Merry Christmas, everyone!

It has been eventful, to say the least. It all started on Wednesday. That's the day we took off for our southeastern "world tour" as I call it. We loop to Greenville, SC, and then on to the ATL. It took us the better part of the day to finish wrapping gifts, pack the car, tend to the baby, etc. We were nearly done, when Jerod took the mostly-packed car to run a few final errands while I fed the baby and finished my packing and attempt at house-cleaning. As the baby lay sleeping in my arms, I heard my phone ring...good thing I checked it after strapping Shepard in his car seat to finish his nap (I thought we were leaving in the next 20 minutes). Jerod forgot his phone but was using someone's cell to let me know that our mostly-packed car was STUCK in the CAR WASH at the BP station down the road!!! Stuck. Like wouldn't start.
By the time I fetched my awesome neighbors...one to listen for the kid and one to drive me to the BP...some kind folks had helped him get the car out of the car wash! We didn't end up leaving until nearly 5 pm. And we had started trying to get out of the house around 8:30 am! It was enough to make me hate Christmas travel, but it was good to see smiling faces of family on the other end.
sidebar: when you have pre-paid childcare one block from your house, it's ridiculous NOT to use it while you pack up. We would have saved three hours easily had we taken Shepard to school. We just weren't thinking clearly.
We got to hang out with Uncle Matt, Grandma Jones, Uncle Justin and Aunt Jessica and cousins Madeleine and Micah for a few days, opening our bounty of gifts on Christmas Eve morning. Shepard was pretty laid back about everything. Just looked around and took it all in. He was very interested in eating tissue paper, and mildly interested in some of the items he received. He doesn't know it yet, but he got some GOOD STUFF!
As the Columbia Joneses departed, the rest of us made a dinner of pasta with browned butter and mizithra cheese...so good. Then we trekked to Uncle Matt's house for the evening. Around 3 am, I noticed that Jerod wasn't in bed...but as I heard him coughing from the next room, I assumed that the sinus funk he'd been battling had taken a turn toward cough-land and he didn't want to keep the baby and me up. Around 4 am, he crawled to the door and needed some help. He had been experiencing the great white throne-hugging for several hours. It was bad.
So, our Christmas morning consisted of hurriedly getting ready and whisking him to the ER after giving Grandma a list of Shepard's schedule. After ten hours of straight nausea, vomiting and other...um...yeah...Jerod was pretty dehydrated and not getting any better. While we waited for the fluids and meds to kick in, I fetched the book I just started on from the car...ironically titled "Skipping Christmas" by John Grisham. Sometime while we were trapped in the ER, it started snowing. It was lovely, but at this point, I had a sick hubs, a champion Grandma who had been watching the baby all day, and a sick Uncle...and we all needed transport along with two dogs and all of our stuff. The roads were looking a little dicey, and we weren't sure we could get back the next day. So, I loaded up the car in the snow...and later ventured out to a 24 hour CVS for meds and gatorade...and was so thankful to find a Chinese restaurant open on Christmas!
What a day.
So, we'll have some pictures and videos up before too long...I haven't even told you about the next leg of the journey. We'll just say that apparently, Shepard and I are carriers of the evil Bah Hum(stomach)bug!
This has been one crazy holiday.

Merry Christmas from The Joneses

Motorboats and Squeals of Delight

Just this week, Shepard has started making this funny "raspberry" motorboat sound. Here ya go...

Christmas, Tricks, and Little Lambs

Before you watch this darling video of my darling (hee hee), an update on the Shepard. He is currently eating his feet and laughing a lot. He's also started truly rolling from back to tummy and then tummy to back again. We'll see when he puts it together that if he doesn't stop in the middle he might get somewhere! Yikes. We have some sincere baby-proofing to begin around these parts. His little hands are learning that they can grab most anything that's in reach, including mommy's jewelry. (dang it) Now if Mommy could just find those easy-release silver hoops she just bought...(double dang it).
Tonight Shepard was fussy, perhaps working out some of the day's air intake (cough cough) via his intestines. Poor little guy. I finally calmed him back down and thought I'd put his little lamb blanket/stuffed animal in so he had something to hold on to. Worked like a charm. And yes, I know. His name is Shepard. He's snuggling with a lamb. In my defense, it was a lovely gift from his Aunt Suzi and Uncle Harry before we even knew he was a he and before we had even considered the name. I can see on the monitor that he is snoozing away with it now.
Here's our Christmas video. I'm pretty sure I mixed and matched the verses on that song, but Shepard doesn't know the difference. Stay tuned to the website for a great video of "motorboat mouth."

