The Baseball Itch

Lately, I have been telling Lezlie how I can't wait until baseball season starts. Face it, you can only watch so much American Idol before you go nuts. And, since my parents were in town for the weekend and had yet to go to the new Busch Stadium, we decided to go downtown and tour the stadium.

Of course, they first show you all of the fancy all-inclusive areas in which you get "free" soda, beer, food, etc. However, they kinda glaze over the idea that one ticket can cost $100-300. But, I think we all agreed that it would be nice to someday sit in those green seats and get pampered. In the end, they guided us onto the field and into the dugout. So, it was definitely worth Mom and Dad's $10:)

At the end of the weekend, we decided to let Minnie and Papa steal Maya for a couple days. Jocelyn and Olivia were on spring break and heading to Cole Camp so we thought Maya should join in on the fun.

Let me tell you, it feels a little weird being at home without Maya. We were kinda lost. Not surprisingly, our house managed to stay clean for a couple days. And, I think Vinnie enjoyed a little peace and quiet. On Monday, Lezlie was craving Hooters wings and since we had the chance, we went. It's funny, the last time we were there was the night before Maya was born. Lezlie was WAY past pregnant and we wanted to try the whole spicy food remedy to speed up the process. I guess it worked. This time, however, Lezlie did not have a baby. Sorry Grandma and Grandpa--maybe next time.

Well, we've had Maya back since Tuesday night but it seems like we haven't. Over the past couple weeks, she has been wanting to go to bed a lot earlier--most of the time before 8. So we really only get to see Maya for a couple hours a day. And, half of that is spent feeding her. Thank goodness it is the weekend. We'll finally have the chance to spend some quality time together.

Check One Off of My List

Have you ever felt you had so many things to do that you just decided to do nothing? Well, that is how I have felt lately. Clean the house, finish basement bedroom, trim trees, rake leaves, clean house, update blog, go to class, reorganize closet, etc. The other day I decided to write my own to-do list because that seems to be the only way I'll get something done. Well, it was pretty depressing. But, things seem to be slowing down at work so maybe I'll take some time off and get some of these done. Does that make sense? Use vacation hours to stay home and work? Oh my, I'm turning into my parents:)

Well, I did manage to get some yard work done this weekend. And, since it pretty nice outside Lezlie brought Maya out. Boy, does she love to explore. It sucks because we have the worst back yard for a toddler, being that it is at a 20-30 degree incline. So, you have to walk with her every step of the way. But, she is getting more sure of herself every day.She has slowly been becoming more independent but now she has reached the stage of pushing away, specifically when you try to hold her hand. But, today she was much better as I only grabbed her hand to help her over the many obstacles.

March is always the month of birthdays. Two weeks ago was Willa's birthday party. I am still amazed at her little personality around groups of people. I, myself, was quite an introverted person growing up. So, I guess she gets that from her mother. Of course, she rather enjoyed watching Jackie's dog Angelina run around. But, I'm guessing Angelina didn't feel the same way about her.
Last weekend was Jocelyn and Olivia's birthday party. Here, she had 6 bigger kids to chase and keep her eye on. I felt so sorry for her because she wanted to play so much with them. But, I soon learned she was satisfied just being around them all. I guess she just wanted to hang with the cool kids.I've had several comments about Maya's dance routine. I have more videos but need to get them off of the camcorder. I'll post one when I get a chance. Hopefully, it won't be long.