These Streets Will Make You Feel Brand New, Big Lights Will Inspire You, Let's Hear It For New York, New York, New York.....

So the big show finally came! Jay-Z: The Blueprint3 Tour! What I've been waiting for for so long! Row 3 Floor seats! The icon, the legend, the man all on his own show!
Let's revisit the last time that Jay-Z was in town, and Mary J Blige came along with him shall we? Let me take you back to Feb 4th, 2008:
This was the "Heart of the City" Tour, and was just as fabulous watching this footage as when I was really there! Come to think of it, I was ROW 3 Floors for that show too!

So Jay-Z brought a whole gang of support with him on this tour. J.Cole and Wale opened up the show. We just showed up in time to catch the last 2 Wale songs, and he did a pretty good job getting the crowd warmed up! In fact, he jumped into the crowd and rapped along with some of his biggest fans who came early.

Then came on N.E.R.D.. I saw them when they came with Kanye at the Glow In The Dark Tour, so it wasn't much new for me. I've always been a quiet NERD fan, but lately they've been getting on my nerves. Chad Hugo wasn't there, and for some reason it was decided that they needed a female voice in the group.

So, they brouht in Rhea who's originally from Ajax Ontario! Good for her, bad for the group, I think. Who are they trying to be now, the Black Eyed Peas? Isn't NERD based with the "Billionaire BOYS Club"? So now that there's a woman in heels hanging with the boys, are they going to achieve the 'cross-over' success that many groups want?

Meh, either way, Pharell does know music, and he knows how to rock a crowd.

I think I still like him as a producer and not as a front man though. His beats are calculated, simplistic, and hot like fire. As a singer though, if I had never known him for making beats, I would probably pass him over.

Oh, and the consummate act in all the N.E.R.D. performances... inviting the ladies up on stage. I know why they do it, I just don't understand why they have to do it at EVERY performance. The crazy other part is that the new girl Rhea fit right in with these girls! The only way you could tell that she was with the band was that she was holding her mic! Scary!

"All the girls standing in the line for the bathroom! All the girls standing in the line for the bathroom!"

And then after short intermission, and even a 2-minute countdown clock, enter Jay-Z.

Hov always knows how to control his audience. Heck, he's been doing it for 13 years!

My digi camera was acting up and I had no time to make the proper adjustments, so most of the pictures were taken with my BlackBerry! At least my BlackBerry was included in the "All Black Everything" theme for the night!

For whatever reason, I act like a geek at these shows. I would love to see it twice just so that the second time around I can just sit, stand, watch, sing, dance, and scream. Instead, I'm texting, making notes of the setlist, filming, snapping pictures, and singing, dancing, and screaming.

For those of you who are curious, the setlist was as follows:
Run This Town
D.O.A.
You Don't Know
99 Problems
Show Me What You Got
All I Need
Jigga My Ni**a
H to the Izzo
Jigga What
PSA
Ain't No Love
Already Home
Empire State of Mind w/Bridget Kelly
A Star Is Born w/J.Cole
So Ambitious w/Pharrell
Successful - Drake
Dirt Off Your Shoulders

Thank You
On to the Next One
Excuse Me Miss
La La La (Excuse Me Miss remix)
Venus vs Mars
Bonnie and Clyde
Lucifer
Swagger Like Us
Can I Get a F*ck You
Big Pimpin
Hard Knock Life
Encore
What We Talkin Bout
"I See You" Audience recognition interlude
Forever Young

Yup, I'm just a geeked out fan geek like that. I didn't memorize the setlist by any means. That would truly be impressive.

It still kind of strikes me though, how lucky I am to have been able to see the only one performer that truly has me starstruck. And to be sitting in Row 3 on the floors TWICE is a whole other blessing!

I've seen my fair share of live shows, and Jay truly can keep a crowd entertained, even if you don't even know one single line of any of his songs!

I think he understands that as an artist/performer/entertainer, there are certain things that people want to see from you, and certain things that you are willing to show to them also. Many people I talked to balked because he didn't perform anything from Reasonable Doubt.

But like he says on his song "On to the Next One", "People want my old sh*t, buy my old albums!"

He definitely could have performed for at least another 2 hours straight with all the songs that he has in his catalogue! Even if it was a one-time performance for 5 hours, with duets and collabos, that would be something to admire!!