Hey Santa!

Santa Claus came to town! And Shepard seemed just fine with that. Here are the pics...our digital "holiday card" will be posted this week, but just to tide you over, here are some Santa shots. 

(grandparents, your prints are on the way!)

Snow Baby!

I took a whole entourage to Bristol, TN last weekend. The Christmas production I'm in, The Birth, was performing two nights at King College in conjunction with the Buechner Institute (Frederick Buechner wrote the better part of the source material). All of that to say...what a lovely drive through the mountains! And on Saturday morning, we were greeted with a dusting of snow. Just enough to make everything lovely, but not to make things treacherous.
Of course, this was Shepard's very first snow. I'm quite sure he won't remember a thing. And he didn't really seem all that enthusiastic about it. But then again, he is just five months old. I'm going to have to update my own snow wardrobe to be sure that when our next Carolina snow hits, and he is old enough; I can get out there and make snow angels and all the rest with him. (leave it to me to make it about a wardrobe issue!)
So, here are a few pics of Shepard's First Snow! And this darling carriage we found just sitting on a side street. Jerod would not let me climb in. So we just stood there for a moment while Nana snapped away.

Snug as a bug...in a sling

When in doubt, check it out...with your mouth

Mmmmm. Hand.

That's for real cute.

Look. White.

Are we about done here? 'Cause it's warmer in the car.

Thanksgiving, Part 2: Cousins

Shepard got to hang out with ALL THREE of his cousins at Thanksgiving. Super!

Grandma has a lap full of love

Tux and Jonathan eagerly await some TURKEY!

Cousin Madeleine had lots of love to give.

Thanksgiving, Part One

I wish you could have smelled the delightful smells in the kitchen. Here's Shepard's pre-Thanksgiving feast with special guest MADELEINE! Madeleine is Shepard's sweet cousin.



And here's the actual EATING...

Weekend Visit pics

Crab!

Sweet.

Hey Mommy!

We love visits. Thanks for coming up to see us Uncle Harry and Aunt Suzette! We had fun at IKEA and getting sushi (Shepard's not eating the sushi just yet) and generally hanging out. The weather was perfect and it's just good to be together.

Aunt Suzette likes me and the aquarium very much.

Uncle Harry joins us...Shepard is fascinated with his hands.

Aunt Suzi and Uncle Harry are coming!

Last Friday, I was able to be off to get some housework done and might have enjoyed my time with my little man too. :) He found his FEET on this day and started grabbing them mightily. Just a few weeks after I finally found the PERFECT SOCKS that don't come off. Sigh. I will likely spend a lot of time figuring out ways around his new discoveries. Uncle Harry and Aunt Suzi were on their way. Pics of them to come.

The Sun'll come out tomorrow!

OK. This is really indulgent on mom's part. This is basically just five minutes' worth of hanging out with the kid. The only interesting thing is when Barley enters late in the game. And by interesting, I mean there's something to look at besides Shepard's face. And we practiced a tune from "Annie" near the end.

So, this is new.

Hey look! I'm learning how to use a spoon to eat cereal!

JUMP!

It's the jumperoo! Like an exersaucer with bungees. Here's our first go at it...

I'm tall. By Shepard

Modeling my new beanie from Nicole

Today I went to see the doctor. He's a big guy who always pokes at me and puts the cold tubey thing on my chest. He also looks in my ears. I guess he's making sure I still have a brain or something.
He says I look very good. Then the short blond lady comes in and I don't know what she was doing on my leg 'cause I was looking at mommy but it pinched and made me cry. Mommy said that it would keep me healthy. Mommy thought she was making me think about something else with that bug toy but it still hurt but only for a minute then I was better.
In the folder with all of my stuff the doctor wrote on the tall chart, "Father 6'10"." That must mean something about Daddy being as tall as the doorway. I wonder if I will be tall like a doorway. I am taller than 95% of other baby boys my age. Mommy knew this must be happening because every time she puts a new outfit on me it doesn't seem to fit right. I thought maybe she would cry this morning when those brown overalls were too short. She called them highwaters and showed Daddy and said it's all your fault. And my ankles got cold. So she took them off and was talking about how she would have to learn how to sew more than just german outfits so she could make clothes that would fit me. I hope she works something out because I don't just want for my ankles to be cold a lot.

