It’s no secret that Mike and I are big baseball fans. Since Mike’s team is based in San Francisco, we purchase a TV package every year that allows him (or, us by default) to watch every game. This isn’t a big deal during the summer, when all the regular television programming is in reruns. But in the spring, when my programs are on? PROBLEM. But I digress.
On Monday night we had baseball on the TV (the Tivo recorded my shows) while I laid on the couch with my heating pad. I was only half-paying attention to everything around me when Mike said, “Annie has a dirty diaper, I’m going to go change her.” After he left the room I heard cheering coming from the TV, so I turned my attention back to the game. Mike’s team was not only up to bat, but they had the bases loaded. I realized it was totally unlike Mike to:
a) leave the room when the Giants were up to bat,
b) leave the room when they were not only up to bat but had the bases loaded, and
c) not pause the TV.
I was totally impressed with Mike, and thought it was sweet that he was so anxious to help Annie’s discomfort that he forgot about the game! So, thinking I was being a good wife, I paused the television so he wouldn’t miss anything.
After about thirty seconds, I heard Mike saying, “YAY ANNIE! YAAAAAY” from her bedroom. Thinking she was doing something cute, I threw my heating pad aside and grabbed my camera. When I rushed into the room, I realized Annie wasn’t doing something cute…Mike had beaten the system.
In case you can’t tell what that little thing is on the changing table above Annabel, here is a zoomed in picture:
He is watching the game on his PHONE. Apparently he also bought a package that allows him to do this…and he didn’t tell me. BUSTED! Meanwhile, poor Annie just laid there naked, waiting for the inning to be over so he would finish changing her!
Now that I know he can watch the game on his phone, everything has changed. Last night, I watched Glee and Lost on our TV while he sat with his super secret phone package. Ah, technology.
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sneaky sneaky! lol Can’t wait to see Glee…was it good?? worth the looooong wait?
SO.GOOD. Watch it immediately!!
YES! I LOVED IT!!!!! woop! woop! cant wait for next weeks episode!!
Totally busted! I can’t tell whether Annie is cheering for the Giants or yelling at Mike to get on with it already
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Maybe she was trying to get him busted on purpose!
Yeah, she is saying “You so busted Daddy!”
Too funny
Totally busted. Oh Mike, I’m so ashamed and disappointed at you. I mean, what’s more important here your daughter or a baseball game. You should really do something nice to make it up to Heather.
P.S. so, who won?
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okay, that is awesome. and absolutely the kind of shenanigans that would happen at our house
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Just showed this to my husband; said this will be you changing a baby while watching your iPhone. He said Mike should issue a “how too” on his blog!
Boys and their toys/gadgets/thingies
Ah, yes. MLB at bat. It made it’s way here when we were on vacation without TV access last summer. Annie looks unamused at Mike’s attempt to pull a fast one on you. She’ll be calling him out on his trickery before you know it.
Hi Heather,
I can totally relate to this as this is just the kind of thing my husband would do but he would be following rugby not baseball. Love the pics.
I hope you are feeling better today.
Sending you a big hug from afar.
Love Erica
Annie is so cute! And I love Glee!
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This is the cutest story ever!!!
Cindy in Canada
Bet he wishes he wouldn’t have cheered so loud now!
ha ha!! Cute story. And cuter kid! She is so adorable!
Secret Agent Man ! Love it . When I win the lotto I am totally buying him an iPad, which he can use while he’s driving the boat that carries you, me and Annie around barhopping in some tropical paradise!
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That is hilarious!! Is he watching on an iphone? I wonder if I can get a dodger package for my husband. We are based up north but group in S. Ca. so Dodgers rule!
Mike is brilliant. And Heather is even brilliant-er for discovering his secret!
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OH THANK HEAVENS!
Missing Glee is too much to handle. Arty (the Glee character in the wheelchair) is uber hot. (I’m not the only one who thinks that, right?)
Baseball is the only season I’m off the hook. This year is the World Cup, though. Save me.
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Oooh I can relate. Over here our AFL (Australian Rules Football – kind of like american football but minus all the pansy padding) season has just started. And over here, the very second the AFL season stops, its nonstop cricket. And dont even get me started on the early hours of the morning motor racing. Ugh. Sport….its only redeeming feature is the tons of toned men running around displaying their strength
Knows that feeling. My husband was watching the masters – again – today!! Been to 2 AFL games already, and 2 more next weekend with a rugby match thrown in for good measure too. *mutter*
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Oooh, sneaky sneaky. lol
Haha. I love that he bought the package secretly and you caught him. What a guy thing… But hey, now you get your TV time! My husband doesn’t have a “smart phone” so I had to put up with channel flipping between the Masters and NHL playoff hockey over the weekend. Ugh.
