Merlin the Magic Baby
Hey everyone. I hope you all had an amazing holiday and that your new years kicked off well! Just wanted to pop in and share some news… :)
My honey and I had the most amazing gift ever given to us on December 10th, 2008… Our little boy Merlin was born, our little miracle. Words cannot describe how in love I am with this little guy.
We spent our first couple weeks with Merlin at Seattle Children’s hospital. He has a condition that puts him at risk for seizures and a couple other things, so he had to undergo all kinds of tests and be monitored closely for awhile. He also was born with a birthmark on his face (part of the condition) which makes his face look like a little yin yang. We love it. He is a magic little Buddha baby. He made so many amazing things happen in his first few days and weeks of life, you wouldn’t believe it. He brought both our families together, which was awesome! He traveled two states in his first two days (he is a Sagittarius). And health and happiness-wise, he’s doing great.
As for me, motherhood is something so new and so intense and so wonderful, it can’t be described, it can only be experienced. All I can say is it’s worth every sacrifice a thousand times over, and I can’t wait for every one of you to become a parent and know the joy that Larry and I feel each day looking at this precious little human being, who is so powerful and yet so completely innocent and dependent on us for everything, and so so beautiful…
While we were staying in Seattle at the hospital, we bought a ukulele to serenade little Merlin with. He loved it so much. Check out this beautiful video of him listening to his daddy play to him. He loves music. He’s really responsive to it, and recognizes songs we played for him while he was in my belly. :)
Well, not to go on and on. I wasn’t sure whether I even wanted to post this, being such a private person and not wanting to plaster images of my baby all over the internet. But you guys are cool and besides, I can’t help myself. I have to show the little dude off a little. He’s so awesome! :)
That said, forgive me if I’m not back here checking and replying to comments anytime soon. I do come and read them every so often, and I appreciate them all (except for the spam), but one thing I do not have is much free time (I had no.. idea)… and that time is usually spent asleep or definitely doing something other than typing on the internet. So needless to say the blogging hiatus most definitely continues. You all understand. I wish you all the best, and rest assured, eventually, I will be back!
much love,
the Brooke and family :)
The Songseed Premonitions… premonition
Little by little as I can steal minutes here and there, I’m getting these old songseeds narrowed down, edited a bit better and fixing the levels (as best I can, these are very lo-fi recordings) so they’re more listenable as a collection. I’m going to put them up on my last.fm page as an ‘album’ soon for easier downloading and stuff, as soon as I have them all sounding good enough. But for now I thought I’d just start putting the finished ones up on divshare as I go so you can at least check a few out right away, in case you’re one of those impatient people like me.
Here’s me yesterday tweaking sound levels n stuff, just for you! Later kids!
Skate Video I Helped Shoot
For You (demo) by the brooke
A very rough demo. Still playing with different melodies, arrangement n all that, but here you go anyway!
LYRICS:
Would you let me take your hand
And tell you what it says?
Would you let me take all of your pain
And turn it on its head?
Give to me your doubts and fears
I will make them disappear for you
Open wide your troubled mind
I will hypnotize it clear for you
Lay down your sleepy head on my chest
And breath along with me
Can you feel what my hands are telling your skin
And the love that I am feeling for you?
Give to me your doubts and fears
I will make them disappear for you
Open wide your troubled mind
I will hypnotize it clear for you
Don’t forget these words my dear
I am always always here
Don’t forget these words my dear
I am always always here for you
The Wayward Covers of 2007
Now on my Last.fm channel for your listening and downloading pleasure.
Tracks:
- Street Spirit (Radiohead cover)
- The Orchids (Psychic TV cover)
- I’ll Catch You (Get Up Kids cover)
- Between the Bars (Elliott Smith cover)
- Runaway (Del Shannon cover)
- You Are My Sunshine (Rice Brothers cover)
- Lovesong (Cure cover)
- Under the Milky Way (Church cover)
- Pink Bullets (Shins cover)
- Come See Me Tonight (Daniel Johnston cover)