Brian's Birthday

Brian's birthday was this past Sunday.  We went to church, went out to eat, and then just hung out at the house for a while.  In the late afternoon, Brian's sister and her family came over for some cake and ice cream.

Noah mesmerized with the candles.

Noah's cousin and buddy Solomon.  Noah still mesmerized by the candles.

Brian's cake with all 32 candles on it.

Blowing out the candles.  Noah still mesmerized.

Victory!!!

After cake and ice cream, we all loaded up (all nine of us) in Rob and LaRhesa's van and headed to the ball park to watch the Traveler's play.  A little history, Brian grew up going to the Traveler's games.  His dad was the team chaplain, and when Brian was younger, he was the batboy.  When we started dating and early in our marriage, we would go to the Traveler's games a lot.  A few years ago, they built a new ballpark in North Little Rock.  We haven't been to very many games since then.  It was not as convenient to get to, you had to pay for parking, and we were just down-right boycotting the closing of Ray Winder field.  Rob and LaRhesa had eight free tickets and wanted to take us for Brian's birthday so we went.  Immediately we were loving the new park.  We had never been to a game with a child and soon learned that the berm section is perfect for them.  

Noah picking flowers.

Fern, Solomon, Tessa, Brian, and Noah watching the ominous sky.

Under the shelter during the rain.  This picture cracks me up because the girl in it looks just like my sister.  

There was a little bit of a rain delay, but it didn't last too long and then the skies cleared and it was a perfect night.  

Noah supervising the tarp removal.

Noah and Solomon getting the water off the chairs for everyone after the rain.

After the rain, we had so much fun.  The kids ran and played.  We ate hot dogs and polish sausage.  Oh, and watched some baseball.

I am not sure if Noah is getting in trouble in this picture or getting a lesson in the game of baseball.

Watching the game together

This picture didn't turn out very well because I was zoomed in all the way on my phone, but I took it to show how Noah would clap after every play.  He loved it!

He was very busy all night running around the grass.  

His new hairdo courtesy of his cousin Tessa.

Everything was perfect, UNTIL about nine o'clock that night.  Noah was sitting on one of the metal chairs in the front row.  We looked away for one second and he decided to nose dive off the chair onto the concrete.  By the time Brian picked him up (which was about 1 second later), he already had a knot the size of a golf ball on his forehead.  He scraped his face on the concrete and nailed his head on the corner of it.  Poor baby!  We ended up leaving the game after that to the sound of Noah's screams, all the fun forgotten in the moment.  After we got home, he perked up some and started acting a little more normal.  We didn't have any Motrin in the house so I headed to the store while Brian played with Noah.  Thank goodness for 24 hour Kroger!  We kept Noah up for a couple hours just to make sure he was okay and acting normal. He went to sleep a little after 11:00.  This is a picture of him right before bed.

By the time he went to bed, I was exhausted!  When we went to bed, I was out and didn't move until the next morning.  I learned the next morning that Brian had not been able to sleep very well all night because he was worried about Noah and had been up three times during the night to check on him.  He is such a great Daddy.  Noah has since been pretty cranky, a combination of teething, having a cold, and a huge headache I imagine.  He has been through a lot lately and I hope he feels better soon.  It is so hard to watch him not feel well and not know why.  The good news is, his head is looking much better now and we did actually have a good time at the ball game.