Best Live Events for 2009 (in no particular order)
The Cave Singers @ Neumos
The Dandy Warhols @ Neumos
Dead Weather @ the Paramount Theater
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Showbox Market
The Moondoggies @ the Crocodile Cafe
Pearl Jam @ Key Arena
Handsome Furs @ Neumos
Champagne Champagne @ the Cha Cha
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Coachella 2009
Ghostland Observatory @ Coachella 2009
Silversun Pickups @ Coachella 2009
The Kills @ Coachella 2009
Crystal Castles @ Coachella 2009
The Presets @ Coachella 2009
M.I.A. @ Coachella 2009

Looking Forward to 2010
Coachella 2010 @ Empire Polo Fields, Indio, CA
Alice in Chains @ the Paramount
Big Pink/A Place to Bury Strangers @ Neumos

Top Albums for 2009 (in no particular order)

Silversun Pickups (Swoon)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (It’s Blitz!)
Handsome Furs (Face Control)
Pearl Jam (Backspacer)
The Cave Singers (Welcome Joy)
Julian Plenti (Julian Plenti… is Skyscraper)
The Thermals – (Now We Can See)
Animal Collective (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
The Big Pink (A Brief History of Love)
The xx (xx)
A Place to Bury Strangers (Exploding Head)
Them Crooked Vultures (Them Crooked Vultures)
Dead Weather (Dead Weather)
New Moon (Soundtrack)
Japandroids (Post-Nothing)
Sonic Youth (The Eternal)

Our new swing is a life saver!  Jake fell asleep for over 2 hours in it the first day.

This is from our weekly update–Jake’s 2 Months old and tracking just like they say!  The little guy is using his hands to grab and it is so cute!

Your baby is becoming very handy. Although she’s already aware of her hands, she’s now inspecting them like Sherlock Holmes. She turns them around, the better to look at her fingers from all sides. She opens and shuts her fists, watching each finger as it moves up and down. To help your baby develop her blossoming hand-eye coordination, try dangling a toy just out of reach so she has to grab for it.

Here’s a little excerpt from our weekly mail on what Jake is up to:

Your baby’s hands should be mostly open now and ready to reach out to the world. Although your baby can’t grab objects just yet, she can grasp things placed in her hands. And once she wraps her hands around something, she might not let go so easily. She’ll also try to bat at objects, so keep potentially dangerous items far from her reach. This means not holding hot liquids or sharp objects while you’re holding her.
Jake’s definitely doing all those things!

We’ll keep you posted.