Smiling boy with cow and pig

Everything else is going just fine. I already weigh 15 and a half pounds so the doctor said I could eat some cereal. I wonder if that tastes like what Mommy and Daddy eat, because sometimes their food is stinky like that curry stuff Daddy eats. I'm not sure about all that. I will let you know what I decide.  I like being four months old because I get to sit in my bumbo seat and I think they are going to put together my exersaucer. I think I will like to exersauce. I have seen my friends exersauce at school and it looks like fun especially because there are things I can put in my mouth and press on.

Mmmm...pork.

I like school pretty good. I get to see other babies there and play with them and nap. Speaking of nap...see you later!

Election Day and such

I had the great pleasure of having Election Day off today and got to spend some QT with my little man. He's just as sweet as can be. Every day I marvel at how perfect he is...how blue his eyes are (crazy genetics!)...how his smile sort of lights up the universe...you know...usual mommy stuff.
We are in that period before he gets mobile and too curious. I'll admit that it's still nice to be able to lay him on a blanket and go to the next room for a minute without worrying if he'll eat something or take all the DVDs out of the drawer. I keep bracing myself for the day when I find him playing in the toilet water or something.
He fit into a six-month outfit today just fine. YIKES! I guess I'll need to pull that stash of 6-month stuff out of the attic one day soon and continue packing up those littlest clothes. October was a chock-full month of milestones, some sad and some fun. I find myself looking forward to the holidays and already wishing I could find more time in each day to pour into my home and family. It seems so difficult to do the smallest tasks like dishes...I am struggling to figure out how to make the holidays a time of peace and wonder as they should be. I have long-since given up on any sort of Rockwellian perfection and will just go with what we can do in the time we have.

We'll go in for his four-month check-up this week, and I expect to start figuring out other kinds of foods besides just mom's milk.  This is all happening so fast. As everyone has said, one day you turn around and they're in school...sigh. I do want to be sure I'm remembering the little moments well. That's another reason for this blog/site. I don't want his first year to have passed in a blur of seasons changing and not remember his toothless grin at four months.
Oh...and we voted today. Shepard and I. I think it was his first election. Of course, he just perched in his little pouch and fought off being drowsy. The insanity of the campaign was lost on him this time. Thank God.
Now, I need to go check in on those election results and do one more bottle...and dry my hair...and fall in bed.
~The Mommy

Happy Halloween!

We just couldn't resist making pun of our child this year...It's a German Shepard.

Our little pumpkin

One year ago yesterday, we found out about our little "pumpkin." That's what we called him until we found out he was a he. And here we are one year later. An armful of pumpkin-y goodness! This isn't his official halloween costume, but just a super-cute jammie set from Grandma J.

Bumbo. The magic baby armchair!

Ooooh. Ahhhh. Yeah, this one is nothing too exciting either. Just a slice of life.

Random video

Just to tide you over until I come up with something more exciting...

Whose child is this?

Shepard will often be doing something fun or funny; but when I reach for the video camera and get it going, he sometimes gets shy. (I wonder if he's mine!?! I mean, really.) Here's Daddy defending Shepard's right not to be a trained monkey.  :)

It's Fall, Y'all!

We were able to hit the Windy Hill Orchard Apple Festival last weekend. The sun was bright, and it was a beautiful day. Shepard hung out with some pumpkins...after he took a long nap. Mommy was delighted to get a caramel/candy apple! Next year, he'll probably really enjoy the pigs, goats, hayride, etc. This year, we just had a nice time being outside under the beautiful Carolina sky.

We are Three.

We had our photog-friend Mike Lamb take some pics of us in August. Our first "Family portraits..." Here's one...{Shepard was about 5 weeks}

Daddy is silly

A recent session of "Piggy Nose!"

Birthdays and Pictures!

We have lots of October birthdays to celebrate. Grandma Jones was yesterday...the 13th.

Aunt Jessica is the 15th and Papa Giles is the 20th!

I don't know how it's happened, but I still don't have a picture of the baby with Aunt Jessica (shoot!).

