My First Trophy

Hello Sports Fans! Today, I won my first trophy!!! It is a beautiful golden trophy that is sitting on my dresser as we speak. My Daddy pushed me in the babyjogger a good deal further than the typical 3.1 miles that a 5k race should be...it was more like 3.2. Don't laugh at my precision. That makes a big difference when pushing a fat little munchkin in a stroller. Seriously! But anyway, my Daddy hit the 3.1 mark in 16:46. Not bad for an old man! I was truly proud to be riding in his buggy. ( a little British talk I learned from our new friends ) We got 5th overall and I got a little American flag to hold at the end!!!

Now that I've told you the ending, let me start from the beginning. My Mommy and I took a short drive to the town of Matthews where Daddy was registering for the race. We got there in time for my warm up...which consisted of Mommy dressing me snugly for a cool morning jog. I got settled in my babyjogger and I got a pep talk from Mommy. "Just hold on tight on those corners!" she kept saying. "And open your eyes once in awhile!" (I tend to shut them or blink real hard when I'm unsure about things). Then, Daddy came around the corner from his warm-up and we posed for a few thousand pictures. (my Mommy is nuts with that dang camera) When we toed the line, I gave a big ol' smile and we were off! Daddy said I made a sweet little sighing noise around mile 2 and then we were at the finish! Just like that! It was so AWESOME!

Don't tell Mommy I said this to you, but she cried during the race. Yep, she told me she did! She was standing there at the mile mark when her two boys came around the corner together and after she yelled "GO TIM! GO TJ!" , she cried. Well, after she took another picture, that is. Anyway, she told me that while Daddy went up to get our trophy. Which, again, is in my room.

God Bless America!

I love this country and I love all of you!

love, tj the athlete

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"80 percent of the time...it works everytime"

Mommy and I saw a HUGE bug today on our morning walk. It was enormous! I'm pretty sure it was a cockroach, but Mommy said people around here call them Palmetto Bugs. I like the sound of that better. She does too. Actually, who cares what they're called ... as long as they're not in our house. Right?

It's official. We are painting my room light green with primary color blue and green accents. It's gonna be sweet! I even have a Cleveland Indians corner. I'll have to take a picture and show you when it's done. My Daddy thinks of a project and then rolls with it pretty quickly so it'll be done in a flash.

I love the floor. I had so much playtime on it today. I just wanted to "army crawl" around the blankie to play with each one of my toys. Usually, I let my Mommy know when I'm done. But today, she had to pick me up and tell me it was time to eat. Wow. I got carried away with this playin' stuff!

love, mr. timothy jonah budic

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TJ + Squash = True Love

I am a little red-head boy and I love squash. I love it so much that when Mommy or Daddy feeds it to me, I say "mmm" and try to grab the bowl. I smile when I get it in my tummy! Scooter said "if you love it so much, why don't you marry it?" and I thought that was pretty immature. He's a pretty immature guy. Besides, if you could marry food, my Daddy would've married Chipotle a long time ago.

Today was the most fun day I've ever had with my Mommy and Daddy...we went to the YMCA as a family and went in the waterpark pools. They took lots of pictures and we heard people mutter "first baby"...Mommy wanted to fight those ladies that said that. But she held back. : ) I had so much fun in the water! There were waterfalls and squirters and sprayers and all. Daddy took me over to see the water squirters and we got blasted in the face by accident. I didn't even care! I feel so safe with my Daddy that I just took it like a man.

Then Mommy, Daddy and I just sat in the pool and played and splashed. I was taking in all the screams of kids having fun, and the diving board splashes and water slide sounds. It was cool. Daddy held me flat so I could "float" on the water and I was stiff as a board. I'm not so comfortable with that yet. I jumped around in the water and had a serious look on my face the entire time. It was serious fun, folks!

Well, enjoy the pictures. I had such a good time! More to come!

love, tj stinkerpants

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