Bee-ball

Isidora has followed in her father's footsteps in being really excited about baseball. Now, whether or not this is genuine remains to be seen, but for now she really enjoys saying things about baseball.

Whenever we see baseball on television, Isidora points and says "bee-ball!" And then runs around saying, "Go, Aow-ber!" (Go, Albert, as in Pujols). Occasionally she even gets upset when it goes to commercial and says, "Moh bee-ball?"

This morning, we were watching highlights of the game against the LA Dodgers from last night and I said, "Hit it to Manny!" (Manny Ramirez). To which Isidora said, "Hih ih to Man-nee!"

What a good girl.

Father's Day Weekend

This weekend we celebrated our last weekend before I go back to work. Yesterday we went to the Cardinals game with Matt's parents. It was a 6 pm start time so Isidora did pretty well through the first 2/3 of the game (and then we went home). She started saying "bee-baoh" (baseball) a couple days ago, so she was even a little interested in the game, for a while at least. Juanita also taught her to say "go, go Aw-bur" for Albert Pujols. It was pretty cute. Here is a fun video of Izzie playing up in the Redbird club again. We did get to sit in our seats for 5 whole innings!

Today we spent most of the day over at Grant and Juanita's house watching the World Cup games and relaxing before tomorrow. Matt got some fun Father's Day presents too!

Sitting with Papa, reading a book.

Matt's Father's Day present - a bunch of Craftsman tools and a tool bag.

Isidora dancing :)

Take me out to the ball game: part 2

Three days after saying that I didn't think we would be taking Isidora to another night ball game, we decided to take her to another night game. It was one of those situations where the tickets were going to go to waste if we didn't use them. So we packed up Isidora again and dragged her out to the game.

She did way better than the last game! We even got to sit in our seats for a whole inning! It was great! We also decided to leave after the fourth inning, which was a huge help for Izzie, as it wasn't as far past her bedtime as it was for the first game.

Sitting nicely on Nanny's lap, cheering for the Redbirds. "Go, go, go!"

What is in here?

Being silly, as usual. Can you believe it?

House update: Assuming everything continues to go as planned, we close in 8 days! And we are planning on moving the day after that. We have a good deal of our apartment packed up at this point and we are starting to run out of non-essential things to pack. Matt and I are both getting pretty excited!

Take me out to the ball game

For the last several years, Matt's parents have shared season tickets to the Saint Louis Cardinals with three other families. Growing up, we only very occasionally went to sporting events, and I believe I had only ever been to one professional game (a Mariners game), before I started going to Cardinals games with Matt and his parents.

I love going to the baseball games, it is just a little bit more challenging with Isidora. Last year, she was still pretty young during the baseball season, and sitting through a 3+ hour game in the Saint Louis summer didn't work very well. So, after a point, we decided to leave her at home when we went to baseball games - usually this meant one of us stayed at home with her while the other went.

This year, the first tickets Matt's parents had was to a night game (7:15 pm start time). This did not bode well for Isidora as her bed time is 7 pm. But, we were unable to find someone to stay at our apartment with her so we decided to try to take her to see how she would do. Fortunately, Matt's parents' tickets are in the Redbird Club, which is a nice, air-conditioned part of the park with lots of seating, so Izzie and I could sit up there and she could run around rather than having to sit on my lap down in our seats. The Redbird Club is also where SLU held Match Day ceremonies.

For a first outing of the year, she did pretty well. She was definitely tired the entire time and I don't think we will be taking her to another night game. It was worth it, though. Matt and I have realized that since residency is starting in July, I won't be able to go to many (if any) games after I start, so I'd better go while I can. Also, the further we get into the season, the hotter it is going to get, and the less we will be willing to take Isidora.

Anyway, here are a couple of pictures from the game:

At the Metrolink station waiting for a train.

At the stadium, playing in the Redbird club.

I thought it would be fun to compare this to her first game from last year (i.e. her first game ever).

This was from April 12th of last year. Notice how we are all bundled up? This is how we are usually dressed for April games, but for some reason, Saint Louis decided to skip spring this year and head straight into summer. I am not amused.