Baseball, The Great Pierogi Race, and Food

In the two weeks since the last blog a lot has changed.  It took Ayden a week to quit moping around after loosing the blog contest, and then something happened.  Our immobile, quiet, well behaved infant started crying, eating, talking (gibberish), laughing, and rolling over.  I think the most quotable line from the first five months was "enjoy them while they are young, they grow so fast."  We must be in the midst of a growth spurt.

Ayden went to his first baseball game.  The Pittsburgh Pirates were hosting the Cincinnati Red Legs for their final home game of the season. The Boy had a great time and it was a beautiful day.  It ended the way any Pirates fan knew it would...with a Pirates loss.  The  highlight of the game was the finale of The Great Pierogi Race.  The two finalist were Cheese Chester and Sauerkraut Sal.  It was a valiant effort by Cheese Chester who overcame Sauerkraut Sal's thuggery (he intentionally tripped Cheese Chester early in the race) and pulled out a come from behind victory.  He was crowned the 2011 pierogi race champion.  And look who got his picture with the champ...that's right, The Boy. 

Speaking of food...

The Boy ate food for the first time (no it wasn't pierogies).  This is a momentous event in the life of a parent.  My wife called me into the kitchen with the anticipation of a kid at Christmas.  The big day was finally here.  She mixed up the rice cereal which does not look like rice or cereal, and prompted me to get the camera.  She then proceeded to paint the babies face with food.  He ate seemingly nothing, but caused us a half hour of cleanup.  Let the games begin. 

Ayden's tip of the week:

To help comfort the babe during sleep it's imperative that you add white noise to your baby's nursery.  Anything will work.  We use a combination of a fan, Twinkle Twinkle Little Scout, and Cloud B Gentle Giraffe.