A girl I talked to in a bar after the show remarked that she didn't like Jay-Z because of the whole "retirement fail" fiasco. I had to explain it to her like this, when Jay-Z declared his retirement, he foresaw that he could not be a rapper/enertainer forever. He knew that he had to step into the background at some point in time. So as a 'reality check' he wanted to see who would take over from him? And what happened when Jay-Z retired? Who stepped up to the plate?

Nas put it perfectly, "Hip Hop Is Dead". So Jay felt that he had to come back and reclaim his throne. It definitely was not planned out this way, but in my mind, I see it shaping out like that. If you look at the generational gap, there are so many 'up and coming' new blood new artists that could one day be as great, or as legendary, but nobody has achieved the hiphop success that Jay-Z has put forth. With the Blueprint3 album, he surpassed Elvis Presley himself! Now that's a feat worth being proud of. As Jay remarked in the show, whenever you're in a certain industry, when you pass the KING of your craft, it's quite humbling.

This kid J.Cole looks pretty promising. His flow is nice, and he's got something to say in his lyrics.

I just hope that he doesn't turn out to be a victim of the industry, and/or fade into mediocrity.

More Pharell. Jay and Pharell have so many hits together, they could probably do a whole new album together also! Free ideas? LOL!

I think it would definitely be better than both of the R.Kelly collabos put together!

"How Would I Know HBO Would Get a Shot Of Us? Sitting So Close That We Almost Got Snot On Us?"

That's what Row Three Floor Seats gets you!

One big highlight of the show was when Jay brought Drake out! Drake got a chance to perform his hit "Successful" for the hometown Toronto folks!

For the first time possibly ever, Jay played hypeman to someone who doesn't even have an album out yet! Now that's impressive!

The one thing that I hate about all the Jay-Z shows I've seen is that he never performs the truly personal tracks. Those to me are the ones that let you see inside an artists mind and soul.

Tracks like, "Song Cry", "Lucky Me", "My First Song", "Ballad for the Fallen Soldier", and "Never Change". I guess I just imagine them being performed live, and have to settle for my iPod!

I will say this also for a live Jay-Z show: the audience is very diverse. It's not just the hiphop heads and the true OG 'Reasonable Doubt time' followers. There were so many cultures, races, and even age groups there in attendance. I guess when you have been at it for this long, and when your influence on the culture is so strong, you would be able to bring all the people out to see a show!

Oh yah, one other thing that impressed me for this show, not One single outfit change. Of course, you are saying, he's a rapper, why would he need to change outfits? I've seen it done before. I like the fact that it was just Jay on stage the entire set, all black everything, just him the whole show. He took off and put back on his chains throughout the show, but other than that, it was just Jay everyday.

One other benefit of being in Row Three on the floors, you sometimes get your face on the big screen! I didn't even realize I got on there until people told me that they saw my ugly face drooling!

Jay also likes to do this new routine which he debuted at the 9/11 Madison Square Garden show. I call it the "I See You" act, where he points out particular people in the audience and makes them feel good that he can actually see them, and point them out to the whole audience. It's not to make anyone feel silly, but it certainly makes people connected to the whole show experience.

I'm trying to figure out if and/or when he comes back to perform again in Toronto if I should go back to Row 3 Floors, or if I should just bite the bullet and go for the First Row itself.

I mean, I am a truly huge fan, but do I really want to be right right up front? Who am I kidding, of course I do!

All in all I said it best after the show, "Jay-Z on a bad day is still better to me than 2/3 of the performers that are out there right now." Not just because of my personal affinity for his music, but the whole crowd really got into the show. Everyone was dancing, singing, throwing up their ROC signs, it was fabulous!

I definitely will remember this performance for the ages. Thank you very much Shawn Carter for sharing the tour with us all. You really truly could have been on for at least another 2 hours, but I'm ok with what you gave us tonight!

And here's what I was busy filming footage of, while jumping up and down, dancing, and singing like a highschool girl!
Sorry for some of the blurriness, and for some of the jumping up and down, but when you are as close as I was, there were times where it truly felt like the ground was moving!!

Song of the Day: Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z live at Toronto, ACC

And I'm Far From Cheap, I Smoke Skunk With My Peeps All Day, Spread Love It's the Brooklyn Way.....

