Hey little one ….

I thought you’d like to know a few “isms” about your new home that you’ll learn to love or look at us with silly expressions about:

• I’ll start with this Cry-Cry-Cry onesie we bought in Nashville on our weekend Babymoon before we meet you. Your Baba is fascinated with Johnny Cash’s journey and story. I managed to drag your Mommy into his museum where we bought this for you. You’ll hear Mommy make fun of the fact his songs all pretty much have the same 3-chord riffs in them. But, it’s important to show some respect to the Man In Black.

• Speaking of music, it is a very big thing in your new home. It’s often playing and we have literally built a soundtrack to our lives. You’ll either enjoy them or roll your eyes at the range of one-liners we sing readily. And, it is pretty much a given in your new home to know and love the Indigo Girls library and appreciate the magic of Broadway songs. But don’t worry, beyond that we love a wide variety of genres. You already have a couple of songs picked for you on “your playlist” and we look forward to you choosing many, many more over the years. Just ask Alexa as you’ll find she is very helpful.

• It’s also important to know Star Wars is a big thing in your house. We’ll tell you which movies in the series are the must-watch ones … and which ones you only have to see once. Then, it’s just a given we’re going to see every new one that comes out in the theater. There aren’t many movies we’ll say that about. There are some new characters in the new movies that have a lot of potential on their storyline, so this makes me hopeful you will like them too once they figure out how to let go of the previous characters gracefully. Also, you’ll either be impressed or embarrassed at the Star Wars license plates and decals on our automobiles. And yes, this is open for change and discussion if your opinion is the latter. 😉

• Regarding movies in general – Your Mom is especially very into them and will love showing you the ones in her “favorites” library (hope you like Julia Roberts…just sayin’). You’ll get to break the tie, as you get older, if we lean more toward chick flicks or action movies. We’ll both tell you there isn’t a “wrong” answer, but that isn’t exactly true. 😉 We’ll attempt to act with maturity as we plead our cases to you (even though we’ll probably fail on the maturity part, LOL). Also, your interests in movies will probably help us appear a little more cool than we’ve been in a while specific to what is “in” and what is “out”.

• There are a four, furry, four-legged kitties in your home waiting to meet you. They may act a little skittish as you bring some decibels and commotion into your forever home, so give them the benefit of the doubt for a little bit. Also, I ask you before you are even born – and will about 1,000 times again later – please let them come to you and do not pull their tails. This is actually in your best interest, so please trust me on this advice!

• I’m sure there is more I’m forgetting, but these are the most obvious ones. The biggest thing to remember is that we’ve been waiting for you for many years and our hearts, minds, and preferences are wide open for you to influence. We look forward to seeing what things interest you, what talents you have, and what aspirations we can help you achieve over the course of your life. So, I guess what I’m saying is we’ll figure it all out together when you get here … And we’ll enjoy every step we take together toward the future.