We're getting... Old.

Ashley and I at the Fox Theater... you can BARELY see us!

(Death Cab during the song "Grapevine Fires")

It's a known fact that I am a big fan of going to concerts. Well, for the bands I like of course. Last night we went to the Death Cab for Cutie concert. I hated that it was on a week night, but it was so much fun! We went with Clint and the Terry's and had lots of fun jamming out with all the teenagers in their cool clothes and ability to not be exhausted the next day with only 6 measly hours of sleep... Ryan and I have realized that staying up late is just not a good option for us. I complained to Clint how old I was in comparison to the majority of the crowd there... how I SO don't fit in with the cool kids, and I'm a fat mom, hahaha! Then like 2 seconds later I said "I need my glasses, I can't see anything" and he laughed hysterically at me. Punk. (But I love ya...)

On the way to go pick up the Terry's, Ryan was talking to his dad and told him we were going to a concert, when Ryan told him the name of the band his dad automatically said "WHO? WHAT?" that made me think to myself- where on earth DID they come up with that name anyway?... silly Ben Gibbard. Apparently there was a song in a Beatles film called Magic Mystery Tour called "Death Cab for Cutie". And per Wikipedia: In the style of several early death rock songs, such as "Teen Angel", it tells a story of youthful angst: "Cutie" who goes out on the town against her lover's wishes. "Last night Cutie caught a cab, uhuh-huh..." She is killed when the taxicab she is in runs a red light and crashes. Interesting huh? To me anyway...

So anyway, we saw them at the Fox Theater and we had good seats. (They are who we saw the night we got engaged 2 1/2 years ago at the same venue!) We were pretty close, but I wanted to get a little closer so I talked Clint in to going up to the front for a second until we got caught and he humored me. We stood for a minute and watched and then saw the security guard telling someone else in front of us to get going so we did too. I got a little bit of video though for you D.C.F.C. fans.


They also sang our "Benny Song" which was fun. Ryan wanted me to record a little bit of it too. It was a fun night!


I think Ben is getting some teeth. I'm not sure how many exactly, but I'm thinking at least 3 all at once. Poor kid has a nasty diaper rash and is grumpy and probably in a lot of pain. He got to hang out with Aunt DJ last night though and even did an iChat with Grandma and Grandpa in UT! Before we went to the concert we had to go get dog food and while we were at the pet store I let him walk around by himself instead of holding him. He enjoyed it a lot! I think it's fun to see things from that perspective for him! It's so fun seeing him grow up. He's blowing kisses now and saying "by-bye" when he does it! So cute. And he's figured out where shoes go, and tries to put socks on by himself. He found a pair of Ryan's the other day and tried putting them on himself, so Ryan helped him out and they came up to his thighs... but he was walking proud! We were doing an iChat with my parents the other night and he was walking around playing and he brought one of my shoes to me and tried to put it on my foot! He's a smarty pants... in my humble opinion. He's saying "Ally" a lot too. He understands words and is getting in to his habits. He knows where to go when we say it's time for bed or let's go to your room or in the morning he'll say bye-bye when he knows it's time to leave. Our goal for the next few months, to get him away from the binky. Wish us luck! This may be a little bit of a battle!
I wish more than anything right now I was in bed, asleep. Oh man, our soft cool sheets sound so comfy right now. Here's to hoping I'll get to bed early tonight!