Great American Summer Pastime

It's no secret that Nathan and I are baseball fans. We've had season tickets to the Twins for 5 or 6 years now. So, it should come as no surprise that we wanted to get the kids out to see the new stadium this season. Hank went to the Metrodome last year and visited the new ballpark early this March when we got to go for a first-look pre-season. Siri also went in utero this spring and I enjoyed the looks I got while I enjoyed my n/a beer in the Town Ball Tavern. Siri made her first game, officially, at two and a half weeks old and did very well. We took Henry just last week and while he only managed to sit on our seats for about an inning, he did charm everyone in both Sections 105 and 106 as well as a few in the Twins Pub and the upper deck as he did laps around the stadium at break neck toddler speed. He also got to ride the train for the first time which was almost more exciting to him than having nearly 41,000 people sing the "baseball song" to him during the seventh inning stretch!

April 20, 2010 - 7 months pregnant with Siri
Siri's first game - July 1, 2010Henry's first game at Target Field - July 21, 2010
Riding the TRAIN!

Let's Celebrate!

It's a big week here at Chez Nature, lots of reasons to celebrate... Tomorrow is Nathan and my third anniversary. Wow! That went fast! Henry is 18 months old on Thursday. Big Guy! And H's little sister is 33 weeks in utero and growing very big and very strong. In fact, last week's ultrasound estimated her to be 6 lbs 1 oz already. That's give or take 14 ounces, but that's still damn big considering there is 7 weeks until her due date. Will she be a ten pounder like her brother? Place you bets now!
Meanwhile, Henry's vocabulary continues to grow every day. He now will wander around the house saying "baseball" over and over. Other new words that I can discern include apple, socks and shoes. He knows all of his body parts and can point to them when prompted and is able to tell me what the cat, duck, cow and dog say. He's brilliant!
Nathan and I are loving the new Target Field/Twin's stadium and are trying to get to as many games a possible before Little Girl arrives. Here we are on opening day...

Another year, another baby!

Happy New Year! Good news! Nathan, Henry and I will welcome a new baby into our world in June. I am 17 weeks pregnant and the results of all of the preliminary tests are in. Everything looks good! We will find out at the end of this month whether it is a boy or a girl. The official due date is June 14th, which is the anniversary of Nathan proposing to me at the Twins game and the day we usually celebrate by going off to a baseball game somewhere. I guess this year we might have to postpone depending on when the baby decides to arrive.

So far this pregnancy has been much, much different than the first. I've been sicker and more prone to headaches. Maybe its a girl?

Love & Baseball IV

Oh, god help me...

I'm sitting in front of my laptop. I have books, papers, notes, references of various kinds spread all over the couch. I'm working on my midterm paper half-heartedly. I was a supremely skilled procrastinator durning my days of undergrad at SCSU. I realize in the rational part of my brain that I cannot do that with a grad level class and honestly expect to pass. That said, I have the Sox v. Indians game on (on mute, naturally) across the room and the sound of Tiva snoring, lulling me into a semi-dream state, on the blanket next to me. Proof that tonight is just not the night for me to be writing an academic paper came a few minutes ago when I found that I had written the following:

"The future of the nonprofit sector is glowing and bright, cheery and lime in the coconut, drink it all up. Nonprofits need to prepare for the future by buying lots of rum. "

I think I'll go to bed now. After the baseball game, of course. The midterm will have to wait.