Finally, Mommy gets her Lucinda fix

I desperately wanted to see Lucinda Williams. Lucinda's double live album was the soundtrack playing when Daddy and I fell in luuuuuvvvv. I'll spare you the details. Anyway, Eddie and Randy have seen her perform before, and I must say, she rocked and was totally awesome, but would have 100% better with a beer. And to say I "saw" Lucinda isn't exactly accurate, either. I saw a female figure on a large stage from where I was sitting with my 4-month old, who absolutely refused to wear her expensive headphones. Luckily, Hattie did consent to wearing a sun hat, and didn't mind rockin' out with her goofy mom at the time, though surely will object to seeing these photos when she's 17.

I wasn't the only old mom dancing and singing to Lucinda while swinging my kid around. Daddy got some sweet video of the other old moms dancing with their kids. And some sweet video of other weirdos that he's saving and sending straight to Randy. (Saggy bikini top lady? Oh yeah.)

A trip to Bumbershoot, continued

Our first stop on Saturday morning would be the famed 5-Spot cafe in Queen Anne. We met up with JD Kindle and at least one of the Eastern Oregon Playboys, Peter, and friend Strand, for breakfast. My apologies for the lack of photos, but at this point, not only was the battery in my camera dead, my throat was hurtin' and I was starting to feel pretty icky.

Ah, Bumbershoot. We paid $30 for a parking spot across the street and we considered that to be pretty lucky. After loading up the stroller with a blanket, camera(s), formula, bottles, baby sunscreen, baby sun hat, and tons of other necessities, we rolled over to the entrance where we luckily ran into Dave, also known as "Knitting Hubby" of Guerilla Scooter Association buddy Susan of KitKatKnits. How cool that we walked in the door and already found our friends!

After being ushered through the super-special "stroller" (and wheelchair) entrance, we met up with Karen, Randy, Don, and Eddie. Hello friends! I grabbed a badly-needed latte and then we settled in to wait for Daddy's heartthrob, Neko Case.

So, being the safety-conscious parents that we are, we purchased special noise-blocking headphones to protect Hattie's delicate ear drums. They lasted for about 3 intermittent minutes. After a few songs, Daddy and I gave up and strolled to higher ground where the music wasn't quite that loud. Neko Case was great, by the way.

A trip to Bumbershoot

Hattie, Daddy and I, along with a large constituency of Eastern Oregon and Washington friends, made the pilgrimage to Bumbershoot, Seattle's annual art and music festival. We headed out on Friday afternoon. Our first stop was the Yakima Sportscenter for lunch. Daddy's band played here with West Valley Highway a few years ago, which was a ton of fun. The Sportscenter folks were awesome, and Daddy and I have been back for their great food. I didn't manage to get a picture, but they had two autographed photos of Kyle Maclachlan on their wall. He is Yakima's most famous native son, and many of you might remember him from such roles as Charlotte's impotent husband Trey on "Sex and the City," but he'll always be Agent Cooper to me. This tidbit will factor into our trip later, I promise.

Anyway, we departed for Black Diamond, Washington, where we would be staying at the gracious estate of Uncle Jimmy and Auntie Jessica. Here's a picture of their family room. What a beautiful house.

Chompy the monster

And so it begins. Hattie's favorite pastime besides being super cute is chomping on anything she can get. Hands, arm, fingers, blankets, her clothes, Gloworm, her dad...you name it. Teething time is imminent.

Bath bunny!

Hi Hattie!

Nana Kay hung out with Hattie today at her house. She took this cute pic and sent it to me via email by herself! Yea Mom! This is a big deal, especially because for some crazy reason, she owns a Mac. :)

Fun with chocolate, crabby jammies and a tribute to Clarence- with pants

Dude! We're wiped!

Our Sunday is slowly simmering. There's no rush, no need to be anywhere, there's a stew on the stove and the washing machine is humming along, taking it's sweet time getting the laundry done. Time to do nothin' but catch up on replay TV and take sleepy photos of our Hattie. And fill out silly surveys like this one I borrowed from Kit Kat Knits.

Off I go...

Three months old TODAY!

Wheeeeeeee!

Congratulations, Hattie! You've just received a HUGE wardrobe! What shall we wear today?

Yay Hattie!