Baseball

Baseball has started!  I love baseball.  The good news is that both of my boys also love baseball.  I am very hopeful that we can continue to play every year, but at least we know right now we are going to be able to this summer!  Tyson has improved leaps and bounds since last year and at his first game the other night he stopped a bunch of ground balls.  It was great to see him keep his glove down, get the ball, and throw to first base.  We worked really hard on not celebrating until AFTER we throw the ball to first.  And the practice paid off because he waited everytime until AFTER he threw it.  (we tend to celebrate the little things in life around here)  He also hit the ball at his first at bat of the year.  We have also worked really hard on him staying in the box and not backing out.  And he did it, and actually hit the ball.  As you can see in the video we still need to work on keeping our eye on the ball, but he stayed in the box and hit it.  It was a fun game and we won 15-13.  Go Rockies!

Fragile X Article

Special Report Link

Here is a link to a really good article about the advances in medicine in the Fragile X world.  Dr. Berry-Kravis at Rush in Chicago was the speaker at the conference we went to a month ago.  The Novartis study in Chicago is the one that Tyson is going to be part of (if he cooperates :)).  We are very optimistic that we are getting so close.  Berry-Kravis says in this article 2014 at the earliest.  That is seriously just around the corner!

And just because you can't have a post without a cute picture!!

Field Day 2012

Field Day is always so much fun!  I love watching Tyson try new things that I always think there is no way he is going to do.  The sack race always amazes me.  He steps in that itchy, scratchy bag and jumps.  For anyone who knows our family you know jumping was one of the hardest things for my boys to learn.  Then the three-legged race you are tied to another person AND have to hold hands.  But every year he amazes me and participates and enjoys all of the events.  He even did tug-of-war this year!

A little brotherly love caught on film.

Look at that intensity!

Charlie enjoying the day too!

Charlie's turn to race.  He is READY! He stood like this while all the kids lined up.

Tug-of-War

Tyson and his best friend Cadence!

(It was also crazy hair day, she doesn't usually color her hair :))

  

And now a few videos!

Last Day of School

Today was Tyson's last day of school so I thought it would be fun to look at the last 3 years of pictures with his teachers.  I always take one of him with his teacher on the last day. 

Kindergarten - Miss Horan

1st Grade - Mr. Spare

2nd Grade - Mrs. Gray

Just can't believe he is going into 3rd Grade!!

Don't Get Used To This!

Three blogs in one week, I must be sick or something right?  Well, there has been a lot going on around here and this is really the only place I EVER write things down.  This is really like my online journal to remember these precious moments. 

Last week my mom and my aunt Tammy came down to visit.  I have not seen my aunt in probably 20 years, obviously WAY too long.  It was a great visit and I hope they come back soon.  While they were here my mom decided that she needed to ride a bike with the boys!  Oh my!  I wonder how long it has been since she rode a bike!  I thought she was out of her mind but she was determined.  And I actually pulled out my video camera so we can all enjoy this memory together forever! :)  Enjoy!

And Now It's All About Baseball!

My kids are very much into whatever sport is in season.  They go all in to whatever season it is and now we have moved on to baseball.  Tyson had his first practice on Saturday morning and we have been doing a lot of practicing in the backyard.  Charlie has now become obsessed with it and wants to watch The Sandlot ALL the time.  He loves it and acts out many parts of it, which is just so cute.  Here are a series of pictures of his face while he is swinging the bat in the backyard...

And my all time favorite...

He also loves to wear the entire catcher's gear.  He can hardly walk in the chin guards but that doesn't stop him.  We were playing in the backyard with the neighbors this weekend and he would walk out to the pitcher and hand her the ball.  He would look at her and say, "now let's play ball!"  Seriously if I could freeze time I would freeze both boys right now!  These have been my favorite ages for both of them.





And then this is how we found him!

Man, I love that kid!

Tyson Can Ride A Bike

Last Sunday Tyson decided he wanted to ride his bike without training wheels.  Last summer when we would try to get him to try he would scream and yell and not even sit on it.  This time he said, "Let me do it!" over and over.  So we did and man he learned fast.  He was sooo proud of himself and kept telling us that we needed to video him.  He would yell, "Charlie, watch me!"  The entire neighborhood knew that Tyson had learned because he would stop them as they drove by to show them.  We even had to go knock on some other friend's door so they could come out and cheer for him.  Now all he wants to do when he gets home from school is ride his bike.  I think the independence of it is exhilerating to him.  Here is a video of him as he was learning. 

As he rides by he says, "this is an awesome day!"  How cute is that?

This Is An Awesome Day!

Oh, and please ignore the shoeless 4 year old eating Wheat Thins in the middle of the street!