It's here! It's here! It's here!
The day has finally arrived! No, NOT Halloween!
The Big Mr Jay-Z show!! ALSO, Baby Brooklyn and I were setting up to be on our interview with Jay-Z on MuchMusic!
She looks like such a heavyweight title champion getting ready to head into the ring!

Calm, Cool, Collected! Me, on the other hand, I was a bit of a train wreck! Nerves, frantic, getting things ready for the concert tonight, and not being able to sit still!

I had all my questions prepped and everything. Being that I know a few publicists, I know that there are certain things you just don't ask Jay-Z. You don't ask about his personal life. You don't ask about Beyonce. You don't ask about his father. And some other topics that change from time to time.
I was so ready to say, "Jay, please meet Baby Brooklyn. She was named after "Hello Brooklyn" on the American Gangster CD!" He would at least say "HELLO BROOKLYN!" That would have made me pee my pants. And her's too!
I had to make a make-shift set to make it look a bit more 'fan' oriented, so I put a few Brooklyn Mint and Jigga tee shirts together.

I initially was going to put every album and DVD on the wall, but that would just look too much like a Stan! :) Hahahaha!

Definitely one of my favorite Jay-Z tees ever.

So, as the night went on, I was in contact with the people at Muchmusic as to the itinerary, how the show would go, and what I should expect. They DID say that it was a Live show so times could get pushed back, and anything could happen on Live TV.
No worries, right?
The girl I was in contact with alerted me to be ready by 3:50pm because the Much On Demand show was going live from 4pm - 5pm.
No worries, right? Baby Brooklyn was ready to go! She was even behaving calmly and ready to meet the man that helped to name her! I was getting a bit more calm, and ready to ask my interview questions!
4:10 pm, Wale comes and goes.
4:15 pm, Jay shows up to the show.
4:17 pm, some 14 yr old girls ask him a question via webcam. It was such a non-consequential question, I don't even remember what it was.
Next up a makeshift freestyle battle in front of Jay-Z where a poor girl crumpled like a tissue twice, and the dude she was battling was accused of writing/rehearsing instead of freestyling.
Two more 14 yr old girls ask a senseless question via webcam: "Which young artist do you see yourself in?" Jay himself even had to say "PAUSE" after that question! HA! Idiots.
4:45 pm, Jay-Z leaves to go to the Flow Radio studios and N.E.R.D. shows up.
Hmmm, no phone call. No Skype call. No email. No Smoke signals. No morse code.
Panic. Frantic. Anger. Confusion. Rage. Panic. Madness. Depression. More Anger.
What the heck happened? I got bumped?
THE worst part of the whole situation was that the show itself was a Farce! Nobody asked him anything truly intelligent, and if the focus was on the newest Blueprint3 album, why didn't they as about tracks on that album, or how he constructed it, or where the next one is going towards?
Augh!
Argh!
I deleted and blocked the MuchMusic Channel from all of our TV's at home.
I wrote a scathing email to the girl at Muchmusic that I was in contact with the whole time.
There's a Catch-22 here because what could they POSSIBLY do to make it up to me?
Could they get me an autographed copy of Blueprint 3? It better be PERSONALIZED with "HEYHOMEE" written on it!
Could they give me free tickets to an MOD show? NO WAY HOSAY! I'm boycotting the whole channel in the first place!
Could they guarantee me a spot the 'next time' Jay-Z comes to town? NO! There are NO Guarantees, and why would I want to go back on my boycott?
Could they give me a free Jay-Z CD/DVD library? I ALREADY HAVE THEM ALL!!
Could they do anything to make this up? No, not really.
Add to that, the embarassment that it caused me, Baby Brooklyn, My family, All my friends and friends on Twitter, all my contacts, and of course you readers! To everyone who was let down, and was rooting for us to make a big splash, and at least a memorable visit to Toronto for Jay-Z, I apologize.
I sincerely apologize that any of you had to sit through the whole show trying to look for me and Baby Brooklyn, and that it ended up being a really really really bad show anyways. I will get to the bottom of the matter, and will keep you updated as to what happens with this 'incident'.

Bottom line, you just DON'T treat people the way I was treated! It didn't help that I was actually a REALLY big fan. For nobody to contact me back and say, "It just isn't going to work out" or "Your questions weren't approved" or even "We ran overtime, and he had to leave", I probably would have been fine. At least I wouldn't have boycotted their whole channel and network.
I will get a response, and I do hope that for their sake I can reinstate their channel on my TV.
Or maybe not.

