Baby, Brother, Baseball, Boys & Baskets

Honey requested that I update my blog so that when she checks it the next time she isn't looking at a photo of herself anymore. I actually have another very sweet photo of her holding Emma that I came really close to placing at the top just to give her a hard time, but I'll leave it for the end!

Last night the boys and I hung out at the Bacon's so that I could help babysit Emma, although I can't really claim that I did much babysitting. Emma's big brother totally monopolized her for much of the evening. The only things he didn't do were change diapers and make bottles. I knew before that Dylan was all about his little sister, but seeing him in action with her firsthand, I understand now just how partial he is to her. I was beyond impressed to see how good he was with her. Emma is so fortunate to have an older brother that adores her.

Much of our evening was spent watching a very long Rays and Yankees game. The Bacon clan is a bunch of Rays fans, so I was the lone Yankees fan who cheered on the losing team.....and I'm afraid they didn't fare any better in today's match up either. Oh well, at least baseball season is under way, and I'm beyond thrilled that my favorite player came out of retirement and will hopefully be back on the mound come May!

Our Easter has been a quiet day at home. If Zach was a cartoon you would be seeing him watering at the mouth, tongue hanging out, with chocolate eggs for eyes. Ben on the other hand is sitting next to me snacking on a healthy banana. They are so opposite! After last year's egg hunt, I wasn't about to subject the boys to another this year, so instead I hid Dino eggs around the house. So far they have only found 2. I'm curious as to how much time will go by before they find the rest of them.

Happy Spring!

Can't win 'em all

My favorite ball player on my favorite team, I had thought, was supposed to pitch in yesterday's game against Texas. Of course I had expected a win to follow that too. As soon as I saw the wrong pitcher on the mound, I knew someone else got their birthday wish in ahead of mine. As painful of a game as it was to watch, I couldn't help but feel good for Texas winning their way into their first World Series playoff.

Hugs and kisses always make it better, and there's always next year.

Happy Birthday Dylan! Hope you have a great day!

Play Ball

I love baseball! Before we came to Florida our friend Jimy told us he would try and get us tickets to a Braves spring training game in Orlando against the Yankees. The Braves are not my favorite team, but they were playing my favorite team! You can imagine how excited I was when we got the final word everything was a go for the game. It's been such a long time since I've been to a game and I was so happy to be there.

I think the boys did surprisingly well at their first game. We didn't quite make it through the entire game, but I think Ben and Zach did really well to make it through 7 innings.

We are so fortunate to have the friends we do. Jimy was so kind to get us tickets to the game. They were some unbelievable tickets too! The weather was perfect and the game was really good. I hate to leave a game early, especially when it's tied up, but at least I got to see Posada hit one out before we left. Ahh baseball, how I've missed you!

XXVII

I'm one very happy New York Yankee fan tonight! I have absolutely loved watching the Yankees throughout the playoff series. It's one of the reasons I love October/early November so much. What a great World Series matchup between the Phillies and the Yanks. I was kind of hoping for a game 7. What an awesome night for Matsui...6 RBIs! And to watch my favorite player (Andy Pettitte) pitch the winning game...it doesn't get any better. Congrats Yanks on your 27th World Series Championship!