Two Months In And Time For Teeball

I maintain that anyone that says that having a newborn around the house is wonderful is telling 50% of the truth and the other 50% is them just trying to make themselves believe that they're having a good time. Owen and Jason are different in a number of ways but one big way that they are similar is that neither one was/is a baby that just wants to hang out and watch the world go by. Don't get me wrong, I like that Jason is active just like his brother was, because when he's in a good mood he's fun to play with. However, there is very little time in the day where Jason will just hang out in a swing or a chair or on the floor without Bridget or I next to him entertaining him.

The good part is that he has blown past two months old and is on his way to 11 weeks old on Monday. He's definitely becoming more aware as the weeks go by. He smiles all the time now, which is awesome, he tries his best at talking, and if I had a way to measure the time he spent crying per day at 6 weeks and the time he spends crying now at 10 weeks I'm pretty sure it has decreased.

The three guys hanging out on the couch

 
One way that Jason and Owen are the same are their sleeping habits. At about 6 weeks we put Jason into his crib at night and he's taken to it wonderfully. On average he falls asleep about 8PM, wakes up around 4 for a bottle, and goes back down until sometime between 6 and 7. He has his occasional off night, but it's so nice for Bridget and I to get 6-7 hours of uninterrupted sleep at night and bodes well for her going back to work in a couple weeks.

As for Owen, he has started his baseball career. In our township they started a 4 year old teeball program a few weeks back. I was a little hesitant about signing him up since he turned 4 only 30 days before the deadline meaning that most of the kids are older than him, but it has been a great decision. The first three weeks they brought his team, the Yankees (yes, I know, but I don't get to make the decisions) to the local indoor batting cages and taught them the basics of how to throw, field, and hit. What a wonderful idea. These kids don't know anything about baseball and simply sticking them out in a field wouldn't have been worthwhile.

Today was Owen's first game against the Phillies. By "game" I mean that they sent one team out into the infield and let the other team step up to the plate one-by-one and hit the ball. No scores, no outs, no real rules. Just a bunch of 4 year olds having a great time. Owen did really well in both the field and at the plate. Even hit a ball that had a few seconds of airtime. Jason and Bridget got to come to the game and we all had a blast watching the outing. Can't wait for the next three games.

Owen, crooked hat and all, hanging out with his team

Owen's home run trot during practice