Hi Joey,

I caught a couple cool new videos recently of you. First another laughing fit while your Buffer (Rocky) runs around the room, and also a video of you climbing up the side of your crib all by yourself! You do that all the time now, I it's a good thing to show you. Sorry the quality isn't that great, the video is from my cellphone.

Love, Daddy

Wow. Where to begin. Joey, for as long as I can remember, I knew I wanted to be a Mom one day. I thought about names, and envisioned what my children would look like. I used to have dreams about babies that were mine and I would always wake up hoping these dreams would come true one day. Well, they finally have and I can't even begin to explain how wonderful it feels. It is truly overwhelming. You are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, you make the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard and I can't believe you came from me. I am still having trouble wrapping my mind around this whole process. Mommy is feeling a million things all at once and it's amazing and scary at the same time. You are, by far, the most incredible thing that has happened to me and I can't wait to get to know you better and better. Here is my favorite picture of you and I:



I love you Joey. Welcome to the world.

Mommy

Hi Joey, this is your old man here. Since this is the first time we're chewing the fat I suppose I should bring you up to speed with things. So I'm your dad, but like most others I'm sure you've already heard of me and know me more commonly as "Drummer John". But you can just call me daddy, or drummer daddy, or whatever you want really. Now I'm sure you're just thrilled about being the son of a rock god, but the first lesson of being born into greatness is to not let it go straight to your head. But don't worry, you'll be fast tracked into rock greatness and be reaping the benefits in no time! Your training won't begin until your born, although I already have some itunes play lists in the works to ensure you're rock palette will be schooled even while you are still in your mom's tummy.

Speaking of your mom. Her and I used to live in this far away place, cold as hell and rainy like you wouldn't believe, named Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. To be totally fair, despite the cold and rain it's really a beautiful place in the summer anyway. So we moved down here to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico where it's really hot and the beaches are great and everything, and this is where you're going to be born. So since your mom was born Richmond, and I was born in Edmonton, Alberta (also a part of Canada, and hockey capital of the universe, something we will discuss in greater detail in another post) this makes you Canadian. But since you will be born in Mexico, you will also be Mexican. Cool huh?

So we're gonna go for a night swim now with your grandma and grandpa right now. I'll be sure to right more soon. I mean, we have a lot of catching up to do!