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I guess I'll find out how much all my stuff weighs when I put it on the scale at the airport tomorrow. It's not going to be pretty, and that's without fuel or water weight. I did consciously try to limit any unnecessary weight, but it seems to add up so quickly.
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One thing I do want to make clear is that when we're talking about "base" weight, that's always the weight before food and water. Food, I think, usually runs about 1.5-2lb/person/day, depending on what you like to pack and eat. Water is pretty obvious (1oz per oz, lol), but the amount you're packing and the amount you'll need to pack will vary on locale. In the Enchantments, Kate carried 48oz as a max at any point in time, while I carried 70oz (the full weight of my Camelback, filled). I've had sections of hiking where I've been carrying 10-12lb of water (SoCal Desert), and many sections where I was just carrying 1-2lb (NW Washington and the Sierra-Nevadas with ample snow/snowmelt).
I also forgot to mention my stove/fuel in my post, but otherwise my gearlist is mostly complete there:
http://www.msrcorp.com/stoves/pocket_rocket.asp
Great little stove -- I've cooked all my hiking and most of my general camping meals on it for 6 years now and it's still going strong. Use a few sheets of tinfoil folded up as a windscreen/heatshield and you'll make it more efficient, but it will work quite well as is.
Rob