Counting Crows

Here are just a few of my favorite lyrics from Counting Crows. Chels and I are going to DTE tomorrow to see them and I cant wait. I dont like to say I have a favorite band because music is pretty huge to me and I have many favs but CC is one of the tops. I love Adam Duritz and when I see his shows I feel like Im there alone and he's singing to me. I don't even find him very attractive, although I do love his dreads. But there is something about his voice and the way he sings with everything he has inside him waiting to burst out. And anyone that can do that night after night in faceless random towns, I will be a huge fan of. I love there old and new stuff, I love The Himalayans (AD's other band) and I love that he can play almost every instrument that I can think of. ohh and I love that he writes all his music. I cant count how many shows Ive been to but Ive seen them in a few different places too. Arizona. Colorado, San Diego and good ol' Ohio too. The more I write the more I realize that I should come to grips that I think they are my favorite band. Woo Hoo cant wait!
Bring your plastic red cups! (inside joke for CT)


*If I could give all my love to you I could justify myself but I'm just not coming through You're a pill to ease the pain of all the stupid things i do I'm an anchor on the line of a clock that tells the time that is running out on you

*And mornings spreading out across the feathered thighs of angels
Oh were did we disappear to the silence that surrounds us and then drowns us in the end

*Wrap her up in a package of lies Send her off to a coconut island

*This time when kindness falls like rain It washes her away and Anna begins to change her mind "these seconds when I'm shaking leave me shuddering for days" she says.

*She s talking in her sleep it's keeping me awake And Anna begins to toss and turn And every word is nonsense but I understand and and oh lord. I m not ready for this sort of thing

*Caught some grief from a falling leaf As she tumbled into the dirty ground And said I should have put her back there if I could Well everyone needs a better day And I'm tryin' to find me a better way To get through the things I do and the things I should

*Got no place to go but there's a girl waiting for me down in Mexico She's got a bottle of tequila, a bottle of gin And if I bring a little music I can fit right in

*Well baby I surrender To the strawberry ice cream Never ever end of all this love Well I didn't mean to do it But there's no escaping your love

*All at once you look across a crowded room To see the way that light attaches to a girl

*I can't remember all the times I tried to tell my myself To hold on to these moments as they pass

*Well I woke up in mid afternoon cause that's when it all hurts the most I dream I never know anyone at the party and I'm always the host If dreams are like movies then memories are films about ghosts You can never escape, you can only move south down the coast

*If you've never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame And though I'll never forget your face sometimes I can't remember my name

*When I see you, a blanket of stars covers me in my bed

*We drove out to the desert just to lie down beneath this bowl of stars We stand up in the Palace, like it's the last of the great pioneer town bars Aw, we shout out these songs against the clang of electric guitars Well, you can see a million miles tonight But you can't get very far

*Taffy stuck, tongue tied Stuttered shook and uptight Pull me out from inside

*I'm alive, I'm alive But I'm sinking in If there's anyone at home at your place, darling Why don't you invite me in?

*she walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land just like she's walking on a wire in the circus

*she knows she's just a little misunderstood she has trouble acting normal when she's nervous

*Round here we're carving out our names Round here we all look the same Round here we talk just like lions But we sacrifice like lambs Round here she's slipping through my hands

*I remember me And all the little things that make up a memory Like she said she loved to watch me sleep Like she said: "It's the breathing, it's the breathing in and out and in and..." Have you seen me lately?

*She sees shooting stars and comet tails She's got heaven in her eyes She says I don't need to be an angel But I'm nothing if I'm not this high But we only stay in orbit For a moment of time

*Gotta rush away she said I've been to Boston before Anyway, this change I've been feeling doesn't make the rain fall No big differences these days Just the same old walkways Someday Im going to stay, but not today..

O Happy girl

SHE IS SMILING!!

and it is the cutest thing. Cassidy is happiest when she wakes up. (she doesnt get that from me) I get to start my day off with that beautiful little face looking up at me and without words tell me that she is a happy girl. Yup she is still a bit fussy at times but OMG when I see that smile it can turn mood instantly to pure joy.

She is 2 months old today and I took her to the doctor and the poor thing had to get 3 pokes. She was so not happy and she cried with really tears. Its heart breaking to watch and it seems like they take there sweet ass time going from one shot to the next. I mean it probably is done faster than it feels like but damn I just wanna pick her up after the first scream. She has been sleeping allot today but a little cranky.