Cabin Fever in Vermont
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This made me laugh harder than yesterday’s blog! Men always find a way to watch their sports! At least he was doing something useful though!
Looks like the Giants are off to a better start than my beloved Orioles
Suzanne, my mom runs spring training for the Orioles … we’re both doing that sad face too.
And Heather, Lost AND Glee AND Gilmore Girls that you’ve mentioned in the past?! We could be best friends. You love all the shows I love.
Ah different sides of the same coin, we (well at least my husband) are unyielding Yankee fans. And as unyielding Yankee fans we(well at least my husband) have a sports package that allows everything but direct to the brain sports viewing options. If it is not Football (Colts) it is Baseball (Yankees). Oh to love a man!
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boo hiss on the yankees! lol its red sox (baseball) and patriots (football) here all spring/summer/fall/part of winter.. between my dad, brother, husband and BIL i never get a break… good thing i like both teams too!
Anne from RI
This is so something my husband would do!
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love it!
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In that second picture Annie looks like she’s saying “Hey what about me, I’m freezing here!”
oh my, that’s funny!
At least your TV problem is solved!
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LOL…. but I gotta tell ya… a guy who will change a dirty diapers deserves to watch his game on TV.
Please tell me he has cut back his Diet Coke consumption?.. not that it’s any of my business.
Annie is getting more and more beautiful and cheruby as the days go on. I’m cheering for THAT home run.
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LMAQ!!! That is totally hilarious!! I had no idea there was a super secret phone package though. I may need to look into that, you know, even though the Astros are still winless. *sigh*
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Just lilke a man to THINK he is one Up on you….just like a woman to KNOW she Is ……..
Keep up the good work & Enjoy your good work and enjoy your fav. shows!!!!
Love,
Jenn
Hummm interesting…these men and their sports. I am so lucky that my husband is not into sports…however all 4 of my sons are which means there is sports on 24/7 in this house!
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How funny…the look on Annie’s face is priceless.
What did Mike say when he realized he was busted?
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That’s pretty sneaky
But, hey, at least now you get to watch whatever you want on the TV since the cat is out of the bag and everyone knows he can watch the games on his phone!
Can’t wait for nap time today so I can watch Glee!!!!
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Oh this had my laughing so hard-that is just great.
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Ah, we’re a fellow baseball loving family. We’re in Michigan, and most of our games are on our normal cable package, but I hear ya on fighting for the right to watch your shows!
I’m so glad Glee is back! And that baby of yours just gets cuter!
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I <3 GLEE! It was so good last night – especially Sue Sylvester's Vogue video!
I want a super secret phone app like that!
I would get whatever apps/packages my husband wanted to his smart phone if he would willingly volunteer to change a poopy diaper. Still a thing. And now our youngest is almost done!
Oh. Just oh. As in OH CRAP. Now that I know this, there is no way I’m going to be able to keep it from my husband. He is a huge Red Sox fan, but we live in Florida. We used to get the MLB extra innings package, but then we switched to AT&T Uverse and they don’t offer that option. When switching, my husband said it would not be a big deal and that he can’t really watch the RS when they are playing so badly anyway. Which turned out to be a BIG FAT LIE. I catch him looking up scores and such all. the. time. I’d rather he just have the app so he can be less miserable. I have to get it!
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Heather –
Good morning. I love it. Kudos to Mike.
I’m feeling somewhat Amish after reading about what amazing phones and setups you have.
Loved this story- how funny!
Haha, LOVE it!
All I could do was look at that adorable baby. She is soooo darn cute! Those ladybug pictures…..what a doll!
Glee! was! amazing! At least his phone games allowed for you to watch good television. Let’s hope little Annie sees it that way too.
XOXO from GA,
Nikki
Heh! What guys will go through for sports. Back in the olden days, my dad used to have a little earbud that he’d attach to his transistor radio, then hide the radio down in his armchair. He’d get to listen to his game, and my mom would think he was watching TV with us. She figured it out pretty quickly, though.
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That’s so funny! It happens to be often too. I’m thinking my husband is doing a good deed when in fact he just learned to work around the system.
So cute! I loved Glee last night!!!
Hilarious…the look on that baby’s face is priceless…”i’m naked here!!!”
You know Mike might of wanted to get busted on purpose.
He could of been tired of keeping his toy a secret and he did get up and change Annies diper, thats a plus. 
