Overdue Post

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the delay. No excuse really, but just haven't updated the blog in a while.

We went to Minnesota several weeks ago and stopped in Chicago to visit a German U-Boat at the Museum of Science and Industry.

Non Liam Related News

With Grandma Patty



Liam and Grandpa Wayne-O



Proud uncle E-Bone Capone



Grandma Fran with Liam at the hospital




With Grandpa Bo or "Papi" if we can get him to call my dad that.



Liam's first visit with friend Lindsay and Jason (congratulation to them for recently getting hitched).




His "on the phone" pose



"Burrito Baby" or "Taco Brocko"


Liam is great. Mom is great. Dad is doing well and getting into the swing of things. We just had Bethany's folks and brother and my parents in town. We're going to try this parenting thing out on our own for a bit... and by on our own, I mean, with the help of 50 people from our church who are helping with meals and offers to babysit.


I play in a ukulele club in Ann Arbor once a month. I was interviewed for a report that is going to be aired on NPR 6-1-09. The report is a bit boring, but at 2:32 into the interview she used a brief clip of me playing the ukulele solo. My comments did not make the cut, even though, I tried to be funny.

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/michigan/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1511910/news/Ukulele.Helps.Ease.the.Pain

Liam Andrew Brockman

"Taint my fault"


Glad to be here



Looking at mom




Who's this dude?





Family of three





Born at 4:47 PM on May 17, 2009. Liam Andrew Brockman weighs 7 pounds 1 ounce. He is quiet, but alert and is doing well. He stayed up for about 3 hours after he was born and then started to nod off. He is trying to decide if he wants to sleep or eat presently.

7 Days-ish to go!

Nursery


39 Weeks


38 Weeks



Hi Everybody,

We have one more week until the due date. That doesn't mean it will get here on the due date, but it better (fist shaking). Bethany has been surprisingly nice to me. The ratio of niceness to dilation is probably inversely correlated. I will be sure to bring this up during labor. It should go over well.

I have a few pictures to update...

We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the baby. Bethany is feeling good during the day but the baby gets real active when she goes to bed.

We're planning on bringing the computer to the hospital so that we can post pictures.

Andy

6 weeks to go

6 weeks until the baby arrives. I will post pictures of the Baby Shower shortly.

St. Patrick's Day Weekend

Hello,

Bethany and I just got back from walking in the Cork Town St. Patrick's Day Race. We walked about 2 miles for the race. We had a good time and met some of our friends down there. We stayed down there for a couple of hours, but then came home to get a start on the week.

We watched a couple movies this weekend... "Rachel Getting Married" and "Nights in Rodanthe". Rachel Getting Married is dark and a bit tedious. Nights in Rodanthe was a typical Nicholas Sparks book-turned-movie.

I made lunch for Bethany on Saturday and in the spirit of learning how to make food for children, I created a weiner dog celery/peanut butter animal.

We start our baby classes on Monday. I don't remember if they go for 3 or 4 weeks. It will probably be eye-opening and I will need to keep my funny comments to myself.

Take care,

Andy

March Dawns

March is here and that means only 3 more months of winter. It is in the low 30's for the highs, but today it was warm in the morning and then very cold throughout the afternoon.

We had a productive weekend. Friday we had dinner with our friends the McCulloughs. We went to their house and had a great turkey meatloaf. I had a terrible week at work and it was nice to just unwind.

Saturday, Bethany got up and went mall walking with Eden. They ended up seeing "The Wrestler" after their mall walking and she said it was pretty good. Our dishwasher broke about two weeks ago. We bought a GE because they have six sigma quality control... however, I guess we got the 1 in 6 billionth product that could have a defect, because it only lasted about 3 years. We bought a another one at Lowe's on Saturday afternoon. I went to Home Depot on Friday night, but apparently they "don't stock dishwasher" because they are trying to "keep inventory low". I wanted to point out that the whole point of mega box home improvement warehouses is that you have large appliances in stock, so that somebody can come in and say, "I need 40 dishwashers right now!" But, I'm not sure that the appliance guy would have cared or listened. Oh well, Lowe's had them in stock and we got a better dishwasher for about the same price and free delivery.

It got delivered on Sunday after church and I installed it. So, we can now do not have to do dishes by hand.

Bethany is feeling well and by popular request, we have a belly picture.

On a sad note, a friend of mine just found out that her husband has late stage cancer. They should find out this week if the cancer has spread to his blood (I'm not sure exactly what this means if 'spread to the blood' is the correct terminology, but I know it is only a matter of weeks if this is the case). They have a young son and it does not look good. Please be sure to include them in your prayers.