i love babe ruth

mason has a strong affection for babe ruth, or at least the black frame that is picture is in anyway. one night he was just cooing, smiling, and squealing with joy while looking at the picture of babe ruth hanging above the changing table. i know that he is really just excited about the high contrast frame, but it was cracking matt and i up. it even sounded like he said "hi" right on cue! i tried to get him to do it again the next day and it didn't really work, but you should be able to get the general idea of how excited he gets while laying on his changing table. mainly the video just me talking to him like i was when he was being so vocal the night before and i tried to cut it down as much as possible. this is mainly for the grandparents.

i haven't been able to get a good picture of his big smile (this is the closest i have come) because the camera scares him a little i think. as soon as i bring it into his line of sight he looses the smile and gets very still. maybe matt can help me this weekend by holding the camera behind me instead of me trying to hold it so close to his face.

in other baseball news, we went to matt's softball game last night (i know not really 'baseball news') and as always madelyn was excited to be there. when i told her that we were going that night while i was driving her to school she began to tell me all about the last game where matt had hit a home run and she cheered. she remembered so much about the game and kept telling me that we would cheer, "good job, daddy, good job," after daddy hits the ball with his bat. at the game she kept telling anyone that would make eye contact, "number 6 is my daddy, see him?," while pointing at matt (or a few times which ever man from his team was standing closest to her at the time). she has gotten really good at looking into the field and locating her daddy even though everyone is dressed the same and wearing hats. her other humorous comment from the game came whenever matt would bat. she would start cheering "good job, daddy" and clapping. then she added "home race" for a home run. he didn't hit one but she kept telling me that "daddy ran fast because he hit a home race." how cute is that? love.