Here is a photo of Kate pretending she was cooking (she was not):

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As memory serves, that was a Vegetable Medley and some tasty steak that Kate picked up on a walk through Pike Place on her way home.  I am currently working on Grilled Cheese Technology.

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I want to try grilling up some fish, but that seems a little less intuitive than throwing slabs of red meat on the grill.  Will cross that bridge on a later day.