Florida-LSU, The Rematch

Revenge Is Sweet.

We went to my Sister's this weekend for some little league baseball and a birthday party. The league Owen and Noah (our nephews) are in decided to use college teams instead of Major League Baseball Teams. Owen is on the Florida Gators. As luck would have it... or was it fate; the Gators were playing the LSU Tigers Friday night. Yep... revenge was sweet. I know they don't keep score in tee ball, but I was keeping score. And we definitely won this time around. Go Gators, and Go Owen!!!

Slugger taking a little BP

In the Dugout, Getting Ready to whoop up on some Tigers

Just Before Hitting a Single

Playing a Little Defense

SAFE!!!!!

Sleep!

I know that this isn't exciting or funny but I am excited about it so I thought that I'd share. I have not had a good night's sleep in forever, I am constantly waking up (usually 4-5 times a night). Just two nights a go I woke up almost every hour. Part of this is due to being pregnant (either getting sick or going to the bathroom constantly) and part of it is due to having a cold for the past couple of weeks. Last night for some reason was different. I only woke up one time and that was to let Maggie out of our bedroom. I couldn't believe it. I was hoping that I would also get to sleep late, but Maggie was worried when I didn't get up at my normal time so she woke me up at 6 and I couldn't go back to bed. Let's all pray that tonight I will get just as good of a night's sleep.

My Favorite Month

I love October. There are a lot of great things that happen this time of year:

1. The weather is awesome. It was in the 70's today.
2. Football season is in full swing. Go Pats, Jags, and Gators.
3. My favorite holiday caps it off. I love candy. Love scary movies. And I love candy.
4. THE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS!!!!

Did you know Chrissy wanted to get married in October? Yeah right. Like I'd let that happen. I'm sure she'd want to spend every anniversary for the rest of her life watching the Red Sox in the playoffs or watching me pout while I watched other baseball teams play.

I read this article today, and it made me realize how lucky we are with Huckleberry coming in May. What if he came in October? How would I explain to Huckleberry that I didn't see his birth because Beckett was pitching a shutout into the 6th when Chrissy starts doing her pushing thing? Now we just need to make sure He doesn't come the weekend in May when the Sox will be playing at Atlanta; though it would be cool to say he was born at Turner Field.

Be Vewwy Vewwy Quiet...

I told you she's a killer. A vicious animal. We're in Anniston for the weekend. Sheila (Chrissy's mom) let her out this morning for what she thought was her morning bathroom break. Little did she know its wabbit season in Anniston. When Sheila called her to come back in, she picked up part of Thumper to bring in with her. If you're squeemish, or belong to PETA, you might not want to look below.

What did I do?
Headless Bugs Bunny
The rest of him

Huckleberry's First Pictures

There he is!!! Little Huckleberry's first pictures. He's the little white bump inside the big black part that looks like a kidney. The heartbeat was 139 beats per minute. We could actually see the heart beating. He looked like a little Mexican jumping bean. He's 7 millimeters big. Just think, someone that small will one day be playing balls off the monster at Fenway.

10 Things I've Learned Since Finding Out About Huckleberry

1. Morning sickness doesn't wait for 3-4 months.
2. Chrissy's stomach won't start um.... growing for 2 or 3 months.
3. Morning sickness doesn't wait for the alarm clock to go off.
4. Being pregnant doesn't always make girls hungry. Chrissy's appetite has actually decreased.
5. Morning sickness doesn't end in the morning. We've been blessed, that Chrissy has only hurled one day since we found out. She just feels sick to her stomach some times.
6. The pregnancy actually effects the guy physically too. Its called sympathy pains. I'm hungry all the time. All I want is pizza and McDonalds..... Wait a minute...... I think I was always like that.
7. Don't watch the movie "Knocked Up". I remember watching "Father of the Bride" with my family while I was engaged to Chrissy. It was fun. Made us even more excited about getting married. Watching the movie "Knocked Up" after finding out your wife is pregnant doesn't give you that same feeling. Now I'm just afraid.
8. You can't eat non-pasteurized cheese, deli meat, or cookie dough. Bummer about the cookie dough.
9. Women tell you congratulations. Men tell you your life is over. Thanks Dad, and Jason.
10. Getting a girl pregnant makes your favorite baseball team win their division. Go Red Sox!!! Yankees Suck.

