Saying Goodbye to Tradition

Sunday morning we decided, on a whim, to drive down to the one and only Yankee Stadium. After all, baseball season would officially kick off that night and the Yankees opened their season the following day. And it would be the last season to be played in Yankee Stadium as we all know and love it.

We wanted to see the new "stadium" - the building that was going to take over and house the greatest team that baseball has ever known. This new building has a lot to live up to and has HUGE shoes to fill. It's sad to the think that the bleachers in the original stadium will sit empty and that the presence of all those baseball greats that walked onto that field will never be present in the new stadium.

But, giving credit where credit is due, the new building looks remarkably like the old one and I, as well as most Yankee fans I'd think, am thankful for that.

****Disclaimer: All photos taken through the windows of the car (most of them while moving!)

Welcome to Yankee Stadium!!

In true New York fashion, parking is now $35 for a game!!
All those Championships won within these walls!

The Upper Deck from the streets of the Bronx
The new Stadium . . .

Exterior looks very much like that of the Yankee Stadium we all know and love

Best shot we could get of the interior (you can just make out the very top of the upper (upper) deck.

We had a hard time getting a shot of the front of the new stadium. This is the front and if you look between the trees and above the 3 columns you can just out where it says "Yankee Stadium" in large gold letters.

Another shot of the front of the new stadium

Cool walkway/entrance onto the grounds of the new stadium

Happy Birthday Aunt Kate!

We all hope you had a great 25th birthday!

Our Relaxing Weekend

We really did do more than lounge around, I swear!

52 Weeks - Week 2

Shane spent the weekend helping Mommy recover from having all 4 widsom teeth extracted on Friday. It's amazing what some toddler lovin' and a little Elmo can do . . .

Hunting for Eggs

Going into the whole Easter egg hunt thing with a toddler, I knew we were in for one of two scenarios:

1) It was going to be WICKED cute
OR
2) It was going to be a COMPLETE disaster

Thankfully, it turned out to be wicked cute! It took Shane but a minute to figure out that there were eggs tossed all over the backyard and he ran right over to one and picked it up - we applauded (which he LOVES) and he ran over to the next egg. We all applauded again and he ran one more time. This time he picked the egg up and threw it. Then he turned around and looked for his applause! That's my boy! He's his father to a tee!

Better yet was when Shane discovered that there were actually things inside of the eggs! And once he figured out that the bigger eggs held matchbox cars, he had absolutely no need for the smaller eggs that contained puffs (after all, he had already had them for breakfast!)

Here's a few shots we manged to get while the getting was good. Really loving this age, he's so much fun right now! Terrible 2's oughtta kick in any time now!

52 Weeks - Week 1

A photography board that I frequent has started a challenge of sorts for all us "moms" - the goal is to get ourselves in front of the camera, with our kids! Since we spend so much of our time taking the pictures, it's rare that we actually end up in them! I think this is a wonderful idea and I love it already!

My hope is to post a picture of Shane and I each Monday. Each Monday's picture would've been taken the following week.

Here is our picture from Week 1. An awful picture really, but none the less it's a picture of us and it captures a moment which I love - and that, after all, is what the challenge is all about.

Happy Easter

We had a wonderful Easter and hope the same was true for everyone! GramZ and Grandpa came by on Saturday and spent the night and Grandma, Aunt Kate, Uncle Jay and Aunts Sue and Kathy came over on Easter Sunday. Shane even had his first egg hunt out in the backyard in the afternoon!

Here are a few quick snapshots of our day:

Shane's Easter basket - 2008

Close-up of all his goodies!

This kid is such a creature of habit! Wiggles first, then the Easter basket!

Getting a little closer!
Basket full of goodies and he goes right for the Puffs!

Struggling to get them out of the basket!

Awwww, finally discovering there are other things inside his Easter basket!

Puffs & yogurt . . . the breakfast of champions!
Holding on to his Puffs for dear life! With Grandma on Easter
Pictures of our Easter egg hunt to follow . . .

Stepping Stones

As a reward for being such a good helper Saturday morning while we finished up with the chores around the house, we spent the early part of the afternoon at Stepping Stones, a children's museum in Norwalk.

Once we figured out that Shane was feeling a little intimidated by all the big kids around and then went into the "Toddler Terrain" area (where you have to be 3 or under to play) he had a fantastic time!

In the water play area . . LOVE the little capes they have for the kids to help keep them dry! (Notice him holding onto his Daddy's finger??!!!)

Still not wanting to leave Daddy's side . .

Racing cars with Daddy!
At this point we go into "Toddler Terrain" - he had no problem leaving our side and we practically had to drag him out kicking and screaming when it was time to leave!!

Playing "hide 'n seek" . . .

Crawling in . . .

Checking things out . . .

And crawling out . . .He could NOT get enough of the slide!! He yelled "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee" every time he went down!

Mommy's Little Helper

As if this little guy needed to attempt to capture my heart any more than he already has . . .

Here he is helping us clean the house on Saturday morning before all of our holiday company startred to arrive for the weekend!
This is what I got when I asked him to turn around and smile for me! I think the mop got stuck!