"its johnny"

I told JC that this wouldn't be just about baseball, but we watch a lot of baseball in our house (not caryn) so it will probably come up every now and then. Anyway last night we were watching the Rangers playing the Sox at Fenway. In the top of the eighth the Rangers scored a couple of runs and got within 2, then in the bottom of the eighth the Red Sox went on an onslaught and scored 9 runs. In the middle of this Johnny Damon came up to bat. I was walking into the living room and asked Caryn to change the channel, when she did I asked Bailey who it was. The camera had changed angles so at first she had this confused look on her face, then the camera shifted back to the batter. She got this goofy grin/smile on her face and whispered "johnny." She then insisted that we watch the game with Johnny (our lifesize cardboard cutout of Johnny Damon) in the living room so that she could keep a watch on both of them. It's just funny how much kids pick up from you and its not just because they are picking stuff up from everybody. She has a genuine interest in the Red Sox because she knows that I love them. She sits and watches games with me despite the fact that when she started watching games with me she had no clue what was going on. It won't be long before she knows more about baseball than most of my friends (she already knows more about baseball than jc). Anyway, as much as this seems like it is about baseball its really about how great it is to have kids. You will be blessed and cursed because your kids will be just like you. Right now I don't care, its great. I know that someday soon Noah will be driving us crazy and Bailey's fear of boys will disappear and she maybe, just maybe might start to like more guys than me and johnny.