I'll never tell !!!!

Hey B,



Boy, I sure have missed you this week. It is funny how I have so quickly gotten used to seeing you on a regular basis. The past few weeks have been a lot of fun for pops! and Jadda. After this weekend we'll have to get used to seeing you in person every few months. But hopefully mommy and daddy will keep your blog posted fairly often and we can get our "Brendan fix" that way.



I really was excited about you meeting a lot of our friends Sunday at church. And I must say that you were really good during church. I am especially glad that you got to meet Gavin, Sam and Andrew. They have heard a lot about you from pops!.



Your daddy thinks that I taught you how to do the raspberry thing with your tongue. And maybe I did. But I'll never tell. I want you to promise that you won't give away our secret. But it is really cute to see you do it. Jadda said that you were doing "the raspberry" in Barnes and Noble yesterday and everyone thought it was really funny. But here is just one thing about the "raspberry"- you can only do it in fun. Because it won't be so funny when you do it when you get mad at mommy or daddy. They won't think it is so cute then.



But for the moment the "Raspberry Award" goes to my little buddy-B. No one does it better or cuter than you, except for maybe...oops, that is our secret.

I'll never tell!!!



I love you,



pops!

I saw it in your eyes.

Hey B,



It was really exciting to see you tonight, even though you slept through most of the evening at Cafe Botegga. We were celebrating your mommy's birthday. I really enjoyed talking with your Uncle Brandon and Aunt Emily, they are really cool people. And your mommy got to meet the famous Chef Frank Stitt. I even think you got your picture made with him.



When you woke up and finally got oriented, your mommy let Jadda hold you and I could see it in your eyes...you recognized your Jadda. And then, I began to play with you and we made eye contact and my heart melted. I could see it in your eyes...you recognized me. People probably think I'm crazy but I know you did. I could see it in your eyes. It made your pops! feel soooo good. I saw it in your eyes and then I got your "I like you smile". Thanks my little buddy!!! You definetely made me feel important tonight.



I really won't get to see you a lot over the next couple of years and probably when I see you this summer or in the fall you may not remember pops! right away but tonight I knew we connected. I could see it in your eyes and it was so cool. That moment, that instant and that look will be something that I will treasure forever.



I know I've said it before but it'll always be true...Pops! loves you. I'll see you tomorrow.



I love you,



pops!

Better off not knowing...

Me and pops! have a secret.

Hey B,

I can hardly believe it, I'm going to get to see you two weekends in a row. How awesome is that?!


I liked the new pics of you on your blog, I can't wait to see the ones from the trip to Jadda's house (no pressure D&A ;)). But seeing you so soon is really great.

I have a new picture of you on my screen saver (maybe one day I'll learn how to post pictures on my blog) and every time I open my computer I smile really big. Everybody who sees it talks about how cute you are, and surprisingly enough no one has said that you look like me. :) I'm trying to find something called a "pack and play" for this weekend. Do you really want to be in that thing? But I guess you really do need it so that you'll have something to sleep in at Jadda's house.

Well, he... Oops, I forgot I can't say those words around you, BUT I did figure how to post your picture, I just can't figure out to get it where I want it in the blog.

Hopefully, Sunday you'll get to go to church with pops! and meets some of my special friends that I told you about. Some of the "big" folks from church would like to meet you also. Everybody has heard alot about you and now they want to meet you. And if you get bored with Pastor Garry's sermon then Jadda and I will fight over who gets to go outside with you and probably both of us will lose to mommy or daddy. Unfortunately, parents do overrule grandparents and that is why sometimes we just have to keep them in the dark about a few things. Sometimes they are just better off not knowing... I wonder if that is what you are thinking in that picture.

I'll see you soon and pops! loves you,

pops!

Spoiled? Absolutely not-just perfect!!!!

Hey B,

What a great weekend!! Everything seemed to go by so fast but I really enjoyed being with you and your mommy and daddy. After I dropped you guys off at the airport, I thought about everything we did over the weekend. I sure wish we didn't have to try to cram so much into such a short period of time, but maybe in the next couple of years you'll become a Southern boy.

It was really good for so many people to meet you for the first time. Grandmother, Nana, Aunt Jann, Aunt Pat, Uncle Rick, Uncle Jay, Aunt Kay and Barbara. You certainly were the center of attention, but that really isn't new for you. I don't know if you enjoy being the center of attention but I enjoy it for you. Your Pops! is so proud of you.

I really enjoyed playing with you. I need to start working out if I'm going to keep up with you. You move so fast and are never still unless you are asleep. You have gotten the low crawl down to an art form. I bet you'll be up on all fours and crawling in the next couple of weeks. And let me warn you now. The more you start getting around the more your going to hear a word more often-NO!! And it is not your middle name, you'll only think it is.

