Bruce's House of Yoga (and other collected stories)

My Boy is Here!

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Finnian Gray Sturgell was born Friday, May 21st at 3:37 AM. He weighed 7lbs and was 20 inches long. He’s a healthy, happy baby boy, and Shanna and I are ecstatic. It feels like the last nine months flew by and he’s here. We can’t tell who he looks like yet, but I’m pretty sure he’s got his Mom’s nose. I’m adding more photos at Facebook, and I’ll try to get more added here as well.

Thanks to everyone for their kind words and congratulatory phone calls (and visits). It means a lot to know everyone is interested and happy for us.

Song(s) of the Day 5/20/10 –

Today, two great things are happening. We’re currently awaiting the birth of my Son, Finnian, and one of the greatest bands around, Arcade Fire released snippets of two songs from their forthcoming album. Listen here: http://www.arcadefire.com/

The Due Date Has Arrived

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my smiley niece with her dad

Today was our due date. The baby, however, seems to be unaware of this. Shanna is feeling some interesting changes and pressure and pains, so I don’t think we’ll have much longer to wait. I’m glad, because I’m eager to see him. It feels like we’ve been waiting for sooooooo long. Since there’s no baby picture to show here, enjoy another photo of my oldest niece, Madyson and her Daddy, my brother, Sean.

As the baby gets here, the site may be a little more difficult to update on a regular basis, but I’ll do my best to keep things moving. I’m sure there will be more photos added in the coming weeks, even as i focus a bit less on work and more on family.

Song of the Day 5/19/10 – Between The Lines

STP is back, and man, I until I heard their new stuff, I didn’t realize how much I missed them. Here’s the 1st single off the self titled album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzS590AkE6c

One Week and Counting

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Only one sweet week until my baby boy’s due date. (the baby in the photo is Madyson, my beautiful Niece) Until now, it felt like time moved by pretty quickly. With only one week left, it feels like things are slowing down. That gives me more time to be nervous about everything: do we have all the clothing and diapers we need (yes to clothing, no to diapers)? Is the crib put together correctly? Isn’t there a certain way to hold a baby? I keep finding more ridiculous things to concern myself with – all things I know are already under control. I’m really just ready for him to arrive, so I can sort of jump in and go with it. Knowing that I’ll become a Father soon has really made me think a lot about family and how much it means to me. With one phase of my life ending and another one beginning, it is interesting to look back and think about the things I was focused on in the past – mostly career oriented and more selfish things. I don’t think you can stay that way and never consider what else you’re missing in your life…I think it gets toxic after a while if you stay like that.

I’ve been lucky in a lot of things in my life, and I’m ready to take this step toward something much more important than titles and salaries, and going out, and deadlines. I’m excited find out where life takes me next.

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I forgot about the ad club meeting! let the games begin!

Today is a sushi day!

And in the middle of running errands, we somehow ended up with a brand new dining room & bedroom set. i blame spring cleaning!

today is chore day - oh so many chores