Seannie Hold that Baby

I was going to do a post about how cute Sean, James and Cody all were in their Irish gear for the game yesterday, but I was too emotionally distraught over the outcome after a hard fought battle against UofM.  If not for the quarterback issues in the first half I think we would have had the wolverines, which makes the close loss that much more frustrating. Anyway, during the game Sean and James were of course being cute, and our Michigan-alumnus friends Ryan and Bridget were over for the game, so I snuck a few shots with their camera. 

When Sean woke up from his nap yesterday his first words were "Irish on T.V.?"  When he found Baby James was awake with his "Irish shirt on," Sean's question soon turned to "Seannie hold that baby?" as it always does when "Baby's eyes are open" (another favorite phrase).  I was able to document the progression of Sean trying to hold his brother:

He spots baby with his eyes open,

Cautiously approaches hoping there are no meddling parents to interfere with some innocent head patting (they're always saying things like "gentle sean," and "don't put your fingers in his eyes, sean..."),

Pats and rubs baby's face for a few seconds,

Moves in for a kiss to convince those meddling parents he really really loves baby, and then sweetly asks "Seannie hold that baby?"

Success!  More kisses for baby :).

Sean's excited face for getting to hold baby, and James's scared face for the same reason.

When not being attacked by Sean, James enjoyed the game with Big RyRy (not to be confused with Susie and RyRy--a very abstract concept for Sean), who was a gracious guest and didn't rub in the Michigan victory too much.  Here they are between rounds of "The more we get together...." -- Ryan's favorite song. 

Ok, so this post really was about Cody, Sean and James in their cute N.D. gear.