Cole's first game pitching

Cole pitched the third inning of his game tonight against the Sandgnats!  It was so fun watching him and he really loved being able to do it.  He onlyhit one kid which was amazing considering he's in kindergarten and I would say he pitched at least 40 balls.  Maybe more.  Way to go Cole!

Coles's first Giants game

Mike and Grandpa Glenn took Cole to his first Giants game on Sunday!  From what I understand Cole had a great time but wasn't totally into the game and had more fun cleaning peanuts off the ground.  At the end of the game Cole got to go on to the field and run the bases.  Mike took a video, I'm working on getting that uploaded.

giants

By now we all know the Giants won the world series.  You'd have to be living under a rock to not know that.  But what you may not know is that Cole is a pretty HUGE Giants fan.  He even knows the players names.  You can ask him a first name and he will give you the last name!

This afternoon while Siena was napping Cole wanted me to play ball with him.  We go outside and he says "mommy you will be Uribe, Oni will be Cody Ross and I am Tim Lincecum"  He was pitching to me so he ever picked the correct position for himself!

HFL Comany Picnic, Softball, and a bloody knee

Early this morning I had a photo shoot, so Mike and the kids came along to play at the park.  On our way back we stopped off at a look out in Foresthill of the Sierra Nevadas.  It's so pretty up there!  I love living in the mountains.

Later in the afternoon, we headed over to Pioneer Park in Nevada City for Mike's work company picnic.  Mike really wanted to play in the softball game this year.  Cole misunderstood about the game and thought he was going to be playing with daddy as well.  Things didn't go over too well once he found out what was really going on.

Mike played third base most of the time and this was where his major injury to his knee (see below) occurred.   It made me want to vomit looking at it.

Cole also fell in the parking lot and had a matching wound with Mike.  Although Mike's is a lot worse.

Siena and I cheered Colfax on even though they lost (by a lot) to Grass Valley.

Mike's knee looks like some one took a fork and dug it into his knee and then pulled it down towards his foot.  Really I want to vomit just thinking about it.

Another Rivercats game

Friday night we went to another Rivercats game. They are so much fun! And this time we had cousins and grandparents to keep Cole occupied.

Hey, at least in this photo we are all looking at the camera!
Drake, Juliet, Carter, and Henry.
Sean and David (the parents of the four above)
And I wondered where Cole got that smile from....
Cole was in heaven when Carter let him be in charge of the glove. We surprised Cole the next day with a glove and he was in love. I though it was cute too until he threw the baseball at the fireplace.
This kids dad referred to his wife and I as having a "breast feeding derby". This picture was taken right after the "7th inning baby change".
Cole just loves his cousins.


Siena was pretty much being passed around the entire time. (random fan asked to hold her)


And to finish the night off, Cole had sugar. A lot of sugar.

Siena's first Rivercats game.

We took the kids to see the Rivercats play the Las Vegas 51's last night at Raley Field. It was the first game in about a year that we had been too. Cole was a little restless the last time so we gave him a few months to "mature". :-)

Siena in her cute "it's my first baseball game" outfit.

We had to stop at Taco Tree to get Cole some quesidilla's for the ride down and then for distraction at the game.

It was little bit colder than expected when we got there. Thank goodness we brought blankets.

The people next to us had a 2 month old. Not sure whose bright idea it was to bring the car seat for the baby. The poor dad had to hold it on his lap the entire game. You can see it behind Siena's head.

Cole kept bugging the kid in the red hat. The poor kid was way too nice to tell him to stop. There's nothing like having a 2 year old staring down your neck dropping goldfish crackers.

How we knew it was time to leave.

We left at the top of the 8th inning. Cole was ready for another round of running up and down the stairs and poor Mike barely saw any of the game. We got stopped by the new crew on the way out. Siena and I hid behind the camera. Mike and Cole were on the 11 o'clock news. When the news came on we found out that the game was still going on! They were in the 14th inning!

While we were walking to the car, Cole kept tugging at his shorts. I figured that they felt a little bit loose. Come to find out, his diaper feel down his leg.

River Cats Game

If you have never been to a River Cats game, I strongly suggest that you make the effort to go. 

We were in the 7th row, third base line side.

Such a deal for $17 seat.  Seriously!

Me, being the optimistic person that I am, saw this site of Cole and Mike and I thought "Wow, he is really going to pay attention" being that this is his 5th River Cats game, however it is his first one where he is mobile.

still paying attention....

Ok, so that lasted all of 5 minutes.

He proceeded to get his head stuck attempting the escape.

I actually had a lady comment to me how cute he was and then say "I can't believe you actually brought him with you?!"  Don't worry mom, you taught me well, be kind to your elders, so I politely stated that the tickets were free and if we didn't try then how would we know if he would behave?  What pregnant Aimee wanted to say was....."So are we supposed to leave our children locked up and not take them anywhere?"

See I kept a smile on my face!

Having a diaper bag allows you to smuggle in the best stuff.

Rubios kids meal

Pretty much what Cole looked like after 9 pm.  

I think we had the meanest drunk at the game.

In awe over the blimp advertising tires

If you can't read the score board it says 15 - 0 and not in the favor of the River Cats.

If I didn't know any better I'd think we were at a Kings game....

Some good friends found us

And of course every Saturday home game ends with fireworks

Cole was practically asleep when they were over.

Can I work a fireworks display ever night at our house in to the budget????