Hangin' with some lovies

My son set up all his stuffed animal lovies on the couch this morning when he woke up.  He sat there cuddling them all and watched my older son play Wii before breakfast.  He just melts me...

Baseball High

My son had the baseball game of his life so far today!  He hit off the first pitch every time he was up, no strikes or outs!!!, and had some crazy-good line drives into the grass!  He hit two home runs!!  He also got a single and a triple where he slid into 3rd base just in the nick of time.  It was amazing.  I was crying and screaming out there on the field and realized that I never lifted my camera for the first home run OR the slide.... I was just too excited!  Oh well...  at least I didn't have a heart attack!  I managed to "wake up" and get some shots of him running home the 2nd time and hitting the ball, at least.  ;-)  I was so darn proud of him that I hardly could breathe.  Tears were streaming down my face.  At the end of the game, he was beaming and came to tell me that Coach Drew gave him a game ball to show how unbelievably proud he was of him.  GOOD STUFF.  I'll be on a high from this game for a while.  :)

Trampoline Insanity

Our good friend, Casey, and his children are visiting us this weekend.  Our kids just love each other and had a blast today on the trampoline.  It's a true miracle everyone made it off alive and in one piece.  Good thing I was only watching for a little while.... I am a worrier... I can't handle the stress.  

Fielding the baseball

This is my older son at baseball practice today.  The kids worked really hard on catching/fielding the ball and throwing.  Here's a shot of my boy doing his thing.  He's getting better and better.  I love to watch how hard he's trying and concentrating out there!

Kitchen helper

Today, my little helper and I made chocolate chip muffins before nap time.  He was such an adorable assistant!  He did all the pouring of each ingredient, filled the muffin tin with "Cars"-themed paper cups, mixed with the whisk and electric mixer (with my help), and also licked the bowl clean after we put the muffins in the oven. :)  It was such a nice and relaxing thing to do together, something I needed today.  The best part: the muffins had some secret, healthy ingredients that I added in without his knowledge: yellow squash, sweet potato, and pear purees, and whole wheat flour instead of all purpose flour.  Gotta love that!  They were TASTY!  You'd never know they were healthy!  He ate two muffins today and bragged to his brother and Daddy that he baked them with Mommy.  :)

Three happy boys at baseball

My younger son played so happily with some of his friends at baseball today.  He had a lot of fun!  He's slowly coming out of that shell!  Look at how cute they all are!  These boys are the siblings of my older son's best friend.  We just love this family. :)  

Gentle love

My sweet little boy was absolutely fascinated by his new baby cousin.  He couldn't get enough of the "tiny toes", "tiny feet", and soft head.  He would just sit and watch my sister breastfeeding or changing diapers with such curiosity.  He was completely enamored.  It was all he could do to not pet the baby's head or hold his hand or gently put his little hands on his cheeks at all times.  He asked "Why?" over and over for every little baby chore we did.  Every time the baby cried, we had to reassure him that it was normal and he was fine.   SO CUTE.  Here he is this morning watching my sister give the baby "Mama milk" before they left.