After all the toys that you got this weekend, I think your two favorites were your dads old Mickey Mouse radio from 25-26 years ago and Jadda's cooking pot and wooden spoon. Boy, the wooden spoon and cooking pot make a great noise don't they. And the hide and seek game your mommy and daddy played on the stairs was funny. I loved watching you try to figure out where their heads were going to pop up on the stairs.

I guess I could go on and on, but I think you know how much I enjoy and love my little buddy. You are a blast. I tried to get mommy and daddy to let me keep you but your daddy said something about...well it has something to do with where you get your main meal and I can't quite fit the bill there.. Maybe one day, when you are older you can spend a few days with Jadda and Pops!. And in case mommy and daddy are worried, we won't corrupt you. Well, maybe a little bit but nothing that will cause any permanent damage. Will we spoil you? Well, if that is what you call it, yes. That is a pops! prerogative isn't it.

People ask me if you are spoiled and I say, "Absolutely not-just perfect."

I miss you already and look forward to seeing you again soon. After next weekend, I'll be the one who is spoiled.

Dancing eyes

Hey B,

Last night was really great. You have really changed in a short few weeks. Seeing you and your daddy walk across that hotel lobby was exciting. Seeing my D caring my little buddy was heartwarming and satisfying. To see your daddy caring a six month old baby doesn't make me feel old, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. In a sense, it makes me feel that me and Jadda did something good as parents. (Both my sons make me feel that way). And I know that your Opa and Oma feel the same way about your mommy. Your parents are really good parents. You know how I know that? Because I could see it in your eyes as you watch them. Yesterday, when I held you I watched you watch your mommy and daddy and I could see your eyes dance for them. After a while of me holding you, I could see you eyes long for them. With all the things we did together in two hours, seeing your reaction to mommy and daddy was the most gratifying. They are awesome, aren't they?

And you are soooo active. A constant ball of energy!! You remind me of your Uncle Wookie (Z for most folks) at that age. He was constantly moving. You remind me of your daddy with your look of determination when you see something you want and you do the intense low crawl to get it. There wasn't much your daddy couldn't do when he was determined. And you look so much like your beautiful mommy.

I also enjoyed you falling asleep on my shoulder as we walked to dinner. I got to eat all my salad and half my dinner with you asleep in my arms. Man, I loved that so much. And the minute you woke up, you wanted mommy.

I really enjoyed seeing you and daddy and mommy playing together. The little dance that they do together that makes you smile and cackle is so funny. One day when you are older and see that on DVD (or whatever it is by then) you'll roll your eyes and think how silly they look. And they do, BUT it is sooo funny. You have become the joy of their lives, and rightly so.

As much fun as I had yesterday, seeing the pure joy with you three was the best. Thanks for yesterday!!! And I'll see you Saturday. I'll see what kind of trouble I can get us into. Can't wait to see those dancing eyes.

pops!

Is it over?

Hey B,



Yesterday was Easter and Jadda and I were at church and we were sitting with our friends. Those friends include a really special friend named Gavin. Gavin is a couple of years older than you but when I am around him I think of you often. I have a few of these special friends at church, like Andrew, Gavin and Sam. I guess I've really never grown up-I really enjoy being around the kids. I have a blast!!! And some of the things they say are so funny. Yesterday in church, we did the communion thing different than normal. They had set tables up at the front of the sanctuary and you went up whenever you felt like it. When everyone started getting up to go to the front, Gavin said, "Is it over?" I thought I'd fall out of my chair laughing and I thought of you. Jadda and I talked on the way home that that would be like something you will do when you get older. Gavin is so full of life and I kind of ad fuel to the fire at church, because when church is over he and I always go play "bakitball". I think for both of us that is the highlight of the service-sorry Pastor Garry.



But really playing "bakitball" with Gavin is more important than anything else, in my opinion. For with Gavin, when it is over is really when it all begins. Church really isn't about what happens on Sunday but what happens when it is over.



See you soon. And pops! loves you.



pops!

Jadda's B'Day

One proud Jadda!!!!

Hey B,

Today isn't St. Patrick's Day, it's JADDA'S BIRTHDAY!!! What an amazing woman!!! She has put up with your pops! for over 31 years. That alone deserves some sort of award. I have been told by either your Dad or your uncle Z (I don't remember which one) that when I married Jadda that I "married up". I certainly don't disagree. As a partner in life, I couldn't have asked for a better one. As a mother, my sons had absolutely the best. And as a Jadda, you have the best.

Happy Birthday Jadda!!!!

pops!