A Bum Ankle, Height, Turnips, and a day at the Ball Park

After a busy week catching up from being away for a week, the Schmitt's were ready to have a good weekend, with the exception of one of us. Dusty, fresh off getting kennel cough from his stay at the Holiday Barn, managed to sprain his ankle later in the week. (For those counting at home, that is 2 vet visits in one week for our wonderful, uninsured, pup).

For those out there who have slept with a sprained ankle, our dog has now found a way to handle the discomfort while being confined to his crate.



John Grayson had his 2 year check in with the pediatrician this past week. He is in the 65th percentile for weight and 88th percentile for height. I was getting a bit nervous that his birthday cake heavy diet over the past weeks would have had those numbers flipped. (Picture taken Saturday at the canal walk, I am so much taller than him... at least for the next 12-14 years)

As of now, Deuce (my affectionate name for our 2nd child, much to Allison's dismay), is about the size of a turnip. He/She has a long way to catch up to John Grayson and I.

On Sunday Morning, the Times-Dispatch reminded us that our Richmond Braves only had a couple more weekends of action before they leave us (thank you Mayor Wilder). So we packed up the family and headed out to see the Braves take on the arch-rival Toledo Mudhens.

Box Score From the Game:
4 - Different Seating Arrangements (JGray wanted to see the action from multiple angles)

30 - Minutes spent wandering the concourses finding food (JGray settled on a smoothie)

1 - Duck. What that has to do with the Richmond Braves, I have no idea...Either did JGray.

5 2/3 Innings - We made it that long at the game before JGray announced, 'Let's Leave'. I figure that would be a good outing for most Major League pitchers, so that is good enough for our family.

Beach Week

We just returned from a wonderful week in Duck, NC with MaMa and Pop Embrey, Grandma and Grandpa Schmitt, and Uncle Andy and Aunt Emily Schmitt. The weather was perfect and everybody had a great time!

JGray rediscovered his love of the beach (he hasn't been since our brief trip to VA Beach for his 1st birthday), even though it took a couple of days for him to get close to the water. He was especially fond of digging in the "sandbox" and jumping waves with Daddy and Uncle Andy. One of the highlights was finding a crab with Uncle Andy (and he's still talking about those crabs).

I loved to dig in the sand, although I was better at destroying castles than building them!

By the end of the week, I enjoyed running through the waves!

There I am playing in the ocean with the big boys!

We celebrated JGray's actual birthday on the 4th with presents and of course, more cake!

I still love cake!!

Our house also had a pool and JGray had a great time with everyone. He especially enjoyed playing "fireman" with Grandpa and spraying people (including himself) with the hose!

Watch out Grandpa!

Oops!

We had professional pictures taken of JGray, Mommy and Daddy--here are a few of our favorites. Check out our Winkflash account (http://schmitt426.winkflash.com) for all of them.