olive days and olive nights

just to clear the air, the last two photos on the last post were not our baby. they were the result of a google image search for 'newborn asian baby'. it was a bad joke. but here are some more pictures of our real baby from the hospital and at home.

somehow the tv in the delivery room ended up on c-span while Olive was born. we think this choice in television programming was representative of what a boring and mellow baby she's been so far. not that we're complaining. we love our boring, mellow baby.

since she was an ASU girl in the womb she's been insisting we let her sunbathe in the window a few times a day.

today was our fourth wedding anniversary. i'm sure that next year we'll want to go out and enjoy just each other for a night while someone babysits her, but this year it felt really nice to hang out at home with our new gal and watch the celtics beat the lakers. here's hoping that on anniversary number five the Suns are still playing. know what i mean guys?
also, big thanks to all the friends, family, and strangers that have shown our family their love and support in the past few days.

olive amelia brown

she was born on June 7th at 11:51pm. 7 lb 14 oz. 20''. she is swollen but pretty sweet. she seems like a good child.

25 on the 25th

Continuing on with her already busy month of May, Lindsay remembered to have a birthday. She does this every year on May 25th. This 25th of May also marks her 25th year at it. From what I think I have read, this can be considered quite a milestone as centuries ago some women in some cultures probably didn't always last very many years (via poor healthcare, witchhunts, etc.). I'm very glad that she has broken the mold. Maybe, just maybe '(her) and I are gonna live forever' (like one of my favorite Oasis songs). But until forever comes I just want to celebrate my ladies' day.
Above are pictures from Lindsay's last night on earth as a twenty-four year old. For pictures of Lindsay's first night on earth as a twenty-five year old click here (or don't!!!).
Happy birthday to Lindsay!

Kanye West - Graduation

Lindsay graduated from ASU this morning! During her time as a Sun Devil she learned all about partying, tanning, and turning a t-shirt into a mini-dress. Impressively, she even saved enough brain space to learn a few useful things about economic development. She is now primed to become a future leader of America, today.
Let me be the first blogger to say congratulations! As someone who technically might not have even graduated from High School, I am truly impressed. Because of her example I now know that 'higher education' is not just hilarious drug slang commonly used in stoner comedies like How High, starring Method Man & Redman.
Early this morning we listened to the Kanye West album Graduation while we got ready. I was dancing pretty hard because the music was moving me, and Lindsay scolded me kind of harshly for wasting time and messing around. I now realize she was right. Today was her Graduation and she was the only one who deserved to dance.
If you want to congratulate her in person, she'll probably be at the Buzz tonight.
- Matthew Brown

A soon to be graduate on the light rail

her name in the bright lights

we both have colds

San Francisco

Neither of the contributing members of Brown Sugar have the desire to give a full accounting of our recent trip to San Francisco, we are too busy watching 16 and Pregnant/reading Farwell to Arms, so here is an artistic expression of how our trip felt using the medium of photography.

at a bus stop in San Jose. just part of the bay area experience, right? we flew into San Jose because we thought we found cheap plane tickets, but soon afterward we found even cheaper tickets directly into San Francisco. But no big deal because after 2 buses, a light rail, and an hour on the BART we made it to our hotel.

a view from our bedroom. the view from within the bedroom will be shown upon request only.

still wondering what a $21 toasted bagel tastes like.

I can never look at joann's the same.

daydreams of Sean Connery's The Rock and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson while we waited to go to Alcatraz.

Locals only

SFMOMA. I am pretty sure that I was in full blown labor while this photo was being taken although I did not know it at the time. I just thought I was travel cranky and wanted a cupcake and a diet coke, after I got home and read what a braxton hicks contraction was I felt as foolish as that golden monkey.

Tried to see if we could catch Dave Eggers at home, but then we realized he doesn't actually live there

a farmers market breakfast

does anyone else dislike the odorous effect that asparagus has on human urine? it's embarrassing.

a lettuce and fireworks show in Chinatown

dreads to his heels

we would have taken a picture of the best crab we've ever eaten, but our fingers were too slick with butter and garlic. highly recommended.

is there room for two more on that train?

photo journal

just did some early spring cleaning for my computer at work. some of the pictures i found saved to my desktop seemed interesting, like maybe they tell the story of the past year in the life of an American dreamer.

a carbon footprint machine

a litter of preemies

our stock press release photo