Happy birthday, Peter!

We had an early birthday lunch at La Casita on Friday, but happy birthday again anyway!

Hotel bed at home

So, taking advantage of a certain someone’s nesting instincts — and the pre-move desire to toss out old crap — we got rid of a rather tattered quilt we’ve been sleeping under since before we were married and some sheets from a “discount superstore” that mostly cause me to break out and have anything but a pleasant night of sleep.

Jenn, in bargain-hunting mode, asked me what my dream sheets and quilt would be. I explained about high thread count and dragged her to Bed, Bath & Beyond to feel the difference between low thread count and high thread count sheets. (“What was the thread count of our old sheets?” “They didn’t say, which tells you how good they must have been.”)

So off she goes, virtually, to Amazon, where she finds a $300 quilt marked down to $70 (it may have been even cheaper when she bought it) and a 600-thread count sheet set that I’m totally unable to find on Amazon now, but which was marked down from more than $100 to under $60.

Years ago, I figured out that, if you’re going to spend money on shoes, they might as well be good ones that won’t wear out on the way out of the store and will actually be comfortable. Now I’m figuring out the same thing about bed linens. It’s like staying in a fancy hotel at home. Combined with the new mattress set we got last year, it’s awfully hard to get out of bed in the morning now.

If you’re in the market for new bed linens, look around for marked-down high-end stuff after Christmas. Totally worth it.

Those are some fine looking butterflies.

Jenn and I gave this butterfly mobile to my niece Kate last Christmas.

Baby Fever 2007

The first baby of 2007 that is legally or genetically related to me was born yesterday, my new nephew Kaleb:

http://www.ellistruss.com/kelly/kaleboliver.html

this is a slapped together website with some pictures of the baby. I will add to it over time so please keep it bookmarked.

The Baby is sleeping a lot and is just perfect. He is healthy and we are all just so happy to be home and a complete family. Kasey is curious about her new brother but loves to give him kisses.

Thank you everyone for your prayers and support. We appreciate it all.

Kelly Nutter

Kaleb at this point is red and pointy-headed, but presumably he’ll grow out of both of those.

I have a dead man’s contact information in my phone

Maybe I’ll get lucky and Rob will give me a call some day, and say that it’s all been a big misunderstanding.