Happy Birthday, everyone!

Pictures with Papa...

We said goodbye to Papa Jones last Friday. Just in body...he lives on in our memories and in our hearts. We will surely miss his presence here on earth. Here are some pictures from Saturday, Oct. 2. It was a long week, but good to be among our family and even extended family.

{remember, you can double-click on pics to see them larger}

We love you, Papa Jones

We had an amazing Saturday. The Lord saw fit to bring all four grandparents together for the first time. As it happened, it would also be the only time. We said goodbye to Papa Jones just this morning. ON Saturday, he was in good spirits and we enjoyed the beautiful fall weather at Glencairn Garden for a few hours. I will always treasure the pictures we got and this video. (they didn't know I was taping until I started talking...) He's on the far right.
I'm so thankful for the time we had to be with him, and that he was able to share in Shepard's life if only for a few months.



Mr. and Mrs. Jones would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on November 18. I thank them for the heritage of commitment that they passed on to Jerod. Mr. Jones passed on a love of nature, music, antiques and a tenacious work ethic to my own sweet husband. I am forever endebted to him for the man that I married.

We love you, Papa Jones. And Lord, be with Rosalie and the boys and family in this time.

My baby has a muffin top...and I helped!

Thank God, he's getting more and more rolls and stuff. Here's a good view of the muffin top.

We're loving the weekends around here

Having Shepard in child care through the week is tough...I'm not going to lie. So, when we get the chance to cuddle, play, sing and generally hang out all day, we are LOVING it. And we have to squeeze in some laundry and stuff too. Weekends are like a little oasis in the hot desert and oh-so-precious. And of course, I have to whip out the video camera. This one is like five minutes long...and I never seem to have any plan of what we might talk about. Good thing it's just fun to look at a baby! Enjoy this week's installment of "Hangin' with Shepard." (12 weeks)

Emerson was right

“There was never a child so lovely

but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

{pic is from when Shepard was about two weeks old}

We have hit a milestone! Shepard has slept through the night two nights in a row. Before you go telling me all about how they may do that once and never do it again--whatever! That's fine. At least he's done it twice, and now I know he CAN.  :)

I usually sleep with the monitor pretty close to my head because I am a heavy sleeper. I woke up at 2:15 am Monday night wondering why I hadn't heard him, checked the volume, and thought, "he'll probably wake up in about an hour, so I'll just check on him then." I heard him finally at 5:30 am!

Then, last night he ate and went down for the final time around 10:30 (after having been asleep since about 6:30 already), and slept in until about 6:15 am! I never heard a peep. The funniest thing was he somehow shimmied all the way down his snuggler (used to elevate his head) and turned completely around and was facing the other end of the crib when he woke up! I have no idea how he did that. I guess just scooting. He's not rolling yet...not all the way over. It looked like someone had picked him up and flipped him around.

In any case, I was pretty darn excited to have gotten more than 3 hours sleep all together at the same time. Now, if I could just get in bed earlier, we'd all be well-rested. 

Makin' Faces

Mommy was quiet on this one...just making faces behind the camera...and letting it drift a little at the end oops).

Here's looking at you, kid!

Yes, most days I just want to hold him and squeeze him and call him my own. And stare at his perfect face. Especially when I've been working all week and it's FRIDAY! He still sleeps quite a lot, so getting some moments with him awake is a special treat during the week. The grandparents have been requesting a longer video so they can sit and look at him too. So here's a long-form video with not much more than just Shepard checking out the world, some Daddy, Sir Prance-a-lot and me narrating, if I may use the term loosely.
Shortly after this, Shepard went to bed for the night and I took an intense two-hour-plus death-nap on the sofa (accidentally--one minute I was watching "Project Runway," and I awoke at 10 pm wondering what day it was...). And that, my friends, is an awesome Friday night around here. Five-thirty am comes early. And we're just kinda pooped on the weekend. We're enjoying our Saturday with laundry and house-work. Enjoy the video!

First week of school

So, I was holding Shepard today and he started talking up a storm. Forgive the REALLYCLOSE angle and slight fuzziness. It's hard to hold a baby and get good video at the same time. I'm working on not cutting off his forehead so much.  :)

Some pictures for fun

Just hangin' out in my nursery. Rockin' in the rockin' chair. Thinkin' about milk and stuff.




















