HEY! I found a Better Homes & Gardens web page about sowing a lawn from seed and THEIR lawn also looks somewhat splotchy... this is a photo with the caption "lightly mow when seedlings reach 3" tall" ... in comparison, my new lawn doesn't seem all that scraggly and splotchy, that's great news. Great news.

Cannot wait to go get the kids. Pacing the house and looking at the clock all the time. Time to go yet? Time to go yet? Time to go get the kids yet?