World Series Closure

First of all, CONGRATULATIONS to the Philadelphia Phillies, and the fans of this great team. In a very interesting year, they won when it mattered most and brought this town its first title in 25 years. Thank you to all of the ballplayers on the team. As a member of the fans, we are beyond grateful.

NOW...

As you all know, my son Joey was born on June 14th. Right around his birthday, the Phillies decided to cool off big time. On several occasions, Nicole's Uncle Julian reminded me of this and made slight indications that Joey brought this team bad luck (there stats are bad from June 14th to Sept - google it). Well, when the dust settled and the smoke cleared, he did not bring them bad luck at all. My son, that's right, my son did not bring them bad luck. My son brought this town a World Series Title. My son brought World Series Closure to this city.

I hope you all enjoy this championship. Here are some pictures that I will show Joey when he gets older. The last is a picture of Father and Son late after the celebration.

4 months already! (Belated)

I'm about 13 days late here, but we can't believe our son is 4 months old already. Do I say the same thing each month? He had a great doctors check up and they are predicting Joey to be 6'2". Well, he did have a great check up, but we will not know how tall until he is 3 years old. As fast as these months are going, 3 years will be here before we know it. Let's not rush anything though. We are enjoying these times so much. In fact, the roll-over or belly laugh should be next. We'll keep you updated. In the meantime, here are 2 pics from Joey's 4 month old birthday enjoying his present from his Daddy:

Goosebumps

Joey and I know that it was the slogan for last year, but if you do not have goosebumps right now, you are probably still worried about not getting Tony Gonzalez.

We had so much fun the night of the clincher. Just check out how excited Joey was. We tried to keep Joey up with us to bang some pots and pans, but he went upstairs with 1 out in the 9th. Rookie mistake, I know. But let's face it, Mom was calling the shots. I'm just the Jimy Williams of the team. Here are 2 pictures from that night and another from the previous rally towel party.

Lets go Phils!

Got Malk?

We had a very busy weekend jam packed with Phillies Games, 3oth birthday parties (Happy Birthday Aunt Jen), and a visit to see Michael Louis home from the hospital. Throughout the weekend, we ate some pretty good food... except for Joey. You know as well as I do that Joey is not missing a meal. However, I often feel bad about that awful stuff that he drinks. Here are 2 pics of Joey enjoying his food.

For those wondering, it is not a typo. When we are out of it, Nicole tells me to go to the store and buy some "Malk."

One Game at a Time

Joey agrees. It may be cliche, but the Phils need to take this one game at a time. We hope you all enjoy watching the games. Here is a picture of Joey getting ready with his rally towel:

My New Cousin Michael Louis

Joey has a new cousin. Michael Louis Federico was born on Oct 2nd at 5:33 pm. He was 8 lbs and 21 inches long. Cousin Michael, Aunt Kim, and Uncle Mike are going great.

We took Joey to visit his new cousin Michael Friday night. Here are some awesome pictures of Michael Louis and the 2 cousins together. The picture of them together was taken seconds after a vicious headbutt from Joey. Already fighting...