"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.

Spreadsheet madness

I have always had a deep down love for Excel Spreadsheets. I do not know how to do all of the really cool stuff but I find a reason to make a spreadsheet for something and then I hardly ever use it, if ever. However I have always stayed true to my Boston vs. New York spreadsheet, this year it has Anahiem and Oakland on it because my assistant manager is a huge A's Fan. Apparently she loves when she knows an up and coming Oakland Star will be wearing Penstripes in a matter of years, (personal note- Free Agency is not bad, it is fair. Yes we all hate seeing our personal favorite stars getting traded but it allows Good players to get the money they are worth. However George Steinbrenner made free agency bad, he overpays average players, driving the cost of stars through the roof which in turn only allows the rich teams to own them. It also confuses people into thinking the highly overpaid old men playing for the yankees are actually talented. Reason #1 why George Steinbrenner is Evil) and if they can just make the playoff and lose in the first or second round she will be content for another year. I know I can make it better so anyone that has any Excel spreadsheet knowledge they would like to pass along, feel free. I also have my new weight loss plan, which limits my calorie intake. It helps me see what my diet is doing and calculates my theoretical weight loss. (Another personal note- moving A-Rod to third base is the single dumbest move in Baseball in the last 5 years, excluding all steriod issues. Jeter is good but A-Rod is the best, but you can always count on George to ruin the sport. Reason #2 why George Steinbrenner is Evil.)

This is it!

It's not a lot to look at just yet, but as we recover our information from our dead computer we will get some good pictures of the kids on here. You can count on randomly inserted boston red sox rants as well as several reasons why everyone should hate george steinbrenner. As we secretly record Bailey singing we will upload the songs and of course prove to the world that Noah was primarily designed to make Bailey mad. In keeping with the theme here is the gradual changes made to the outside of our house as we went from just Bailey to Bailey and Noah. The lawn gets mowed more but we have replaced the grass with kid toys. Yes our neighbors our bound to love it.