I realized as I was leaving for work that we were both sporting some stripes.

They don't fit yet; but it was so sunny, Mommy thought she'd give them a whirl.

Awkward pose and looking off into the distance pensively.

Shepard made the President's Opening Address!

...at Winthrop University.  :)

Here is a link to the full address.

Here is the quote from the address that mentions my sweet boy. For context, he is describing the year 1992, the year in which most entering freshmen were BORN (geesh) and the rise of the digital native...i.e. most of the current college students have grown up gathering information and learning via computer/online.

Here it is:

"The shifting sands of technology and commerce swirled around us, and the students who came to us in those years gradually started reflecting the social and economic changes that were afoot – and not just in their fashion statements or taste in music.



That shift has been so accelerated and profound that I learned the other day that one of the newest members of Winthrop’s extended family – barely a month old –has his own personal web site in place on the World Wide Web, and already has appeared on You Tube, not once, but twice!"

Very cool. Thanks, Dr. D!
http://www.winthrop.edu/

Shepard Jones: future Winthrop Eagle, class of 2032. (remind me to insert a picture of him in his Winthrop bib...)

Back-pedaling: Nursery

I want to make this blog/website comprehensive...kind of like an online baby book. So, I might be posting some "back-pedaling" entries. Here's a collage of Shepard's nursery. It's such a relaxing room that it usually puts Mommy and Daddy to sleep when we're in there at night. But I also like that it has bursts of color and should serve him well for the next few years with some tweaks.

Introducing....

Birth announcement: Designed by "Mommy." Here's a virtual version. {you can always click a picture to see a full-size version}

Shepard's BFF and story time

The beginnings of conversation and his BFF hanging on the wall.

Word of the day..."Mamamamamamamamama"

He gets a little camera-shy, but I'm pretty sure there's a laugh and a smile in here. And a few coos and gurgles.
Two month-birthday.

Two months!

Shepard is two months old! We went to the doctor this morning for his check-up and got his latest "stats."
He is 23.5" long (68th percentile); 12 pounds, 2.8 oz (64th percentile), and his head measures 15.6 inches (39th percentile). His weight to length percentile is like 38th, so he's longish and leanish. So...clearly not taking after me. {Shelley} Poor thing had to get a few shots and an oral vaccine, but his discomfort seemed short-lived.
He is basically sleeping about 6-7 hours at night without having to feed, with a solid 3 hour sleep just before that. That doesn't quite mean that mom gets that much sleep just yet, as he has needed a bit of momentary consoling here and there during that span; however, usually just a rub on the back and replacing the pacifier is all it takes. Hopefully, I can log some more hours without interruption soon because I'm starting to think I will never get my brain back. Mom-nesia is a REAL THING.
I return to work tomorrow for a few hours and Shepard will go to "school." Just prayerful that we have a good transition all the way around. And that my momnesia doesn't affect me too much at work. Thankful for a cup of morning coffee and great co-workers.
Jerod has started school with students this week, and is already in the thick of it with a new year. We've had a few back-to-school socials where we showed off our sweet Shepard. "Mr. Jones" is well-loved by his Woodlawn School family.
{insert mommy yawn here}
At the moment, I'm deciding whether to wake up the wee one for his "lunch." He should be hungry by now, but he's sleeping so well...I'm certainly ready for lunch, so I might go make that happen.

Hee hee hee hee haa haa haa haa!

Shepard has learned the fine art of the social smile. I hope to capture it soon. He is also googling (not on the computer!) and gurgling and making noises other than "I'M STARVING! DOES ANYONE HEAR ME! STARVING! HELLOOOO?!!!???" which sounds a lot like a cry. Not that we're withholding food, mind you.
As a friend said tonight, he's turning into a baby...to which I replied..."You mean, not a lump that sleeps all the time?" And yes. He was a cute sleeping lump, but we're starting to get those wee glimpses of person and personality.
We visited his new school today for a while and met his "teachers." I'm not sure what else to call them. They must have a lot of patience. I can't quite imagine multiplying Shepard by 7 and handling that well. He's sweet, but MAN! That's a lot of diapers and tending.
We're fairly sure he's at least four feet tall now (I joke, I joke, I kid), but looking forward to his two-month visit next week. I'll be sure and post his stats. I will return to work next week, so I'm having mixed emotions about all of that. He's been my sidekick now for eight weeks. Thankfully, I can ease into things with several half-days and Labor Day off.
Signing off now. Hoping to get a wee nap before the next feeding.

