Summer Sundays

It's not technically summer yet, but it's getting very close.  We are looking very forward to lots of days in the pool.  I finally remembered to buy some small swim diapers, so Cameron got to join us in the pool.  Hooray!

 

Hat?

Or no hat?  I think she can rock it either way:)

The big pool was still a little chilly, so us girls tried out the baby pool instead.  It wasn't that much warmer (and we are such weenies) so we heated up the hot tub.

And Cameron loved her first swim!  It didn't hurt that it felt like bath water and the rest of us enjoyed it, too.

Maddie came over to play with Cami...

Then Boom hopped in, too, and soon there were 7 of us in there!



If Gigi would have gotten in, we'd of had the whole fam:)


 

My guess is that we're going to see many more smiles out of our little water baby this summer.  She loved getting to hang out instead of just watch the big kids. 
Hello, Summer!  It's so good to see you again.

Lil' Cubs Fan

 

Cameron is the littlest sibling this year and has become such a cute cheerleader for her big brother's team.

 

She loves wearing her Chicago Cubs onesies to the games and does her best to make some noise for the boys!

Today is their second tournament game and she would like nothing more than for her big brother to win again:)

She thinks he is the coolest big brother ever.  Even though he's a rough-and-tumble boy, it was HIS idea to dress her up in this matching tutu.  I picked out the flower headband, but he was all about dolling his littlest sister up for a Cubs photo shoot.  A true renaissance man!

 

We're all pulling for you and the rest of your teammates.  Go Cubs!

Tournament Time!

It's that time again!  The Cubs post season is finally here.  They played their first game on Saturday and beat the Red Sox 14 - 10.  It was a much closer game than we imagined it would be, but we were still glad to leave with a win.  This tournament is do or die--one loss and you're out, so it's Go Big or Go Home! 

It was the perfect game to have professionally photographed and I'm so happy with the awesome shots that Matt Gomez got of the whole team.  Focused On Fun Photography is amazing!

 

My favorite #32 was ready to play ball! They got warmed up...

and were all smiles before the game began.

Coach Jared was our first base coach and had the boys ready to rock.

They watched the other team warm up in the infield...

and then got their last minute pep talk from Coach Carlos.

 

Gooooooo Cubs!!

 

Jackson played first the whole game and made some great catches.  Stretch!

That's one out!

Matthew made some good plays at short stop and threw the ball to J...



That's two out!

Caden made some good plays at second base, too...

and threw the ball over to J for out #3.

I could watch this kid play all day long.  Fielding...

and throwing.  It's so cool to see your child's hard work really pay off.

There were plenty of exciting plays, like this one where Tyler tagged the runner out at third base.

The whole team hit really well, too!





Jackson got a few doubles

Run fast #32!!

Get there!

Rounding to second base

Way to go, J man!

He scored a few times

and got lots of outs at first base.  Cool pic of Zach throwing the ball to J.

Tyler made some great plays at third base and tried his best to get the ball to J in time.

One throw was a little high, but Jackson used his hops to jump up and get it.  They didn't get the runner out that time, but at least they held him to a single.

Pretty soon there were two down and only one more out to go.

Jackson's last time up to bat was serious business.  It was the 5th inning and the Cubs were only up by a run or two.  They needed to score a few more to ensure a win.

He waited on a good ball from Coach Jeff...

kept his eye on the ball and made a great shot to center field!



 

If only he'd been paying attention to his base coach, he would have had a triple...but he got thrown out at third base instead!  Ahhhh!!!  That's why you're not supposed to watch the ball yourself!


 

Coach Jared was not impressed.  The boys scored a few more runs, though....

made some more good plays...

and even got a triple play that started with a huge catch in right field and ended up throwing out two base runners!!!

  

The Cubs pulled out the win and all 12 boys played a big part in making that happen.



The kids are ready for the next game tomorrow night. 

 You can betcha that I'll be hollering like crazy for them from the stands, and so will these two cuties.  I love this time of year.  There is nowhere else I'd rather be.