She weighs 9 pounds 8 ounces and is 23 inches long. already. It is so bitter sweet for me, I love watching her grow but I know how fast this goes and I wanna slow time down so I can cherish everything. And I am going back to work soon so I'm getting a little emotional. And Tristen is starting FIRST grade. I have a first grader. That just cracks me up to think that. I still feel like the 80's was a few years ago and now they play 80's music on the classics station. Yikes I'm old.

Cassidy and I were at my dads house when she was smiling in these. I cant even put into words what its like to watch my parents with my babies. Very special to me. And the faces that my dad makes to make her smile are fricken awesome, I was laughin watching both of them smiling at each other.

SpongeCruiseCeremony

The National Coney Island on Maple and Crooks sometimes has special guest and we decided to take the boys there for dinner. As you can see it was SpongeBob and all 3 of my boys (Thomas included) LOVE this cartoon its watched daily at this house. Well SpongeBob was kinda jacked up and a little scary. His nose was too long and it just dangled off of his face, (I wont even write what it REALLY looked like) and on his arms it looked like he had those long yellow gloves that you wear to wash dishes.

Tristen was cool with it and did get his picture taken with him and shook his hand/big yellow glove.

Then there was Tanner.

Tanner is the one in orange at the bottom of the picture under the table. And he didn't leave there for the most part of dinner. This child screamed at the top of his lungs when I tried to pry him away from the table stand. So we left him there. We ate dinner with Tanner staring at our feet. No way was I gonna go through that the whole time and I didn't wanna leave yet, that's not fair to Trist. And I was starving for a Hanni. So we stayed and Tanner chilled under us and every time his hero SpongeBob came close he would yell noooooo and try to get under the chair. So guess who IS NOT going to Disney yet~~~~

Dream Cruise was this past weekend. I'm so over it and find most of it annoying and I have been for a couple years. It was great the first few years but now its so obnoxious and if you live around it, good luck going anywhere. BUT.....I do dig the parade in Berkley on Friday night. My family goes to my Grandmas and we walk down there, the boys love it and they close off the street and let the kids dance and roam around.

Friends of mine Katie and Lisa, had a commitment ceremony that we were invited to. It was really beautiful and we had a blast. I hadn't been to one before and didn't really know if it was pretty much just like a wedding and it was and so much more. And it was so classy and very emotional. Knowing the things that they have both gone through because of there love for each other made that day much more meaningful than allot of weddings. No its not legal here in the state of Michigan but just because some idiots dont think its right shouldn't mean that they cant proclaim there love for each other. Seeing Katie walk down that isle I got a big lump in my throat watching them together. They are more of a couple than some married people I know and I was so proud to be asked to share that day with them. They are awesome parents and best friends and I couldn't be happier for both of them. Congrats girls your day was beautiful.

That's Nathan there son, he was such a yummy ring barrier. I owe him some french fries.

belly issues, the tooth fairy and girls night out!

I think about having enough time to write and that is about how far that thought goes. Between 3 kids and buying a house, I'm officially ready to lose my mind. Cassidy is pretty time consuming and doesn't like NOT to be held. She is sleeping better at night (up every 3 hours still) but making sure we are on our toes during the day. Poor baby has a bad belly and sometimes smells worse than a grown man after a night of drinking and eating White Castle. I feel horrible for her and we are trying everything to figure out how to help her. tips are suggested and always welcome. Just because she is the third does not mean we know it all. That's a fact. I can already see her cheeks getting bigger and she is starting to fit in some clothes finely. She is absolutely adorable and I stare at her allot!

We did have our first visit from the tooth fairy!! That's right, Tristen lost his first tooth and it was so AWESOME. He came running downstairs around 10:00 at night and it was just hangin there. So I showed him how to pull it, he tried a couple times before I offered to help and on the first try it came out. He couldn't believe it. The anticipation of what its gonna feel like is the worst so you could see the surprise and relief on his face as soon as he saw that tooth in my hand. classic. He wanted me to take a picture on my phone and picture mail his 2 teachers so he could brag. We did wait till the next morning but he did call his Grandparents that night. He was so proud of himself, he said he felt older already.

Ohh, I did go to James Blunt and Sheryl Crow. 20 chicks went on a party bus and we had a blast. We danced in the rain, Chelsea tried to tackle James Blunt, I think I saw 5 people wipe out and I had a stomach ache from laughing all night. Great bunch of girls.