Roy's Playoff Game

I have been on Roy forever to just relax and play normal. He is like every 11 year old and watches the NBA and thinks fade aways and falling sideways when you shoot is cool. Unfortunately, it makes him not so good because he can't do all of that stuff. I have been on him for like 3 years to quit this and just play normal. I have been teaching him to be set when he shoots. My dad and I are obsessed with the stop and pop in the lane and I have been begging for Roy to try that move. I have harped on him about the silly reverse layup that he loves and try to tell him if you just shot a normal layup you would probably make it. On Sunday Bill and I played bball in the driveway and put KK in his bouncer for hours. We didn't go easy on him and really had a lot of fun. Tonight was Roy's first playoff game in this league that I am not so fond of but none the less attend and cheer for him. He started the first play of the game spotting up at the three point line. Got a great passed, squared up and shot a perfect three point shot... SWISWH!! It was text book. Completely in control. I screamed!!
Next play down he got the ball, shot faked a three and jumped stop completely in control and drained a shot from the corner of the key. ROY????? Is this you!!!!

I was going crazy in the stands. Seriously, I am not some crazy step mom when I say this, "This was the BEST game I have ever seen him play!! EVER!!!" He stayed in control the whole game. He jumped in passing lanes and stole the ball numerous times. He also led the fast break and shot normal layups and made them. He led the fast break and made the unselfish decision to pass when he was contested and his teammates scored the bucket. HE DID EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER TOLD HIM.

Now I am sure he didn't get all his skills from me but since I have been in the picture Roy and I have bonded over ball. He knows what a huge part of my life ball has been. He knows I played in college and know a thing or two about the game. I think somewhere deep in his soul he thinks I do know what I am talking about.

After the game, I boasted on Roy as much as I could. I told him how wonderful he played and reminded him that he should always play this in control and I think he will start to see a huge difference in his game. I also somewhere deep in my soul feel all my hard work and efforts with him finally paid off. Sure does make me feel good.

Move over David

Sooooo..... Ashley has reluctantly finally given up some of Rocco's cute clothes so that KK can enjoy looking handsome every once in awhile. I have been through the tub and found some super cute items. He is wearing 9-12 month clothes now so I knocked out some of the old and brought in some new items to get some use. Ashley says all of these clothes were worn by Rocco at two months. Yes, KK is a little thang and it getting use out of all these clothes that Ash had to quickly put away for her chunky monkey. I found this soccer jersey that I think gives D@ vid Beckum a run for his money. And of course this jersey would have never worked if Ash and I hadn't planned it so perfectly to marry brothers so the last name is even correct. Can't get any better than that!!

Bill got creative and said, " Summer, he needs a K to play with!!" Good idea!!

8 Months

I know I am horrible that it is 5 days later and I am just now getting to celebrate KK is 8 months old. I was very frustrated on his actual birthday because of course I couldn't get him to give me the perfect smile and picture for his 8 months. UGH!! Now I know it is not that serious but for me I take it so personal. For whatever reason he goes stone cold when I bring out the big camera. I know it is that huge flash but the pictures come out so nice when I get to use it. He also will only smile if Gavin is behind me making faces at him. Kiernan LOVES his brother Gavin and I mean LOVES him. When it is just me KK is okay but if Gavin is home he is always smiling at him. I took a few sweet shots outside. He really liked the grass and the leaves.

This is the only smile I could get that day when I was by myself.

And here are the smiles with Gavin behind me.

Cutie Pie!!

Kiernan is rocking on all fours and just around the corner from crawling. The daycare says they think he is going to skip crawling and head straight to walking. He loves to hold on to hands and walk everywhere. He can be totally crying sitting there and I pull him up on his feet and he instantly stops crying and starts looking at his feet to see what he is doing.

He loves green beans, squash and sweet potatoes. I am going to finish up my 1 Gerber foods and step him up to the 2's. I also introduced him to yogurt yesterday. He seems to like it. He wants anything the boys have in their hands. He will play on the floor but recently would rather be in the bouncer so he can be up on his feet. Yesterday he played in it for hours as Dad, Roy and I played basketball all afternoon. He is still not a great napper and needs it to be super quiet to even go to sleep. I think he has bounced back from the flu but is still fussy and coughing so I hope he isn't still battling ears of throat problems that I am overlooking. He is getting a little more hair but still rather bald. Supposedly he waves bye bye but I have yet to see him do it. He is also Mr. Bitter!! He has top and bottom front teeth in and his top incisors are almost all the way through. Don't put your finger anywhere close to him month or he might bite it off and be careful playing with him because he will drop his head and bite ya in a second. Happy 8 month son!!

The Flu

Friday afternoon, I noticed that Kiernan was being extra fussy. When we went out to dinner he normally sits in the chair and laughs and plays. He was not having any of the dinner. He wouldn't even laugh for his cousins. As I was doing my normal bedtime routine KK threw up all over us. Hmmmm.... I decided to put us in the bath and do the whole routine over again. As I was putting him in his crib.... throw up again. UGH!!! Finally I gave up and just changed him and let him be. He was very whinny and wanted to be held. Something was not right. This began an extremely long night of him on my chest. In the morning I got him a doctor's appointment. KK had the flu!! She said I needed to watch him very carefully because babies die from the flu..... HELLLLOOOO...Way to freak me out. I got home and began trying to nurse him back to health. Bill and I stayed home ALL weekend and cared for him. So exhausting. He had another bad night on Saturday on my chest. I already have a bad back but two nights sitting up with a baby sent me body into trauma. By Sunday night we decided to try formula and food again. He kept it down and only woke up at 2:00am on Sunday night. I am thinking he is on his way back to being healthy again. He was face planted on me all weekend.

Poor guy. Excuse my picture we literally stayed in our PJs all weekend long!

Bill's 40th Birthday

Last Saturday night, we had all our friends over to celebrate Bill's 40th birthday. Mom made this yummy cake and I had to add the text. We had tons of food but at the end of the night the food was GONE. All of it. People were coming back for seconds and thirds.

Bill had a blast out by the barbecue pit talking with the guys. I think they even did some tequila shots. We had a great turn out and Bill said he had lots of fun.

Look at everyone that showed up.

The birthday boy.

Rocco getting a close look at which drink he wants.

We had the fire pit going and one of the neighbors went up to the gas station and got all the kids marsh mellows. That kept them occupied all night.

Vegas Baby!!

I had to start this post with the way my son has decided he likes to fall asleep. The funny part is he is in the complete dark but feels the need to cover his eyes as if to say, "Mom, it is so bright!!" I really regretted leaving him but I felt I had to take Bill on a special 40th bday trip. I mean I have to admit it is not every day you turn 40!!!!! I knew the boys were in good hands and I did my best to leave it behind and enjoy our adult time. We stayed at H@ rr @hs and had a great time. We started out a little strong the first day but chilled out the rest of the trip. We made a huge loop around almost every hotel the last day with his friends. We had a blast. Bill drank wayyyyy tooooo much and ended up in this outfit.

I enjoyed Bell @gio's lobby with the shout out to the Chinese new year. I did not take a camera but felt I needed at least one picture from our trip for proof.

Bill had his best luck the very last night and I was ready to come home. Bill stayed out really late and ended up on top that night. He was hurting the whole flight home and the next day and the next but I think he had a blast. Happy 40th honey!!