DC United!

Mom and Dad took me to my first DC United game last Saturday! The weather was rainy off and on all day, but it wasn't too bad. We have a canopy for the tailgates, so I got to stay dry and hang out in my stroller and get passed around to all of mom and dad's friends. At game time, mom put me in the carrier and we walked in. We made a brief stop at the team store on the way to our seats and were lucky enough to find a jersey and warm up suit that will probably fit me sometime during the season :) Mom also got me a crazy monkey - it's not a true rally monkey because it doesn't cry, but I have a feeling dad will fix that for me! Already at the young age of 6 months, I can tell it's nice to be an engineer's daughter :)

I fell asleep on the walk from the store to our seats and slept through the entire first half. The carrier has a "hood" on it, so I didn't even get wet from the rain. I woke up at half time and enjoyed just looking around for the rest of the game. I was apparently the life of the party because the people who sit behind us were funny and made faces at me and thought I was cute.

Uncle Jay was kind enough to send us these photos. Mom has a few more from the tailgate, but doesn't have the camera with her...






































Last Sunday was a bit nicer and we got to go for a long walk around the neighborhood. But mom discovered that the hill that looks less steep than our street is in fact about 4 times longer than our street and therefore much more painful to walk up, especially with the stroller ;)

It's been a pretty good week as well. I've now been sleeping in my crib since Sunday night. I have to admit it's still a huge challenge to fall asleep, but once I do fall asleep, I've been sleeping pretty well, sometimes waking up once or twice. I'm definitely falling into more of a set schedule.

Mom and Molly took me to another DC United game last night (Dad stayed home and hung out with his friends at our house). I got to wear the sweat suit that mom got me at the last game. How cute am I? Thank you Wanda for sending us pictures - hope you don't mind that we put them up here! I got to see my friend Gabriel again - he was such a cutie and was very good for the game, but got tired half way through the second half. Not bad for his first MLS experience!!! I was pretty good for the game too and stayed awake the entire time this time. Talon came around our section and I got my picture taken with him. I finally fell asleep when we were pulling in the driveway, just in time to get changed into my jammies and go to bed.










































































































I also got to meet the Easter Bunny yesterday! Mom said that she was surprised there were no other kids in line, so we got to sit there for a while waiting for me to smile. I decided I was in a serious mood, so we sat there for 10 minutes and some guy kept shaking a toy at me trying to get me to look and smile. I thought he was pretty goofy actually and never did crack a smile. The photos really aren't great, but I guess this is one of those necessary childhood events.
























We also discovered last night that regardless of the outcome of the final basketball game, the picks that dad made in mom's work pool will come in second place! Not too shabby :)

After all the fun and excitement of the weekend, I guess it's time to wind down and get ready for another week of school and work! Talk to everyone soon!