Who do I cheer for?

7 months old...but who's counting?

Manning is 7 months old today and he is growing so quickly. I was out of town for about 3 1/2 days and it is amazing how much he has changed within that amount of time. Everyone told me how fast he would grow, but I never really believed it until now. We've had a pretty laid back day. I got home late last night so I've had a lot of catching up to do. I don't think Manning missed me too much because it seems that his daddy took excellent care of him while I was away. Doug is such a good father and has been absolutely wonderful taking on all of the household responsibilities so that I am able to focus on my mother right now. So, thank you Doug. I appreciate it and love you so much. You've been so awesome through this trying time. We spent Manning's 7 month birthday hanging out and having fun. Manning is really working on breaking those darn teeth free, crawling and even standing. One of the pictures on this page is from today while he was sitting in his "Manning-size" chair that Grandma Linda bought for him (by the way G-ma Linda, he loves the chair) and he just stood right up. He was using the chair for a little support, but was mainly standing with his one strength. It was very cool. We had a doctor appt. this week and he weighed in at 17 lbs. and 26.75 inches.

My prayer

Dear Lord,

Please watch over and be with my Grandma Sharon at this time. She is not feeling so well and I want her to get better really soon. I thank you for all the wonderful things you have given me and the wonderful family that you have delivered me to.

Amen

Take me out to the ballgame!

So, Manning was able to take in his first baseball game with his mom and dad. We went to see the KC T-bones, free tickets given to us from my friend Neuty, yes that is a nickname. The T-bones is a baseball team in an independent league. I think this was the first of many ballgames to come that Doug and Manning will experience together. It was a hot summer night, $1 ballpark hotdogs, a full crowd and the good ol' American favorite past time. Don't know who won because we didn't stay late enough to find out -it was too hot for the little guy - but it didn't really matter b/c it was fun. the T-bones game is an affordable good time and lots of fun.



Side note*** Manning does smile all of the time, but it's hard to catch the smile on camera b/c he is always more interested in trying to figure out what the camera is and why it's always in his face. Hence, why he looks so serious in the above picture.