pre baby advice

One piece of advice a friend of ours gave us before Rohan showed up:

spend as much time as you can as a "couple" since after the baby arrives it will never be the same

...not bad, just different. Advice in heed, L and i went out to eat a ton, saw a bunch of plays, movies, etc. In the three weeks since Rohan arrived, we haven't eaten out once...have barely been able to eat dinner together and have watched TV together maybe once.

But we have spent a lot of time with Rohan.....watching him sleep, eat, carrying him around, staring at him, consoling him, listening to music with him, reading to him, etc. It is hard to quantify or categorize a lot of the time we spend with him, but it is actually a load of fun. A cousin calls the first year, the year of bliss before toddler years, but every time the baby cries, is actually bliss mixed with anxiety.

Luckily with bit torrent, i've been able to download the last 5 episodes of "24" that we missed :-). Hopefully Star Wars will stay in the theaters long enough for us to see it there before it ends up on DVD. Though given Lucas's penchant for milking the golden cow, it will probably be re-released when Rohan turns 5.