Chrissy went to the Doctor last week because of stomach cramps. They said Huckleberry is fine, and Chrissy is definitely pregnant. We're going next Thursday to listen to Huckleberry's heart beat. The due date is May 24th. The Doctor said she may change it though.

Huckleberry Announcement!!!!

New York City

Saw plenty of great things in New York City. We started our day by driving to a train station north of NYC. Kind of uncertain about where we were going, but we got there without a hitch.

We took the train into Harlem, and then the subway to:

Yankee Stadium

Sissy boy hit a homerun in the bottom of the first, then dropped a potential inning-ending foul ball in the top of the third. We left after the 3rd inning with the score 4-2 Yankees. Our reasons for leaving early,

1. It was extremely hot and neither one of us wanted to look like a Cape Cod Lobster
2. The Yankees were winning
3. There were so many great things to see....

Like:

Times Square

The Brooklyn Bridge. Picture taken from the Brooklyn side looking into Manhattan

Brooklyn Bridge with Gothic Architecture

A few other interesting things about the bridge: You could actually see some of the brick that covered the street where the asphalt is worn away. The bridge was opened for use in 1883.

I did a little research on the bridge after we got back. During the last inspection, the state of the bridge was reported to be in "poor" condition. Good thing I didn't eat that second slice of pizza before we walked over it.

The Manhattan Bridge

Empire State Building

It's a 102 Story Art Deco Style Building. It has been called one of the 7 modern wonders of the world. A few years ago, a women dried to jump out of one of the windows. The wind was blowing so hard, she fell one story and was blown back into the window of the floor below.

Quick Story: We weren't sure which building was the Empire State Building so I called Chrissy to ask if she could help us out. Her response was "its the tall one". Thanks for the help sweet heart. Thats why I married you!!!

Statue of Liberty (from the Brooklyn Bridge)

Grand Central Station

The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street

George Washington was sworn into office only a block away from this historic building.

The Florida Hillbillies in front of Trump Tower. You think Trump would say "you're fired" to these 2 guys?

Ground Zero

Maggie the Wonderdog!!!

Its a bird.... Its a plane.....

No!! Its Maggie the Wonderdog!!!!

Maggie got her Halloween costume early. Pretty cool huh?

FENWAY

THEE FENWAY PARK!!!!First time ever inside Fenway. The Sox lost 9-8, but it was still a great night. Unfortunately, we were there one day too early. Clay Buchholz pitched a no-hitter in his second ever start the next day. The seats at Fenway are the most cramped seats I've ever seen. I actually had to wedge my butt into the seat, and I don't have a butt. The stadium was awesome though. You could just feel the history. The Monstah, Pesky Pole, Yawkey Way. We got there a couple hours early to walk around the park.

Even the street signs were awesome. Yawkey Way

Kevin Millaaahhh is still a fan favorite despite now playing for Baltimore.
The great Johnny Pesky, who played short stop for the Sox back in the 40s and 50s. He still comes to all the home games in full uniform.
This picture was taken from our seats. Pretty cool huh? I could actually pee on the field from my seat; not that I would.

I was sitting in the lone red seat when I took this picture. Legends has it, Ted Williams hit a homerun this far and hit a guy that was asleep sitting in this seat. It was a 502 foot homer.

Me and Dad, next to the seat.

Big Papi rounding third after a monster homerun.

Just wanted a picture of the AL East standings on the Monster with Boston in first place. Who's that in second?

Me on Yawkey Way!!!

Freedom Trail

We spent Friday walking the Freedom Trail in Boston.

Started off at Bunker Hill.

It was a tough walk to the to the top of the monument, but a great view.

Guess we should have read the sign before we started.

The Old North Church

Lot of old graves from back in the 16 and 1700's.

Paul Revere

Samuel Adams

The 5 who died in the Boston Massacre

Herbie Hancock

Increase Mather, the "Greatest American Puritan"

Paul Revere's house Ate some good pizza in Little Italy, and had a little Gelato afterwards.
I thought he made beer.

The U.S. Constitution nicknamed Old Ironsides