Let's....

GO CARDS!!!!

Despite being a Mets fan, I still am, and always will be a Cardinals fan too. I know it doesn't make sense since they're both in the same division, but you know. It happens.

Baby boot camp

Brady cracks me up. I think he thinks he's in basic training. He keeps doing push-ups. I'm not kidding. He pushes all the way up with his arms straight and gets all his weight up on his toes so his body is like 3 inches off the ground and only his hands and toes are touching the ground. I took some pictures the other day but haven't put them on the computer yet. As soon as I do I'll get them on here.
He's also sitting and standing really well on his own. Sitting is a lot easier than standing, but he can do it. Today I was sitting behind Brady and had him standing up at his train table. He stood there for probably two or three minutes before he leaned back and I caught him. I took pictures of that too!
Tonight Brady got to eat squash. That stuff stinks. I'm pretty excited that we're almost through the veggies and we'll soon be onto the fruits. Those veggies are nasty. We just have carrots and sweet peas left after the squash. We've been through regular peas, sweet potatoes and green beans. So far I think he has liked the squash the best. Tonight he was squeaking and smiling really big when he was eating them.
I think Brady boy is going through another growth spurt. He's eating like a maniac. Today I had to give him some formula because I didn't have enough milk for the pigster. I gave him one whole bottle of formula, then tonight after he ate 5 ounces of milk he was screaming and crying looking at the empty bottle so I gave him four more ounces of formula. What a nut. He's pretty much eating five bottles, one or two bowls of cereal and a thing of veggies every day.
Still no teeth. We can see them up there in his gums, but they haven't worked their way out yet.
Well, Jake just stunk up the room and I need to get to bed anyway. This week is kind of hectic because Jeremiah is somewhere in the middle of Kansas doing training (His words: "I'm in a building in the middle of a corn field.") so I've got a lot of running to do with Brady to get him to daycare or grandma's or aunt Stacey's or Jenn's while I go to work. Too bad I didn't have any vacation time left, I could have used it this week.
Oh, by the way - I don't know if I mentioned it or not - Brady's little cousin is going to be a girl! Hooray. We were kind of hoping for a boy so he could have a little buddy, but a girl will be fun too. They can still be buddies. So far the name they have picked out is Ryleigh. Stacey's middle name is Leigh so that's kind of fun.I'm not sure what middle name they are thinking, maybe Alexis. Then her initials would be RAH. Ha ha ha. That's awesome.

Pumpkin Patch

We went to a pumpkin patch in New Jersey. We found a little pumpkin just Brady's size for him. He slept pretty much the whole time.

Ground Zero

The Towers used to be just across the street here.

There is a huge display around Ground Zero with pictures from 2001, a timeline of 9-11 and the days after, and the names of all the victims.

Part of the exhibit.

The WTC Path Station/subway station is now open again.



This was down in the subway tunnels after 9-11.

Looking down at the footprints. The reflection pools that were there for the 5th anniversary weren't there anymore when we visited, and construction was well underway.

NYPD

On the other side of the law. Jeremiah and I went up to NYC by ourselves one afternoon to do some sightseeing and spend some time together. We stopped in at the NYPD police museum.

Jeremiah left one of his Merriam PD patches on a wall in the museum where officers from all around can leave patches.

The wall was pretty impressive. There were patches from everywhere - even foreign countries...I would tell you which ones, but they were in foreign languages so I don't really know what they said. I think one was Buenos Airies - however you spell it.

This plaque was in the Remembering 9-11 exhibit. If you can't read it, it says that the NY of the Yankees logo was taken from a Medal of Valor in 1877 that is awarded to a NYPD officer killed in the line of duty.

These are some of the things recovered from the WTC site after 9-11. There is still dust and dirt on it.

This was a door on a police truck recovered from Ground Zero.

Lock me up and throw away the key.


Jeremiah outside Police Headquarters. Across the street is City Hall. We saw a whole line of people waiting to go inside to get married. It was funny. There were all these people dressed really nice, and a lady in her wedding dress who apparently had just got married eating at one of the nearby hot dog vendors. That's what I call an inexpensive reception!

Vacation photos

Brady loves to read stories. Especially Curious George ones.

Grandma Robin got Brady a big book of several George stories.

Reading is fun.

In Penn Station by the giant clock. This was after we went to see Tarzan on Broadway and we were waiting for our train to come take us home!

Grandpa Rustin got to babysit for a while before we got home from Tarzan. He dressed him for bed in his orange long-johns, Mets onesie and blue doggie slippers. It was really cute! He was stylin. His little slippers are almost too small now which is sad because they were really cute and warm!

Jersey boy

Brady loved Chubaca. On the last day in New Jersey he pet him and grabbed his ear. Chuey grinned and beared it!

Playing in the exersaucer.

Laughing with grandma and grandpa.

Brady loves blondes!

Grandma makes a good pillow.

Alley Cat jumped into the basket on the bottom of Brady's stroller one morning. Jeremiah was walking down the hallway and apparently spooked the kitty so she jumped in there to hide!

We went bowling and after many attempts at avoiding the gutter I finally got a strike near the end of the second game! Hooray!

Bradyosaurous

While we were on vacation we found a halloween costume for Brady - a funny dinosaur.

He's like a little doll.

We were going to make an Al the Aligator costume for him, but it was much easier to just get him a cute outfit - plus we ran around so much the whole time that we didn't have time to sit down and make an Al suit. He's going to be very cute, and very warm on Halloween.

Brady boy

More Brady pics from vacation.

Sucking his thumb on the way to Baltimore.

I have no idea why he was cracking up, but my goodness, I don't think he could have gotten his mouth open much wider!!!

We have the cutest baby ever!!!

A good book always makes me sleepy too!

Bath time! Brady got to take baths in a small tub in grandma Robins big utility sink. It was pretty fun. Grandma bought some fun squeezy toys for him. I think Mommy and Daddy got squirted with them more than Brady!!!

Now that's just precious. Our little sailor.

Point Pleasant

Here are some pics from our trip to the beach while on vacation.

A view of the Atlantic Ocean from a restaurant on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant, New Jersey.

Headed for the sand.

The waves were very relaxing to watch. Why don't we have an ocean in Kansas???

Brady dipped his toes into the Atlantic!! He didn't like the water so much since it was really cold, but as soon as his toes were out he was happy again.

Brady loved feeling the sand between his toes.

He says, "Ew, that feels funny!"

This is the life.

Brady played his first game on the boardwalk...how appropriate, a fishing game with Daddy. He won a small prize...Daddy picked it out - a little Yankees pillow.