I’ve been dying to put this news on here but waited until my sister Lisa gave me the green light: she and Phillip are pregnant! She’s due about 6 weeks after we are, and we are all thrilled to be on this journey together. Theirs will be the first grandbaby on Phillip’s side and just barely the second on our side, so 2008 looks to be a HUGE year for several different families. Lisa and Jenny have already talked several times about how they’re feeling and what’s going on. I’m sure they’ll have fun shopping for baby things together later on. We’re also thankful that we relatively close to each other so that the new cousins can grow up together. I got to see my cousins fairly often growing up – not as often as I’d like, but enough that they are still dear to me. We hope to continue that heritage.

In other news, the TV of Greatness has arrived, and we love it! I brought Mom over to watch the Australian Open in HD, and I might have convinced her to get on board. We’re having a great time with it watching tennis, a few HD channels, and a couple of movies using our new upconverting DVD player that came free with the TV. Unfortunately, it’s also tempting us to upgrade other parts of our home theater system. My huge Klipsch center channel is too big and heavy to fit on top, so I did order a smaller one by Polk from Amazon. But I’m trying to be patient on the other elements, or at least be smart about them and not blow all our money on toys. Jenny’s mom is having a garage sale this spring, which would be a great time to sell our old TV and some speakers instead of Craigslisting them. Maybe we’ll win that Best Buy gift card from Southwest’s employee drawing and take home those magnificent Martin Logan tower speakers I heard the other day. (ha!) For the record, I have the coolest wife in the world. She basically told me that home audio is my department and to do whatever I think is best. I love you, baby!