On Wednesday, Bill was invited to a Baltimore Orioles game. Knowing that I love baseball, he asked if I could go.  His friend said sure and I was so excited.  Bill had a campout on Friday with his 11 year old Scouts so he planned on using Thursday evening to prepare so I could tell that he didn’t really want to go.  I couldn’t find a babysitter and so I told Bill if you don’t want to go just call and tell him.  He did, but then he showed up for his Scout meeting and only one boy showed up so the campout was cancelled so Bill decided to go to the game.  I wasn’t a happy camper.  It wasn’t the fact that Bill was going out with friends it was he was going to a baseball game and he doesn’t really like it.  Well, Thursday dawns and Bill heads off to work.  My day was not headed in the right direction.  The boys and I went to the dollar store and on the way home Billy threw up in the car. Thank goodness for leather seats.  Then as I was opening the front door to get paper towels, etc… our beagle, Eddie, had pooped right at the front door!  I wanted to scream and I think I did.  After getting everything cleaned up, I was not in a good mood.  Bill finally called me while he was at the game and I told him I don’t want to know where you are sitting or anything.  He asked me how my day was and I told him all the gory details.  He came home later that night and said he decided that we will go to more baseball games and he would learn to like the game.  I am excited about that. I have been going to baseball games since I was four months old when my brothers played Little League ball. Baseball is in my blood and I hope to pass that onto Billy and Baden.  So even though my day didn’t go great something important happened and I am ready to play ball! 

PS: The Orioles beat the White Sox 6 to 5 in ten innings.

We went to the National Zoo today. We almost didn’t make it. There was an hour construction back up on Route 301 and then when we got to the Metro station there were no parking spaces.  We drove and driving in downtown DC is not fun.  Luckily, we picked the right day because the Pope arrived later in the afternoon and roads were shut down.  I definitely dig the Metro and prefer it to driving anytime.  Once at the zoo, we had a lot of fun looking at the animals. I really enjoyed watching Billy’s reaction to the animals and how excited he was to see them.  The last time we went to the zoo he was not in a good mood and so we ended up leaving. That was a bummer.  Now he is at the age where he really loves this kind of stuff.  Baden enjoyed himself laid back in the stroller taking it all in.  It was a beautiful spring day in Washington and a perfect family day for us.

All is well in Dunowland.  Baden has really got a taste for bananas and carrots not together of course.  He really loves to grab the spoon so it can be quite a messy experience.  Baden had his well baby appointment last week and he weighs 18.3 pounds and is 27.5 inches long.  He is such a happy guy that we couldn’t figure out why he was crying or getting fussy at odd times (i.e. when he wasn’t hungry) and last night we found the answer. His first tooth is coming in. It is on the bottom and it is barely through the gum, but visible.  It is probably good that he is getting teeth since he tries to eat our food.  He has a look on his face that just seems to say hey, where’s mine.  Billy is doing great and showing more indenpendence each day. Yesterday he didn’t want me to go into his speech class with him. He said you stay out here and wait while I go to speech.  According to his teacher, he did really well. I think having me and Baden in there was a distraction for him.  He is doing great.  He is all about stickers since we started a rewards program with him. He gets stickers for doing different things and then he can use those stickers to do things like play Wii or watch a movie.  It has been working out pretty good.  Bill’s evaluation is over! YAY!!!!  He was named an outstanding performer due to all of his hard work that he put in following up to this evaluation and during the evaluation.  Now he can concentrate on getting some things done around the house.  I am doing good.  I just finished my last IV Iron today and have so much more energy.  Before the treatments, I was always in search of a nap.  I am trying to do some spring cleaning, but haven’t been too successful.  Just need to get motivated! Things are good though. Spring is here and baseball is back. What more could you ask for?

You may notice that the blog is a little different.  We decided to go with Word Press so that we don’t lose anything.  If we switched internet providers that could happen and this is a lot of work. 🙂  We hope you are all enjoying our posts of the things Billy says and of our happenings here in the wilds of the nation’s capital.

I am convinced that Billy is crazy for the Wii.  He says he can hear the Wii music even when the Wii is not on. I think he says this in hopes that maybe the Wii will be turned on and maybe just maybe he will get a turn.  The Wii is off limits to Billy, but on Thursday morning he climbed on the pellet stove to the mantel and got some games down and the controllers.  I was upstairs and as soon as he heard me coming downstairs he ran away into the living room. He was sent to his room.  Thursday night I put the games on top of a storage cabinet in the computer room.  The next morning using the computer room chair he retrieved the games.  This time when I came downstairs he ran to the stairs and said I need to go to my room.  I already knew what happened.  On Saturday morning after the games had been stored away on the top shelf of the closet, he turned the Wii on and used the guitar from Guitar Hero to look at the news and weather and the Wii Store.  He was sent to his room for the entire morning.  Tonight, I am making a cinammon crumb cake. I was checking on its progress in the oven and Billy said what’s that. I told him it’s a cake. He said for me and I said yes and for me and daddy, too.  He said you mean we can eat cake and play the Wii.  His dreams must be about the Wii and I am thinking that maybe he will be on a video game team like the ones in South Korea where they play games against other teams and the competitions are held in stadiums with cheerleaders.  Is there any money in that?   School starts tomorrow after a week off for spring break.  I am hoping that will help him get over this obsession. Otherwise we may need to send him to Wii rehab.

1. Billy and Baden laughing

2. Getting hugs and kisses from the boys.

3. Spring!

I got to thinking about this when I heard Baden laughing this morning.  He was playing and was having a good time because he was just laughing and giggling.  It was such a sweet sound and I know this may sound corny but it made me feel so good inside.  I guess I am in a reflective mood today. I don’t know why.  I just am so thankful for my family and all the joy they bring to me.  I just had to share. 

We went to the movies today.  We saw Horton Hears a Who.  It was really cute and we all enjoyed it even Baden!  I recommend it.  We had ice cream afterwards at Cold Stone and it was a really nice afternoon out. We haven’t had a family day in a while.  We need to do this more often!