iPod speakers for Eggy's room?

Your wish is granted... but I didn't really realize it was on our Eggy budget - I knew this was Lisa's "last" birthday as a wife before she became a mom.  From that point on, we have pretty much assumed our gifts for each other will be toned down for a while... so I wanted this one to be something for HER - Lisa loves music so much (as you can tell by her post) and I know she wants to pass along that love for music to Eggy.

sonos s5 - coolest audio system ever!

I got the new Sonos S5 system - so I'm a bit of a gadget geek, so I'd heard of the system and how audiophiles go gaga over it, but even I didn't realize how cool it was.  Ten minutes out of the box, I had Pandora streaming Decembrists for her, and was setting up NPR and ESPN Talk Radio stations.  Not to mention Lisa's entire inventory of (mostly legally acquired) music.

sonos ecosystem

The system is so cool - we can control it from either of our laptops or iPhones to play different music in different rooms.  So, Lisa can have Pandora playing in the living room, while I enjoy Mike & Mike in the Morning in the bedroom.  Who knows what we'll be streaming for eggy - but I know the sound fidelity will be great!

The whole "networked" home is becoming more and more a reality for us - we've got a wireless Networked Attached Storage (2 terabytes!) which basically is our media server for music & pictures, we stream high def video thru Netflix via Roku box, have a wireless Brother printer, and now Sonos!  I hope they don't determine all these wireless devices don't cause some bad ailment someday!

Why we need iPod speakers in the nursery...

As soon as I saw R post our Eggy budget on this blog, I knew someone would ask why iPod speakers made it on the list of things to buy, and something as obvious as diapers did not. And sure enough, within 24 hours, someone asked that exact question!

I was thinking about this last night while R, M and I were at a Decemberists concert.

I've been following this band for almost 10 years now - it was my 6th Decemberists concert, Marc's 4th, Richard's 3rd and Eggy's 1st. Last night's show was good, if a little predictable. But as I was listening to Colin Meloy sing "Red, Right Ankle", just him and his guitar and a brief bit on an accordion,  I got tears in my eyes at how sweet the song is. And I made a mental list that it should go on Eggy's playlist. I have these day dreams that during those 1st three months after we bring Eggy home from the hospital, I'll be swaying along to some of those songs in the nursery, hopefully comforting little Eggy into sleep.

Who knows if that will really happen, but its a vision that helps me get through the fear of what else will be going on those 1st few months. If anyone has suggestions for other songs that little Eggy might like, I'll add them to the list! I know Uncle E is going to send me songs by fabulous divas, Abba will probably suggest Beethoven and my mom will throw out tunes by Rob Thomas. We'll just have to see which ones Eggy likes best!