Coach of the Year

The girls on the Tornados showed up to the award ceremony for CYSA coach of the year. I was so happy to have them there. I think they were happy to get all the free loot from the Soccer Expo ;-).

It felt very weird to get an award for something that I love to do. In fact, I cannot imagine my life without Tornado Soccer. I want you all to know that I'm so very grateful to have you all (past and present) as part of my life. You girls mean more to me than you know. Thank you for changing my life. And remember! We did this together!

Sittin' Up!

Ryan's able to pretty much sit up now, but not for long. We caught him here early enough that he's still smiling. That bib is lookin' pretty soggy too. I think we'll see a tooth soon!

Fixin' Up the House

So now that Steve has a break from coaching soccer, here's what he's doing to keep busy! The true "before" picture of the living room would contain a pool table and a bunch of random stuff (weight bench, dart board, dog kennel) and the true "after" picture would have all of the furnishings (foosball, couches, tv etc.) but at least you can see a bit of Steve's handiwork with the floor. We're currently working on painting the dining/living room area and have ripped up the old floor down to the subfloor. Soon, I'll be preparing to go back to work (semester starts at end of this month) so the house projects will need to be finished by then.

Ryan at 6 months old

Here's a photo of Ryan in his activity center (AKA playthingy, circle of neglect, ring of fun, command station). He enjoys standing in it and moving around to play with the various toys. As you can see from this picture, he likes to try to eat everything now. At 6 months, he's now 27 1/4" long (75th percentile), weighs 18 lbs. 5 oz. (63rd percentile - his weight tapered off a bit), and has a 45.5 cm noggin (89th percentile). He enjoys eating rice cereal and oatmeal cereal but isn't quite groovy with carrots yet. He's currently battling a cold but still has lots of smiles and giggles for us.