Baby Brooklyn reminded me through the whole ordeal:

Very very good advice. Karma, please be on my side!

Song of the Day: Juicy - The Notorious B.I.G.

One Hand In the Air For The Big City, Street Lights Big Dreams All Looking Pretty, No Place In the World That Can Compare.....

One more sleep until Jay-Z live in Toronto! The day has finally come!
Oh yah, and there's one more surprise in store for all of you who don't follow me on Twitter or Blackberry Messenger! My and Baby Brooklyn are going to be live on Muchmusic's "Much On Demand" with Jay-Z, NERD, and WALE!!! We have the chance to ask Mr Jay-Z a question on live TV via webcam!! INSANITY! Watch out for us on Saturday, 4pm-5pm EST! And then right after that, we're off to see the show! It's going to be a GREAT Halloween indeed!!

And because it's Halloween, and we all love to get scared every now and then, I leave you with one of my favorite videos: "Girl On Bike". If you listen closely, you can hear when her head hits the pole!!
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Song of the Day: Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys

I'm Out There Brooklyn, Now I'm In Tribeca Next to DeNiro But I'll Be Hood Forever, I'm the New Sinatra & Since I Made It Here I Can Make It Anywhere.

One of the pieces of salvation of my sanity at work are the great shops in the area. In steps Dufflet Pastries. If you've never been, and you have a sweet tooth, you MUST go. They have all sorts of cakes, tarts, and crazy concoctions that just completely destroy your sugar cravings!

Here are my two "regular" favorites. A Cowboy cookie (peanuts, raisins, chocolate chips), and a Chocolate Chocoholic cookie (chocolate, chips, icing sugar [or crack for me!]). Sometimes I'll just have two chocolate cookies and start bouncing off the walls! Either way, GET IN MY BELLY!

A surprise package was waiting for me when I got home.

Lo and behold! The good folks at The Legends League found me! NICENESS!

First up out of the package, the "T.O. Don't Love You" Tee!

This piece of art comes just in time for the "All Black Errything" Jay-Z concert on Saturday!

Born and Printed in Toronto, Canada, this beauty even comes with it's own postcard!

You can send the card to all your hater friends and tell them that "T.O. Don't Love U"! HA!

Next up, the DOLO TEE!! I've been waiting for this puppy for MONTHS! (ok, it's been like weeks, but it seems like forever!)

"(Dolo/Delf or Solo/Self) this design is based on the idea of going for self and doing what you've got to do to make it. A Polo parody or logo flip that I've had in the vault since 2006. I've been dying to get this tee out there." - IdeaLL Clothing

For those of you who already know/realize that I'm a POLO head in my own mind, could already see the happy dance I was doing when I got this tee shirt! This is the back hit, correct in the original Polo font as well! The fit on these is on point, and the cotton quality is very well done. Definitely NOT a tissue paper tee shirt! You could tell that even the ink on the tee shirt screen was passed a few times over so that it doesn't crackle and fade on your first wash also! Nice work!

Being the clothing buyer that I am, I get to see, breathe, smell, eat product each and every day. It's when items like these that come around every so often that get my blood heated up, my emotions all excited, and bring the Peter Pan kid out in me again! Thank you to the Legends League and IdeaLL Clothing for the great gear! This was certainly a Hawt Delivery indeed!

Song of the Day: Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys (live from Yankee Stadium, Game 2 of the World Series)

Thanks to RapRadar for the Link!

Last Name Ever, First Name Greatest, Like a Sprained Ankle Boy I Ain't Nuttin To Play With.....

Wow. Joyous occasion in Raptor Nation tonight as the Raps won their opening game of the season against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Lebron James! The Raptors come away with a 101-91 victory which definitely will help fill the seats at the ACC this year! I admit, I had my doubts about the team chemistry going into this season. I didn't think that the crew that looked great on paper could put it together on the court. They proved me wrong! The boys all played well, unselfishly, and every new member had a bit of time to shine tonight! The bench looks deep and very well talented as well! I like the look of Jarrett Jack, Antoine Wright with Hedo, Bosh and Bargnani. The Rookie DeRozan looked good, and even Belinelli was surprising on opening day! One thing's for sure, this is going to be one exciting season for Raptor Nation! Even with one big player taking an injury, we look deep enough to recover! Don't forget that Reggie Evans is on the bench, Rasho can play some extra minutes, and there's still Weems and Douby waiting in the wings! Happy 15th Anniversary, Raptor Nation!! Let's see how this year pans itself out!


