baby's first UNC gear

I made Baby Boy Bell a classic UNC Fetzer Gym t-shirt in onesie form. Maybe someday he'll wear a real one!

bluegrass

We went to the 3rd Annual Great Midwestern Bluegrass Festival last night at the Majestic Theater last night! I forgot to charge my camera battery before we left, so only got a couple pictures. We saw two groups from Madison - Honey, Summer and Fall and Sweetgrass - and another group from northern Wisconsin, Past Blue Rhythm. They were all great! It was a fun night.

Sorry to disappoint you, Andrew, but we didn't stay to hear the headliners - Infamous Stringdusters. I'm up "early" this morning to pack a bag, drive to Harvard, and catch the train to Chicago. So...we opted for more sleep for me. I'm glad Dave convinced me to leave - I'm refreshed andready to go. Anyway...here are the pictures.

baby's first outfit!

Enough with Governor Walker. Let's talk about something more fun. Baby clothes!!!!!

Half pint got his first outfits today! It was a gift from our friends Katie and Steve here in Madison. Look at how cute!

The bear is on the butt of the little pants!

Thanks, Katie and Steve!

(To all readers: I will *try* to keep the gratuitous baby stuff posts to a minimum, but I can't make any promises. Also, they will hopefully get cuter when there is an actual baby in the clothes!)

is he listening?

So much has already been said about Governor Walker's proposed budget bill. His cronyism, his scapegoating of public workers, his attempt to pit private and public sector employees against one another, his manufacturing of a budget crisis as a pitiful excuse to bust up the unions...

I waffle between:
1. being all pumped up about the protests and feeling like we're really making a difference, and
2. being angry fearing knowing that in order to keep collective bargaining, we'll have to give in to all his plans to quadruple health insurance premiums and retirement contributions.

I don't really know what is left to say. Here's a great article to get you up to speed if you haven't kept up:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/wisconsins-tunisia-moment_b_825738.html?ref=fb&src=sp

And here's some photos and video from week two (day nine) of the protests on the Capitol. Today we joined the UW Faculty for Change and some of Dave's colleagues to march from campus down State Street to the Capitol.

baby blue

It's a boy!!!

Think someone's excited?

We had the ultrasound technician write down the sex on a piece of paper and seal it up in an envelope. We waited until dinner to open it and it made for a fun belated Valentine's celebration at Sardine! (Thanks for the gift certificate Susan and Adam!)



And here's the latest half-pint pictures from today's 20 week ultrasound.

happy valentine's day!

We got a valentine in the mail! Guess who it's from?

Half pint!!

That Half-pint, she/he's one smart baby in the making!

greenbush bar

Dave and I were craving Italian for dinner last night after watching The Godfather on AMC. But we didn't want white tablecloth-type Italian, we were looking for hole-in-the-wall Italian. So we went here.

The Greenbush Bar is in the basement of the Italian Workmen's Club in Madison.

The atmosphere is great! Cozy and homey and casual - just what we were looking for.

Unfortunately, the food was not good. We both ordered pasta dishes and I think Newman's Own red sauce out of the jar is better. We have yet to find great Italian food in Madison, but I think we'll go back and maybe try the pizza or sandwiches. The place was packed and there was a line to get a table, so it must be good at something!