Sitting Pretty

I was curious if Ivy could sit in her bumbo yet and...she can! She is 7 weeks old and doing great. Still eating like a pig and starting to sleep. She slept 7 hours in a row for the past few nights. We go to the doctor next Friday so I'll have a growth update then.

Party

We had Bryce's birthday party in our backyard on Saturday. I was worried about it being too hot but the backyard was surprisingly comfortable. I think everyone had a good time hanging out and playing in the sand. When Bryce took a bath last night you would have thought that he went to the beach, sorry to my friends who had to clean up their kids. Ivy was excited about the party and was awake pretty much the whole day...less than ideal...


After the party, Myra and Bob babysat and Russell and I went to see the new Batman movie. I haven't been to a movie theater in ages. Anyway, both kids went to bed before we left and stayed asleep while we were gone for the most part. Ivy only needed 1 bottle while we were out and was nice enough to do it rightbefore we got back so I was able to go to sleep before her next feeding.

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Happy Birthday Bryce!

Bryce turned 2 today. You don't quite understand what it means to have a birthday at 2. You really don't understand why people call and sing on the telephone...it's kept me entertained though. My mother was in yesterday so we celebrated with a cupcake. Cupcake is Bryce new favorite word...

Here's Ivy

I've been meaning to post a picture of Ivy since July 12 (her due date) to show the world what she would have looked like if she popped out when planned. I'm terrible at taking pictures so here's my best attempt.

This Backyard Brought to you by Re/Max

So you've read us blogging about Bryce and his golfing ability. He smacks the ball around the yard...occasionally getting a hold of one (his outside club is the blue one shown above...or "bew cub" as he calls it). He likes to congratulate himself on a good shot..."big hit" he says...or "big BIG hit" if he really cranks one (he can hit the ball probably 30 feet in the air). Sometimes he'll land one on the lid to the irrigation system (a backyard hole in one) and he yells "HOOOL" (not sure if this made the Brcye-tionary...but that translate to hole, as in, it's in the hole).

Well...we've reached a crossroads in our backyard golf. Bryce can now hit the ball over the fence. I can see this going one of a few ways. We can opt to erect a driving range quality net around the perimeter of the yard. The only problem is when we were members at Great Hills Country Club, the neighborhood association sued the club to take the net down. Ultimately the net came down the poles were used to construct a barbeque smoker. Now, while I enjoy slow cooked meat as much as the next guy, that seems like a long way to go to get a smoker (I have a birthday coming up...that seems like a more direct route).

The other option is we raid the Academy and buy them out of the little plastic wiffle golf balls Bryce enjoys so much and start training for the under 3, under 3 feet, under 30 pound, toddler division of the Re/Max Long Drive championship (this must exist...right?).

As step one, I've started showing B the video below of Jason Zuback from the 2007 championship.

While we're a long way from teeing it up in this event, I think Bryce's 3rd birthday party next year will be a long drive contest. I think if we start training now, he could hit a ball from our patio to the fence...which I estimate at about 25 yds with about a 5 foot decline in elevation. I'll have to get Paige working on sponsors and I'll start working on equipment? Do we think Little Tykes makes a toddler launch monitor? Is there a multi-piece wiffle ball out there to maximize his launch characteristics? Well, good thing we have a year...for now we'll just have to start working on short game so we don't lose as many balls.

July 4th

We went to my parents' house to celebrate the 4th because my grandmother and great aunt were able to meet us there. Bryce and Ivy loved all the extra attention. Dede was very impressed with how well Bryce can hit a golf club. Ivy was her usual cooperative self. We had a great lunch.

In exchange for unlimited golf, Russell is required to help my father with life threatening activities when we visit. Todays task was moving a very large tv out of the house and into the garage. I wish I had a picture of the 2 of them, support belts on, balancing the tv on the dingo. Quite a picture...you'll have to use your imaginations and take a look at them reprogramming the new remote. TV was working in plenty of time for Bryce to watch Elmo.