Eamon at the Barons Game

Daddy picked Eamon up from school early today to go to the 11:05 Barons game.

Just squint a little

I was playing with the camera and caught some really cute faces.  Too bad they are blurry.  So just squint a little, OK?

February Pictures - Fun with Cousins

Valentine's Day Weekend Aunt Tracey, Uncle Lee, Grandma and Baby Kathleen came in town. 

Uncle Lee was running in the Mercedes Marathon.

Eamon seemed to enjoy Kathleen, although when I laid her on the blanket and started taking pictures of her, he wanted to lay down next to her and be in the pictures.

The next weekend, I think, Aunt Christine, Grandma, Ethan and Cole came in town.  The boys had a great time playing at the park.

Eamon and Cole throwing the Football.

Pictures from January

I've been a bad blogger.  Here are some pictures I just got off the camera from January.

Eamon in the bathtub.

"Ho Ho Ho" - This is his Santa impersonation.

Playing with his trains wearing his bear hat (which he wore for about 2 weeks straight)

Walking around the house wearing Mommy's pants.

Some things I don't want to forget (and some I do)

1. Here is a picture that I just got from Ed.  He and Eamon are at the zoo right now and Eamon is walking backwards in this picture.
2. When I put Eamon to bed at night I always tell him that I love him and sweet dreams and good night.  A few nights ago, I put him in bed and while I was walking out of the room he said in his sweet little voice, "night night, mommy"  The next night to Ed he said "night night daddy"  So sweet!
3. Randomly in the middle of dinner Eamon will lean over to me and say "big hug" and give me a hug.
4. This morning I couldn't the car keys.  I looked all around the kitchen, through our bags and even in the kitchen drawers.  After 30 minutes of searching I thought, what if Eamon got them yesterday.  I looked in the little trunk of his tricycle.  Sure enough, my keys were there!
5. One of our good friends from church goes to the same daycare as Eamon.  She is about 9 months younger than Eamon.  Yesterday when I picked Eamon up, she came walking down the hall to see Eamon and held out her arms to give him a hug!  SO CUTE!!!
6. This morning I was getting Eamon's waffle out of the freezer to put in the toaster when he told me he wanted chicken for breakfast, when I told him no, he said pizza.  Really?  Yes, I have been known to give my child chicken nuggets, pizza and even hot dogs for breakfast, but we really don't have time for that in the mornings.
7. Eamon is so excited by police cars, ambulances and fire trucks.  Anytime he sees one when we are driving, he will say "ire tuck, momm" or "pe-tar, Mommy" or "ambance, mommy"
8. Sometimes he talks in complete sentences, although hard to understand.  This Sunday we were at my parents' house and he came walking up to me with the dogs leash, "Ina take pa-E for walk"  Yes, he wanted to take Sparky for a walk.  Papa was nice enough to take Eamon and Sparky out for a walk.
9. Ever since we went to Jules' Bday party, Eamon has been singing "Happy Day to you"  It is also, very cute!
10. Mornings.....goodness, what a challenge.  I try to change him and it's "NO, Jammy time"  He then screams as I try to change him.  I have let him go to school several days in his jammies, some mornings it's just not worth the fight!  

Nanny

My godmother, "Nanny," passed away this past Sunday of a brain aneurysm. She was 53 years old and a very special person to me (and I've learned this week, to a lot of other people). She has three children, Ian (20), Katie (15) and Ellen (14). We have been in New Orleans since Sunday and are staying through the weekend. I'm overwhelmed by the support that her family has received from family, friends and coworkers. It has been so nice to hear stories about her life from everyone. Why do we wait until someone dies to celebrate and reminisce about their life? The visitation will be on Wednesday evening and then the funeral will be Thursday afternoon followed by a gathering of family and friends to celebrate her life. On the right is a link to her Caringbridge Page, where you can read about the events that have happened in the last week and see all the comments that people have left. Here is the link to her obituary

Playing at the Park

A few weeks ago Eamon had been sick so he couldn't go to school. I stayed home with him for the day, but he wasn't acting sick, so we went to the park.

Eamon enjoyed picking up the pebbles...

and throwing them in the lake (pond?)

After playing, we had a picnic.