Charlie got to meet his two first cousins this past weekend in St. Louis. My side of the family met up there so that we could enjoy the company of our two new additions, Charlie and his cousin Nathan, born in July to my sister Christine. My parents and grandmother drove up from Houston, Christine and her family came over from Kansas City, and our cousin Leigh and her husband flew in from DC. We also got to see our other cousin Melinda and her family for about an hour, as they were in town to visit her in-laws.
While we were there, 6 of us went to a Cardinals game (vs. the Reds), and I was able to purchase a "Build-a-Fredbird," which I had been anxious to do for some time. For those of you who may not know this, the Build-A-Bear stores have outlets in the MLB parks where you can get the team's mascots, as well as bears, dressed in team uniforms, etc. We spent about $90, when all said and done-- because we HAD to get the catchers outfit, the cleats, the bat and ball accessories, etc. to go with the standard outfit! Of course I'm saying this is all for my 4-month-old son (who doesn't even know what baseball is yet, much less that he is a Cardinals fan), but it's really for me (don't tell!).
We also got to visit Grandpa Bovier's grave at the National Cemetery. This was very special, since Charlie is named after him. And of course, we ate lots of Imo's Pizza and Lion's Choice Roast Beef sandwiches. I even snuck in a visit to Ted Drewe's Frozen Custard.
John has loaded photos from the weekend on his flickr site.
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