First T-Ball game

Saturday June 20th was the boy's first ever T-Ball game. It was awesome.

Here they are getting ready for the big game...
Cooper??

Hey... Cooper...
Coop??
There he is!
Brodey's first big hit of the game...

And Brock's... (again with the pink bat)

Lyla was so excited!! Both brothers on base!! (after hitting the ball they both ran straight out to the pitchers mound. Every time. Brock successfully made it to second base in one inning only to run back to first (via the pitchers mound again) after the next batter. Very fun!)

Her fellow cheerleader Maddy was equally excited...

After the game the boys sat down to talk it out and have some juice.

And Brock surprisingly had enough energy left over to come home and cut the grass.

Swimming!

A friend invited us over last week to swim in their neighborhood pool... I noticed another kid the same age as Brodey swimming all over the place with NO LIFE JACKET and wondered if Brodey could do the same. Later that same day we went over to Gramma's house and thought we would give swimming a try. I took his life jacket off and....... he swam like a fish!! No instruction needed! I was so surprised!! He can hold his breath for a really long time and could even jump off the side. He can't quite tread water yet though so we are keeping him in the shallow end until he figures that out. Which I'm sure will be soon... he's such a fast learner!! We are so proud of him!!

TA-DA!! (that's for you Putt-Putt!)

Sink Bath

Lyla had spaghetti at Gramma's last week and REALLY needed a bath. (We should have taken a "before bath" picture... lots of spaghetti) So she had her first ever Sink Bath....

Here's Brodey having a Sink Bath in Gramma Sue's sink on a trip to Minnesota when he was 6 months old...

T-Ball practice

T-ball is just getting more and more entertaining. For the first half of practice NEITHER one of them wanted to participate AT ALL. Daddy had to stand out there with them just to keep them from running off the field.

Then they had to potty so they threw their gloves down and marched off.. right in the middle of practice! I took a picture of their gloves deserted out there in the outfield.
They must have had a serious conversation with daddy in the bathroom about their participation because they were gone a long time and when they came back they did MUCH better.

They both did really well hitting the ball off the Tee and running the bases. They even fielded (is that a word??) the ball a couple of times!

Brock got a little distracted while waiting for a ball to come his way.... I imagine that will happen a lot.

Brock was also very disappointed to learn he had to run to 1st base instead of running after the ball when he hit it. He had a minor meltdown the first time the other kids beat him to the ball, but eventually ran to 1st. (and it was hilarious. I LOVE the way he runs)

Brodey would give me a big thumbs up every time he successfully made it to the correct base. Love it.

They finished out strong with a huddle and a big "GO BRAVES!" at the end. Both said they had a fun time.. hopefully they will keep getting better at participating from here!

Brock's 3rd Birthday

My Brock-olli is officially 3 years old. Who knew it would be so emotional! I was up the whole night before his birthday crying (and I'm not talking just teary-eyed) about how fast he is growing up. I truly truly enjoyed him being two years old. He was so cute and soo sooo funny... I hate to see him growing up so fast! Although I'm sure he will continue to be so fun and so cute, I'm sad that he'll never be two years old again.

We had a packed full day! Starting with me waking him up with the camera in his face... you can tell by his expression how excited he was about that.

Then he opened a few gifts and daddy went out for donuts. Donuts and lemonade was what he requested for breakfast. And we let him have it... it's his birthday after all. Miracle of miracles, he did not slip into a sugar coma after all that sugar first thing in the morning.


Then we got dressed (notice the monkey shirt) and headed to DAC kids with Gramma and Gramma Hat. Brock was having a great time, until another little boy (MUCH bigger than Brock) ran him over and he hit his head on the concrete floor. Which makes me wonder.. concrete?? Really?? I don't know if we will be returning to this place... there were SEVERAL kids laying on benches with ice packs on their heads.

After recovering from his birthday injury we headed to McDonald's for some more healthy birthday food. HA! Gramma gave him his present... GEO Tracks airport... the boys were both excited! (And I was so proud of Brodey all day... he was a good big brother and didn't mind all the attention and gifts Brock was getting)

We ended the day with T-Ball and then dinner and birthday cake back at the house. I made him a "Lightning McQueen" cake that was HIDEOUSLY ugly so I will not be posting a picture of it! Of course Brock loved it anyway!

Like last year, he is still really excited about batteries. He asked me all day if it was still his birthday and saying "thank you mommy" and "thank you daddy" and "thank you Bwodey" every time any of us told him happy birthday or gave him something. He is SO sweet!

We love you so much Brock.

9 month well check

Beans had her 9 month well check today... nothing exciting. Just a toe prick and a weight check really. She weighed 18 lb 2 oz and I can't remember her height... something in the 75th percentile. She was so great at the doctor... didn't even notice the toe prick and giggled when the nurse squeezed her toe to get more blood out. (just typing that makes me want to pass out) The doctor said she was "perfect and beautiful". No argument here!

The start of BIRTHDAY WEEK!!

Brock has been asking me everyday for awhile if it's his birthday yet. First thing, every morning, he asks. Wednesday we had some VERY fun friends over and they surprised us with cupcakes and a gift for Brock. He was SO EXCITED!! Birthday WEEK is here!!

We sang to him and he was a little shy but loved it anyway.

Thanks so much Ann, L and C!! Brock has been taking about "when L brought him cupcakes" for the past two days!

These boys have been friends their whole (short) lives!