Song of the Day: Forever - Drake ft Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Eminem

Through The Fire, To the Limit, To the Wall, For a Chance to Be With You, I'd Gladly Risk It All.....

There are times in our lives when we willingly, knowingly, consciously do things that we do not want to do. But we do them because we have to. Because they are the right things to do. Because they are necessary. Because it is what you are supposed to do.
I got up at 6am today, not because I wanted to, but because I had to. The only way that work would let me leave at 5pm to relieve our babysitter is if I started at 8am instead of 9am.
Of course, the whole exercise is just bullsh*t because they have me working a 45 hour week instead of a 40 hour week, which throws off all of your calculations on hourly pay from my yearly salary.

EITHER way, as the only parent of a newborn baby on our team, you would think that they could make some sort of arrangement or concessions for me, right? Wrong. All semantics to me at this point. Although, it was nice to leave at 5pm, enjoy the sights and sounds of what 'regular' working folks in my area enjoy after work, and spend time with Baby Brooklyn of course.

Lesson learned: Do the things you have to do because it's the right thing to do at the time. No matter what anyone else thinks, no matter what anyone else says, stay on the path and focus on the long term goals.

All in due time, all in due time, this too shall pass.

Song of the Day: Through the Fire - Chaka Khan

This Is The Last Day of Our Acquaintance, I Will Meet You Later In Somebody's Office.....

Sometimes I forget who reads this. Not that I have anything to hide from the world, really. I mean, after all, it's a blog. It's My blog. I can write whatever I choose to. And when you keep coming back to read and read, I continually thank you for your 5 minutes of attention (sometimes more!).
And now I've reached a cross roads. I have a stalker. Again.
People believe that since they've read a few words about you, they know you. No offense, you don't know me. You don't even know the half of me. Not that that's a bad thing either, but the sheer fact that you (loyal readers) stood by me in this madness that I'm currently going through in 2009... it has me intrigued.
The human condition is a funny thing. We want what we do not have. It's a human trait.
Me, my will power is not too strong. It's not weak, but it's not strong.
So the words that I put out here are parts of me. This is what differentiates my blog from everyone else's. It's ME. I thought about blogging about fashion, music, movies, gear, toys, anything and everything that I was in to. But then again, everyone else and their mom can blog about those 'things' and 'objects'. The one differentiator in all of us is each of us.
And so, I will continue to blog as ME, because I know that if you've been reading "Welcome To Homee's Joint" this long, that's what's kept you reading. (I hope!) (and not just for the really cute pictures of Baby Brooklyn!)
Ok, fine, here's a pic of Baby BK for what you've been waiting for!

I TOLD YOU SHE'S MINI ME!!!

Song of the Day: The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance - Sinead O'Connor

You Are An Obsession I Cannot Sleep, I Am Your Possession Unopened At Your Feet, There's No Balance No Equality, Be Still I Will Not Accept Defeat....

Cherish The Weekends continues!!
Thank Gawd it was a BYE week for the Seahawks. My heart can't possibly take any more drama with football this weekend!

Great News Duke Nation!! Kyrie Irving has signed on to the Bluedevils next season!! What's better, his buddy Harrison Barnes could be on the way also! Things are looking UP for Duke Nation as the Bluedevils are also favored as ACC Co-Champs this year! Basically means to me that even the BEST prognosticators just couldn't make a choice between Duke and UNC this season! We shall see how it all shakes out!!

I got up early to finish cleaning up the Ikea episode last night. Plus add in the regular weekend vaccuuming, dusting, and overall throw out some junk kinda stuff!
Baby Brooklyn and Capital M went to church to celebrate the one year anniversary of the passing of Lola Juliana. That's who Brooklyn got her middle name after.

Baby BK put on her Sunday's best Purple and warmest outfit for Church! I'm so happy she can wear it now, and it's still a bit big that she can wear it through Xmas while she's on her travels!

OH, and Daddy continued on with his weekend retail therapy!

Behold! The Exploded Pony Cotton Full Zip Cardigan Sweater! Complete with embroidered elbow patches AND Zipper pockets!! Score!!

