I love him little foot!

The Things We've Handed Down - Marc Cohn

Don't know much about you

Don't know who you are

We've been doing fine without you

But, we could only go so far

Don't know why you chose us

Were you watching from above

Is there someone there that knows us

Said we'd give you all our love

Will you laugh just like your mother

Will you sigh like your old man

Will some things skip a generation

Like I've heard they often can

Are you a poet or a dancer

A devil or a clown

Or a strange new combination of

The things we've handed down

I wonder who you'll look like

Will your hair fall down and curl

Will you be a mama's boy

Or daddy's little girl

Will you be a sad reminder

Of what's been lost along the way

Maybe you can help me find her

In the things you do and say

And these things that we have given you

They are not so easily found

But you can thank us later

For the things we've handed down

You may not always be so grateful

For the way that you were made

Some feature of your father's

That you'd gladly sell or trade

And one day you may look at us

And say that you were cursed

But over time that line has been

Extremely well rehearsed

By our fathers, and their fathers

In some old and distant town

From places no one here remembers

Come the things we've handed down

So we are officially waiting to find out... we are just saying "him" in tribute to Bradley ("I love him little neck" about Cortez). During the entire ultrasound the baby was so squirmy, I don't know how the tech was able to get any real measurements taken, but the doctor confirmed that everything looks perfect - she was a little upset that we have decided to wait. When she walked into the room she said, "How can you do this to me!?" But there is no going back now. Unless there is something wrong we won't be having any more ultrasounds.

But talk about a bouncing baby - right before the picture she took with the little contortionist's leg stretched all the way up past "him little head" the baby was flipped over with both legs tucked up in the, y'know - actual fetal position. How did that baby manage such a maneuver so quickly and I still don't feel a thing? I will say this though, that baby is a Cremeans if ever there was one - can you believe how long "him little leg" is?

Make sure you keep an eye out for the adorable thumbs up in the video. The tech said that thumb was on it's way into the baby's mouth, but you can't really tell that. It's so stinking cute though. Maybe he will be our little Bob Loblaw.

New Orleans Trip

Amanda planned a great trip for us over the Memorial Day weekend. We loaded up in the car Friday afternoon as she got off work and headed five and a half hours south of Memphis, TN to New Orleans, LA. The drive was easy and all the Memorial day traffic must of been on some other route than ours. We took lots of small snacks to keep her and the little one well fed on the drive.The weekend was amazing. We spent most of our time walking around the French Quarter checking out shops and cafes. There was still hundreds that we did not get to see. New Orleans might be the best place on the planet to people watch! There were some crazies out and lots of nice ones too. We decided it was very much like Paris except the people were friendly in NOLA. It was definitely as dirty as Paris. The French Quarter had the same smell, ICK!Our first morning there we woke up bright and late. Felt really good to sleep in and not have dogs to worry about. We headed out to find breakfast and stumbled across a fun little cafe. The Somethin Else Cafe, "because Dat food is somethin else," was a little whole in the wall joint with good coffee and food. Amanda had a BLTA (with Avacado) and I tried some

strange New Orleans local fair called Boudin Balls. It was good but not something I would order every day. We kept going back to a place called Cafe Du Monde. So did the everyone else in the city, it was packed every single day and at all hours of the day. Their specialty is cafe au lait and beignets. Just their regular coffee was good as well. The put Chicory in it which is a bit different but magically delicious. On our second day there we went and did a swamp tour. A short bus ride out to the swamps and we boarded a swamp boat. Lots of gators and birds. It was a really nice, fun tour. I would do it again. The rest of the time we took it easy, tried new foods, and shopped some more. Amanda and I both had a great time. Looking forward to making the trip again with family and friends when they are in town.