Three in Tennessee

It's official! The court now views Tatum like we have all along. Exciting, surreal, joyful, final.

It was a special day with Irma, Judge Young, Aaron, Sharon, Bryce, Cory, Melissa, Taylor, Katlin, Jenna, Cassie, Sharon, and Fowler! After court, we went to Cracker Barrel for brunch.

We went to Build-a-Bear to continue a very special tradition that was started by Tatum's birth-mother. The results: Wrigley Rabbit. She plays "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" in honor of the Cubs' 2008 home opener... also today. I'd say it's destiny, but that hasn't worked out too well in the past.

What a great day!

After much ado and many of your suggestions, Fowler and I have named our little music-making duo Rufus Barbae. RB is latin for red beard, so it seems to fit. Thanks to Teri's merchandising genius, I can't wait to see Tatum crawling around in a "Barbae Doll" shirt!

We wrote a song called "Other Side" a few weekends ago and decided to record it last night. It's a laid back road trip song about driving The Dragon. Here's the rough cut before post-production and final mix-down.


So whadyathink?
(this is where you encourage me to excel at my 8-5 job.)

Poor Little T...we went to the doctor yesterday and she has an ear infection and an upper respiratory infection. So, she was pretty glad that adoption day was postponed because she was NOT in the mood to have her picture taken a bazillion times. Nor was she in the mood to meet the judge. :)

I have never seen her scowl and be so upset out in public before. She usually hams it up when she gets compliments, but not yesterday. We went to get her prescription at Target and she wanted me to hold her the entire time. She was giving the stink eye to everyone that talked to her. LOL! It was more scowling and carrying on than I have ever seen her do. Poor baby! She really, really didn't feel good.

So we're hoping that she will feel tons better by next Monday for the big day.

Well, we are rescheduled for next Monday, March 31. This might have all been for the best because Tatum isn't feeling well either. We thought is was just teething, but now we aren't so sure. So, we are calling the doctor as soon as they open today. Hopefully, the judge and Tatum will feel better soon. :)