Happy birthday Dave!

[Jay Vaughan]

> Damn, I posted that and haven't been back since!  Much busyness  
> since my
> birthday, but thanks again for all the wishes everyone.
>

I just love it that you keep popping your head in as often as you  
do .. its not like the good ol' days maybe, but its enough.  ;)

> Katy is starting to look quite pregnant now, and she's really  
> enjoying it.
> This whole "project" (if you could call it that) has got to be one  
> of the
> best things we've ever embarked on, and I'm pretty sure there's not  
> going to
> be anything much which will ever come along to top it.
>

Thats really what I've felt as well in the past year .. Flynn and  
Christina have become more important to me than anything.  I think  
this is sort of what turns people off from parenting and family life,  
that it sort of introverts you - or at least, diverts people away  
from the more 'me me me' kind of activities like music making or  
clubbing or flirting, or watching telly, or whatever .. but its far  
better for you than any of that.

At the end of the day, my 2 hours play time with the boy simply wipe  
out any other hassles that might've gone on during the day, and when  
we're all in bed and sleepy and the little mister is snoring and  
giggling in his sleep, there is no better heart-felt joy, in my  
opinion ..

> I think I finally "get" the parenting thing - can't wait!  ;-D
>


.. so I'm really, really glad, happy, thankful, and grateful, that  
you are about to experience the same thing, Mr. S.  Its sort of like  
we both cracked the plastic on a brand new mega-synth, and have some  
tunes on the horizon worth celebrating, only minus the synthiness and  
plus++ a whole lotta love.  When you've got your babe in your arms,  
after the birth, for the first time, and you look in their eyes, life  
will be big.  Bigger than it ever was yet.  And I really look forward  
to your thoughts on that day, that is for sure ..

Flynn is doing great, btw, I taught him to get off the bed properly  
(backwards so he lands on his feet, not his face) and he's been  
getting up in the morning and going off for his own little plays  
while Mum and Dad stay a bit warmer/sleepier for a few minutes  
more .. this morning I noticed him being a lot more quiet in the  
kitchen than normal, and Christina did too, so she got up and found  
him hacking away on her computer, quite literally pressing keys and  
seeing what would happen, and for an 11-month old kid, that is quite  
a feat to pull off without drooling all over the non-drool-friendly  
bits, I must say .. so he's learning fast, our little tyke, and it  
looks like the weekend trip to the country is going to be a fun one,  
since he's also getting fast enough to have another go at catching  
Grandma's cats, a task his Dad loves to foster gleefully, tee hee ..


;
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Jay Vaughan