How 'bout dem O's!

I try to update my blog every Sunday. This weekend went by too quickly and it got away from me. Yes, everyone in the world loves weekends, but they seriously are the most amazing thing in the world. Nothing is better than getting to spend every minute with Nol. Every minute.

The Baltimore Orioles are on a hot streak playing for first place in the AL East and we were lucky enough to be in attendance this past Thursday as they took on the New York Yankees. They were honoring Cal Ripken Jr. at the game and we were surrounded by a sold out crowd. The most exciting part of the sell out was that everywhere you looked the stadium was surrounded by O's fans!!! Normally Yankees fans take over these games, but this was not the case. This was the most energetic game I've been too and Nolan was lucky enough to experience (& sleep through) it. After a good five innings or so of him looking around at all the bright lights, playing with our friends Jessie and Johnny and dancing to the music, he finally rested his eyes. He fell asleep laying across my legs awhile looking out at the field. Ryan and I like to think that he was 'actually' watching the game. ;) We left the game in the 7th inning the O's were winning 6-1. By the time we got to our car it was tied!!! We started driving and just then Adam Jones hit a homerun in the bottom of the 8th to go ahead! 2 more homeruns followed! They won the game and it was an exciting finish. We definitely left too soon. That's what we get for trying to be responsible parents and get home to put Nol to bed. He ended up not falling back to sleep until after the game was over because he was just too happy about the win.
Friday morning I was looking at Nolan sleeping in his bassinet and it was at that moment I realized that he needed his crib. I guess I was just being selfish and in denial that Nolan did not have enough room in his bassinet to sleep comfortably anymore. I also felt like he needed his mommy by his side. Boy, did he prove me wrong! On Friday night we laid him down in his crib for the first time. Yes, you are correct, this was harder on mommy than baby. Nolan did not budge when we laid him down. Normally, he squirms to get comfortable, but he was already comfortable, probably because he was able to sprawl out. Sorry baby for keeping you in your bassinet longer than you needed. That night Nolan slept from 9:30pm-4-15am!!!!!!! Are you kidding me?!? 6 hours and 45 minutes. I wish I wouldn't have been so paranoid and would have actually enjoyed that amount of sleep, but it's good to know he can make it that long. Although I am a little sad he doesn't need his bassinet anymore it is great that he is so comfortable in his crib! Keep it up Nol baby!
Saturday was a funfilled day! Nolan got to play with his cousins for a while at Pop Pop's house and then go to our friends house for a cookout! At Dylan and Callie's, "Mr Dylan" accepted our request to be the godfather. No more having to call him mister! He will now be forever known as the godfather. Nolan's godmother is my sister, Alaina. Now, we just need to set up his baptism. Hopefully that will be organized and happen by the end of October.

Football is back. That means sweat pants and hoodies, Ledo's pizza and relaxation :) Monday, Sept 10th: the first day that the weather felt like fall! Oh, and on Monday, when Ryan picked Nolan up from daycare he texted me "Nolan was an angel today". I guess sleeping in the crib at night really is having him more well rested and in an even happier mood. Way to go little boy!
PINTEREST: Last week was cheddar chicken bacon ranch pasta. It was good, we will probably make it again. The recipe says that it is a weight watcher's recipe. I don't think there was anything weight watchers about it. Actually, there is one step that says to pour the bacon grease into some pan or something. What? Gross. We skipped that step. Ok, Ryan skipped that step because he is really the person who made it. He normally does all the cooking in this household. I'm an ok cook, with a recipe...but I definitely ~~prefer~~ love baking! This week's pinterest recipe was zucchini boats. I liked these a lot more than the pasta dish. They were delicious! Both dishes were a success. It is great that my husband enjoys cooking. Hopefully, I can continue to convince him to keep trying new recipes! ;)

Dear Nolan,
You giggle, real giggles now. Ok, you did it once. Yup, you did it to me when we were out shopping (of course). Sorry, mommy takes you shopping a lot. She likes to act like we have money. One day you will say "I don't want to go shopping with mommy. I want to stay home and play with daddy." Therefore, I take you with me all the time now. You love to be outside. When you are upset we normally go sit out on the front porch and you stop crying almost instantaneous. You love to go on walks! When I get stressed out at work I look at a picture of you and I am reminded its just a job, you are and will always be what matters. Getting ready each morning you ALWAYS give me the biggest smiles. When we drive to daycare and Ms. Ginnie's house each morning we always talk about Grammy. You are loosing your beautiful head of hair, but are still as handsome as can be.
Mommy loves you!