This puppy only comes in two colors, cream and sage. I had to go with the sage because Leonidas would destroy the cream color with his fur!

There's just something about the big pony this year more than ever that's so addictive!!
POLO POLO POLO Been Had Been Had Been Had!

I'm just about ready to film my OWN episode soon!!

Song of the Day: Obsession - Animotion

We Always Had Time On Our Side, But Now It's Fading Fast, Every Second Every Moment, We've Gotta We've Gotta Make It Last.....

Cherish The Weekends! And so we did! With the week I just had, some retail therapy was much in need!
A quick visit to Canadian Tire, Loblaws, Walmart and the crown jewel of the weekend errands... IKEA!!
I'm really getting to love these parking spots!

I think we might just have a few more children JUST to keep abusing these prime parking spots!!

Gotta love that Ikea thinks so much of their customers! Free measuring tape AND free pencils!!

I think once Baby Brooklyn starts learning how to draw, we're going to snag a batchful of pencils just for her to draw with everyday!

And what about THIS? AMAZING!!

They put up TWO handrails for the stairs, one for adults and one for little kids! GENIUS! BRAINCHILD! I love it!

Baby BK was loving it too! Too bad she can't actually USE the littler handrails cuz she can't walk yet!

So instead, she complained most of the time we spent there!

Of course, Daddy had to give in and bribe her to behave with what else? A $0.50 cent Hot Dog!!

Gotta love those $0.50 cent Ikea Hot Dogs! It's cheaper than the ones they serve at schools now!
So we got home with a new office chair for Daddy, a shelf, a new rug for Baby Brooklyn's room, and a new dresser! This was totally surprising for me to see:

Swedish Furniture now Made In Canada!! Who Knew??

This is how I started out the evening.....

Pretty intimidating that there were so many pieces, and all I wanted is one simple dresser!

I now think that "MALM" in Ikea Language means "Million Pieces, Good Luck!"

Just this bag alone made me feel like calling the Geek Squad to help me out! Oh no wait, wrong company!

An hour later.....progress! We have some progress!

At least it looks like SOMETHING of a structure! Or at least it could pass for a Baby Jail!

Then after a couple hours... Lo and Behold! I used every single part!

I truly think that Ikea should hand out awards or rebates to their customers who can figure out how to use EVERY part in the bag of stuff they pack in there!

And so... TA DAAAAHHHH!

Presenting the new MALM dresser drawer for Baby Brooklyn's room!

SO, if anyone else out there needs some help with Ikea Assembly, I AM available for hire!

And I work pretty Cheap too! Just a bit of Grey Goose and some Cupcakes is all it needs!
Big Shout Out to Maria at Ikea for taking the time to help us out with our Gift Card situation also! Customer service STILL exists in SOME bright spots out there! Phew!! What a relief!!

Meanwhile, the Birthday Boy was celebrating his birthday weekend in Style!!

Leonidas looks just about as passed out as I was on my Bday!!

Song of the Day: If You Leave - OMD

From My Heart To Yours, I Give You My Soul, And There's No Denying Our Love Is Real, From My Heart To Yours.....

I can't even begin to talk about the Friday I had at work. So I won't.
Instead, this was sent by my friend Ziggy:

Bahahaha! I Never get tired of these jokes!!

SOOOOO, the birthday is over and that's the end of the presents to myself, right? WRONG!

BEHOLD! The ENTIRE DVD set of Transformers!! That's right! 16 DVD's all every single episode captured for eternity in my grasp!

98 episodes! Baby Brooklyn and I are going to have a BLAST watching all these!

I might even have to quiz her on each episode too! Poor Baby BK!

Speaking of which, guess who just got a new Polo Long Sleeve Shirt?

Baby Brooklyn is going to be STYLING in this hot number! I'm taking EXTRA Special care that she doesn't get Puke on this one!!

Oh, and I just HAD to get this to hook back to her Pink Jordans too!

The Lime Green matches in the inner lining of the Jordans, and the hearts are just ADORABLE!

And they even embroidered a heart on the back for good measure!

Yes, I have a very PIMPIN baby! HAHAHA!

OH, and guess who's turning 3 years old today??

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KING LEONIDAS! He is still our first baby!

Song of the Day: From My Heart To Yours - Laura Izibor