Sam’s first bed

| July 22, 2009

A while ago I promised pictures of the bassinet that Sam will be sleeping in for a little while.  As you may recall from my earlier post, Mark’s maternal grandfather, Flavion, built a bassinet for Mark to sleep in when he was born.  Flavion built a lot of beautiful things, and we have a few of those pieces in our home (including the record cabinet that houses all of the records in Sam’s Soundtrack), but we think this is one of the most special.  Not only did Mark sleep there, but so did Maria and Krista.  Now a whole new generation of Myers munchkin will get to sleep there too : ) 

I was never able to meet Flavion, as he passed away quite a long time ago, but Mark talks about him frequently so sometimes I feel like I know him.  And now Sam will, in this way, know her great-grandpop too.  All of the music that Mark plays for Sam is in large part due to his grandfather as well, as he shared Mark’s love of music and I think helped to foster this appreciation in Mark.

Here are some photos of the bassinet. Mark and I can’t believe how great it looks after over 35 years.

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And here are some photos of Mark in the bassinet.  Wasn’t he a little cutie?

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More tunes for Sam

| July 22, 2009

We’ve been pretty busy lately getting ready for the shower but have found time to play some new music for Sam. I finally got around to playing an album for her from my favorite band Morphine,  “Cure for Pain.” Recently I have been playing David Gilmour “On an Island” a lot. We both like the Smithereens so we played “11” and “Green Thoughts” a few times.

Like I guess most Americans, the passing of Michael Jackson reminded me just how good some of his records are; we listened to a new copy of the Thriller album which sounded just fantastic.  Last night we played Led Zepplin records which Muffin really enjoyed. A lot of nights when I get home before Pam I will slip on some Stevie Ray Vaughan records while I am getting dinner ready, namely “Texas Flood”, “Couldn’t Stand the Wether” and “In Step”.  For some reason which I cannot fathom, Pam doesn’t like SRV but that won’t stop me from playing him for Sam! There was one SRV song she recently admitted liking (Riviera Paradise) so maybe he is growing on her 🙂

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