15 Months

Somebody turned 15 months this last weekend.  Besides celebrating Mother's Day this little guy has been very busy.  He is really talking up a storm.  He can say, Mama, Daddy, Doggie, Truck, Car, Cheese.  He helps out around the house by putting his shoes in his room, helping clean up the yard after Reily, making pancakes, and putting his toys away.  He loves watching the lawnmowers around the neighborhood and taking his lawnmower out in the yard. 

We love watching our goofy Gabers grow!

Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day this year.  Scott and Gabe let me sleep in a little bit while they made pancakes for breakfast.  Gabe is starting to help flip the pancakes while cooking.  He is a great helper.  Scott and Gabe bought me a new purse and a FitBit.  Both things that I've been looking at for a while. 

 

 After breakfast we packed the stroller in the car and headed to the zoo, along with everyone else in St. Louis.  We did plan for it to be very crowded and arrived fairly close to opening.  This was Gabe's first time at the zoo and he loved it.  He epically loved seeing the elephants.  He does a great elephant impression.  We even bought him a Build-a-Bear elephant named Ellis.   



 

 

After the zoo we headed over to Joey B's for lunch.  Gabe was just too cute eating his grilled cheese and coloring for the first time. 

Checking out the pics from the zoo

It was a very tough morning.  Gabe didn't last too long in the car and managed to sleep when we got home too.

It was a wonderful Mother's Day.  Thanks to my boys for making it so special.

Busy Bee

Gabriel had such a busy day on Saturday.  We hit the playground before 10am and then he played/ did yard work with Nana and Grandpa for a couple hours.  He was so busy outside that he skipped his afternoon nap, and only an hour nap in the morning.  I was so impressed he made it to dinner at 5:30. 

Although we soon saw this happening.

But wouldn't ya know it, we got him out of his chair to sleep in Nana's arms and he was wide awake and ready to play.  It's just a tough life this boy has.

Day Game

About a month ago my co-worker and I decided that we needed to take a half day and go to an afternoon Cardinals game.  That day was yesterday.  We packed up our things and bundled up(yes, it's the end of April and it felt like October).  The cold didn't stop us. 

We walked from the Landing over to the stadium.  We took a quick detour through the new Ballpark Village.  It was one giant tailgating party inside, since you can tailgate in the parking lot. 

We managed to hike it up to our seats, they were at the very top.  Since it was very windy and about 50, we sat a few rows down.  The seats were overall decent, nothing like the private luxury box I sat in a few days earlier, but good and free! 

We saw a decent game.  The Cards won and we got to see a couple homeruns before we decided we had had enough.  I don't think I stopped shivering the entire time.  But 2 games this year and 2 wins (with homeruns), not a bad way to spend a Wednesday afternoon.

First Cards Game of 2014

Scott and I were lucky enough to get free tickets to the Cards game on Sunday.  Not only were they free tickets, they were luxury box seats.  I had not sat in the box seats in the new Busch Stadium yet and was very excited to go. 

On our walk over we passed Keiner Plaza and the fountain was very blue.  It was the last game of the playoffs for the Blues.  I really wish there would have been a better outcome for their awesome season.

Once we got to the stadium we checked out batting practice.  I love getting the game early to watch batting practice and hope to get Gabe a ball.  It's also fun to get the players attention and maybe see a Joe Kelly salsa dance.

Then we headed over to the gift shop to get Gabe a ball signed by the 2014 team.  It's a collection we are starting for him.  He got the 2013 when he went to his first game last May.  Once the rain cleared out we headed down to watch the many first pitches thrown out from right behind the green seats. 

 

 

Afterwards we finally hiked up to our seats.  It really wasn't much of a hike for us but we still hit the ramps.  The luxury box was great.  All you can eat and drink with a great view over the first base dugout.  It made for some very great baseball watching.

 

 

 

We saw a great game, 2 homers by Peralta and a win over the Pirates is all I can ask for.

 

It was a very exhausting day for me.  Gabe helped me relax before bedtime.

Last Sail Before the Veil

We celebrated my good friend, Kristin's, upcoming nuptials with a fun filled afternoon checking out Ballpark Village.  We started out the afternoon getting our matching t-shirts and Cardinal beads at the Ballpark Hilton.  Then we sauntered up to 360.  It's a bar at the top of the Hilton that over looks Busch Stadium and Ballpark Village.  It used to be pretty popular when is open back in 2011(we had our after wedding reception party there, remember the fireworks? ).   

 

 We had some drinks, food and lots of pictures while we were up there.  It was a little windy but a good way to get the party started.

 

The whole group

Kristin and I

We then headed over to Ballpark Village to check it out.  Most of us had never been there yet, it just open at the beginning of April.  It is HUGE!  Huge projector screen TV on the wall in the main area and then there are several bars/restaurants all around.  We hung out for a majority of the time at the Brewhouse.  They have a second floor balcony that you can see into left field( and Matt Holiday) for free or grab dinner out there.  We went down to the Beer Garden for drinks and people watching.  It is great people watching there. 

Of course we planned the party to be on a game day.  So the entire area was packed during the game.  After food at Brewhouse, which was great, we headed upstairs to Howl at the Moon.  It's a national chain of dueling piano bars.  It is usually a lot of fun the more you drink and the more people you get in there. 

I didn't make it late into the evening.  I was exhausted from being up with Gabe at 6am and spending a lot of time at Bommartio Nissan (a whole other story) for most of the morning.

I cannot wait till we leave for Hilton Head and the wedding.  Time to see what the big deal is about Hilton Head.

Good-Bye Crapturn

It's official the Saturn is gone!  Scott was in a little fender bender a week ago and we decided that it was time to get rid of the Saturn.  It was a tiny 3 door car that needed to go.  We never took it anywhere.  Scott only drove it to and from work. And with Gabe's car seat in there it was very cramped.

Here is the only picture I could find of the car.  I completely forgot to get of picture of Scott saying good-bye.  I think he was even more excited to see that thing go than I was. 

We loaded Gabe up on a Friday night to go for a test drive of the new car.  Scott loved it and by the time we could start the paperwork on it, Gabe was super close to meltdown.  I knew he wouldn't make much longer and I had to be there to sign all the paperwork with Scott.  So we packed him up and said we would be back right when they opened in the morning.

We arrived back Saturday morning and started the whole process of buying a car.  I think this time was much easier than the last time we bought a car.  The actual paperwork part didn't take too long, it's always that credit report that seems to take the longest.  Even if you aren't worried, it makes you worry just knowing they have control of what happens.

Everything went well and we walked away with a 2013 Nissan Altima.  It's a great car with very low miles on it.   We had to take the car for a quick test drive before the rest of the busy day started.  Of course we drove over the Bridge( I really hate crossing bridges)  to St. Chuckles to Picasso's for a coffee and show it off to Michelle who was working down the street.

Gabe was totally over the whole thing by this point.  Yay for a new car!