~The Mom.

That's quite a mobile

Sometimes I just like to sit and stare at him. So I'm letting you join me. Shepard has really taken to his mobile of late, so I cranked it up before bath time. This is really all I have until he starts sitting up or telling knock-knock jokes...so bear with me.

Rollin' along.

Finally. I captured the roll over on video today! This is a good trick for a seven-week-old.



Impressive!

SAY CHEESE!

We try to keep the camera handy so we can capture moments like this: (click on pic to see enlarged)

Just some play time...

Rub a Dub Dub...Cute kid in a tub

We really like bath time now. The "man hands" in the video are Jerod. Kinda looks like Shelley since I'm narrating it. Funny!

I'm one month old today! {by Shepard}

I went to the doctor today; and he said I'm thriving, I have good color, and big feet. (People keep talking about my feet...especially Mommy)
I am just a little over 10 pounds, 22 and 3/4 inches long, and my head is 15 inches all the way around. I'm growing like a weed! Though I think I'm cuter than a weed. Except dandelions. Those are nice-looking weeds.
I'm just about out of my smallest onesies now and have pretty much graduated to size one diapers. I like to see how many diapers I can fill each day. I really like to do the poops when Daddy is holding me. Even better if I can get him to change me and then do a re-fill.
What?
Oh, mom says I'm not supposed to talk about poop so much.
Alright.
Well, life is good. Please enjoy these videos. One is of me sucking my pacifier like IT'S MY JOB, and the other is me drifting off to sleep in my crib today.
{YAWN}

Smile!

Well, he can't really smile yet...but we got a few pics at Mike's place before Shepard was done. Here's one of my favorites...

Shepard in a suitcase. Or "Special Delivery"

Jerod playing Flea Circus

So, at Mike's studio...Jerod found a way to entertain himself while I fed Shepard...
Mike had a game from the 60's called Flea Circus, and Jerod decided to see if the fleas could walk the tightrope. Please note the background music...

Now THAT was a field trip!

On Friday, we decided to take a big field trip...we were pretty house-bound and were ready to bust out of Rock Hill. Also, our friend Mike is a photographer and has a studio near Greenville, SC. And finally, and most importantly, Shepard needed to meet his Papa Jones, who has been in the hospital since before he was born. So--we planned ahead and made a day of it.
I was shocked by the sheer amount of STUFF we had to think about taking! But, we seemed to get everything we needed, and Shepard traveled like a pro. We won't make a habit of dragging a newborn all over creation, but there were extenuating circumstances.

Here's a teaser from Shepard's photo shoot. He wasn't 100% on board with the whole picture-taking thing. As a matter of fact, we got very few shots overall. I guess taking off all his clothes and putting him down on various surfaces just wasn't his idea of fun. His idea of fun seems to be tinkling on Daddy at any given moment!

So, we'll try again sometime. We'd at least like to get a picture of the three of us, and I want to get some of his sweet feet.  ;) He seemed most inclined to liking this fluffy white rug.

Papa Jones was in a physical rehab facility on Friday, so we were able to stop by. (He has since re-entered the hospital, so please pray that he gets better!)
Here are three generations of Jones boys.

Grandma Jones was thrilled to be able to hang out with Shepard again, and even got to feed him.

We topped it all off with a trip to Anita's Mexican Restaurant, and that all made for a VERY long but good day. We were happy to follow it up with a lazy Saturday around the house. Well, I was happy to...Jerod gets antsy and wants to have projects and errands. Bless his heart. It's too hot to do much of anything except soak in our air-conditioning. I have been watching enough home design shows to have earned a certificate in home design shows. Never thought I could overdose on those, but it's happened. So, I hit the computer and designed Shepard's birth announcement...coming soon to a home near YOU!

More Shepard.

Shepard has a kodak gallery online...
Just in case you want MORE PICTURES of the boy wonder.  :)
He doesn't really have any new tricks this week. He does LOVE his bathtime now, which is great. I was a little worried after that first bath. Here's a pic from his last bath. The bathtub is PINK, thank you very much. It was also FREE (thank you, Baldwins). I figured he doesn't know the difference, and we won't be using it forever.