Rosalind Everett Lloyd

Rosa arrived on Tuesday, August 25th at about 9:30. I forget her length, but she weighed in at 6lbs 14ozs. We all were able to get to Cincinnati on Wednesday for a visit and she is gorgeous! I didn't remember how small newborns are...itty bitty.

Mom and baby are doing well and we're so excited to have her in the clan!

Louisville without Harrison!

Diane and Randy graciously agreed to babysit Harrison overnight a week ago so that Danza and I could have an overnight away. We wanted to get an overnight trip without Harrison under our belts before he turned one and time was getting short.

We headed to Louisville...

...and stayed at the Marriott downtown.

We drank beer...

...served in Bloomington's own Upland pint glasses (bonus).

We pretended like we weren't parents.

Danza wore pretty earrings.

We were picked up by our friends Amy and Andre and headed to a fancy steakhouse for dinner.

We told stories. "...and then the giant bear gouged my eyeballs with his giant claws."

It was wonderful having a night away from the critter, but we were anxious on Sunday to get home to relieve Bubbe and Papaw Randy and get a dose of Harrison.

The King and his crown

Danza made this crown for Harrison. Absolutely killer.



"I can gnaw my way through!"

Dix River fishing

Last weekend I went down to the Dix River in Kentucky to fish with my friend Dre. Although I've been fishing the Dix for over 10 years, we always use about the same tactics when chasing after trout. After reading some articles about using great big flies and sinking line when targeting the bigger fish, we decided to dedicate the weekend to this fancy new strategy. And it worked. We didn't catch as many fish, but I did land the biggest rainbow I've probably ever caught (just over 20 inches).

Also, I hope the picture "collage" is easy enough when viewing the pictures. I started using Picasa for Mac and it just makes the process of blogging with photos easier, but it only lets me put up 4 pics per post unless I put them in a collage. Speak up if you think it sucks.