Tuesday, January 15, 2013

For the Love of Basketball

Oh man, I (we) have been waiting for this day since we found out we were having a boy.  Braeden, out on the hard wood floor learning to play basketball, awesome.  Hands down one of the top parental moments of my life.  JD and I just watched him so happy to be out there playing "for real" this time. 

We have been talking to him about how mommy and daddy played basketball for a very long time because it takes a long time to get better.  B has been doing a lot better these days at staying on task, not giving up when he can't do something right away.  It is crazy how much change can happen in just a few short months.  Even this summer when JD and I would work with him on even the smallest task he was quick to frustration and would stop.  Now he is starting to realize when you fail but keep trying you can accomplish what you see the big kids doing. 

Sorry, back to basketball.  He was so excited!  He counted down the sleeps for two weeks and on that day had JD get his hair "handsome", also needed a water bottle because he would be exercising which makes him thirsty.  He was so proud to be big enough to be out there playing.  He listened to the coach so well and stood next to him the whole time so he could hear everything he had to say. When it was time to practice shooting he made most of them! My sweet boy would look over at us when he made it to make sure we saw him. I hope he falls in love with this game like Jd and I did so we can share all the things made us love the game. I can't wait to relive all the moments I had on the court now that breaden is out there. 

I know I write a lot about Braeden, there is a Stella post coming soon with all that little diva has been up too.

 Handsome Hair
Making sure we are watching him.  
Can you small the hard wood?  Love. 
Sorry they were so fuzzy!  He was moving too fast. 
Look at that size of those feet!  1.5 Kids, yup. 

1 comment:

Caitlin said...

Holla for the new blog!! All the cool kids are doing it! ;) Braeden is so handsome and looking SO old!!! Time for a new kiddo! ;)