Brennan Does Minnesota

Brennan enjoyed a visit to Minnesota last week, during which he got to meet lots of relatives and attend his first baseball game. In other words, he had lots of new faces around him and new people holding him, had his picture taken 387 times (evidence is below) and had his nap disturbed several times by annoying people who kept yelling every time someone hit a ball with a piece of wood. He also spent long stretches of time strapped into his car seat as we carted him from Richmond to Washington to Minneapolis to Rochester, back to Minneapolis, back to Rochester, to Preston, to Rochester, to Minneapolis, to Washington and back to Richmond (with a sizable delay thanks to a dead car battery). That's a lot of miles! He was pretty cranky on Thursday, his first full day back home. He's better now thankfully, and we won't be taking him on any big trips again for a while we hope.

So, here we go... here are some pics.

Family photo (with rogue sofa cushion in background)

Brennan with 3 of his 4 living great-grandparents

Brennan with his Mom, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother

Brennan with his Dad, Grandfather and Great-Grandfather

Naomi with her parents, brother and niece.

Cousins -- Brennan and Grace

Brennan with his "Auntie" Sara

Dad and Brennan at his first baseball game! Dad consented to allow Brennan to wear Twins gear since it was a Twins game. Red Sox indoctrination will commence shortly.

Brennan "enjoying" his first baseball game.

The Twins fans posing together.

Brennan's first driving lesson.

Brennan with his Justin Morneau bear, which he loves. Brennan says that Morneau is his favorite player.

And now, some bonus pictures...

Brennan rockin' his cowboy outfit, thanks to Miss Crystal! Yeehaw!