Tee hee. Men and their sports!
Bwahahahahaha!! You totally got the better end of the deal! My eyes would hurt after trying to watch anything on that small screen.
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love it!
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LMAO!!! LOVE IT! I’d still give him credit for giving up the bigger screened TV in favor of his phone to change her dirty diaper! My husband would’ve waited til later to change her. Or made me change her, despite the pain.
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Ah, love it!
he is SO busted.
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i love your funny posts!
Too funny… I wished my hubby could watch his stuff on his phone, but then he uses my old phone and I am on my iphone. His has become too old to do anything but phone, and he does not want a new one…
Good one for Mike! Love it…
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Paybacks are a b****. Annie will get him back sooner or later, lol!
I love how Mike TRIED to cover up cheering for his team by using Annie’s name. Hahaha! Ah the joys our husbands bring us…
Go Giants!!!
Seriously, though…that is funny. Something my husband would do with football games.
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This is SO something my husband would do. AND go Giants…he is from the bay area too!
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I love how you watched your shows last night & made him watch the game on that teeny, tiny phone. That is awesome!!!
HAHAHA Men.. Geesh.
Men.
What I love about the last photo are the amazing creases under Annabel’s armpits. I could just munch on them for a few days straight.
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My husband did the VERY SAME THING.
We have a “no watching tv during dinner” rule at our house and he somehow got around that by having the game on his phone. “It’s not a tv!” was his argument. oy vey!
btw, Annie’s face in that last picture is priceless!
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OMG That is HILARIOUS!
My dad used to love sitting on the couch with me laying along the length of his arm (I was a pretty solid baby, he had big arms.) My mom would have to come and take me away quickly during football season, because sometimes he would forget I was laying there when he needed to let the TV know what he thought of the game.
ROFLMAO. Too funny. I suspect my husband will do this during football season…
Too funny!!
this story is adorable….and glee and lost were amazing last night, so everyone wins!
that’s awesome. i can SO see my little brother doing something like that. boys.
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Love it!!!! a man’s gotta do what he has to so he won’t miss a game of sports!!!! Annabel is so big…. gorgeous!!!!!
This is hilarious and absolutely made my day. LOVE IT!
(((hugs)))
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Well, you KNEW he wouldn’t just willingly walk away from the Giants on tv! What a clever husband (haha). And Annie is giving him the hairy eyeball and thinking “get on with it already, will you please?”
She is just so adorable (oh and Mike is too)
xoxo
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Totally Busted and TOTALLY Hilarious!!!!
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Hysterical! Love it! Mike is lucky Annie didn’t remind him that she was there by suddenly realizing she wasn’t done doing her business yet!
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So hilarious! And LMAO with you making Mike watch his baseball game on his phone while you watched Glee and Lost on your television. Atta girl! =D
MIKE!! YOU are The Man!!! Bravo, Bravo!
Now, not telling your wife about the “super-secret” phone package could of been avoided, but your undying dedication to The Giants AND your Family has been Grossly underlooked here. Again, Bravo.
so funny!!!
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What a connected world we all live in. The wonders of technology never ceases to amaze me.
HAHAHAHAHA – Typical male! Hehehehehehehe
Poor Naked Annie! She may be so traumatized that every time there is a home run, she is going to feel very exposed and a breeze….
SO busted! Love it!
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That is so awesome! Annie is totally telling him to hurry it up
I love the intense look in her eyes 
Love it! Busted indeed!
And tonight, I must watch Glee & Lost from last night! I can not sleep (again) until I do!
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I love that Annie is cheering along w/ him in the close-up pic.
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I love this! So sweet! And sneaky to boot!
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I found your link thru a friend, your story is an amazing story. I myself have a son born at 28 weeks gestation with no warning on Oct 22, 2007. I have mixed feelings when telling people for a couple reasons, 1)I don’t want the sympathy card. I am ever so blessed with my son and after a long 8 weeks in NICU with a rollar coaster and 3 long months of heart monitor and iron/caffine meds, he is a extrememly smart 7 1/2 yr old (he never spoke a word until 3 and was reading by himself at 4 1/2 and now is reading at a 6th grade reading level and excelling in all areas of school) You would never know the trails he over came by looking at him 2) I dont want people to look at him with that classification 3) I feel guilty that my story has turned out with the best possible outcome, although, i am ever so grateful for it. If you are ever up for a Boise Idaho St Lukes Hospital trip I would LOVE to be involved to show there are happy endings. Love to your family. Jami
HAHAHAHA!!!
Over here at the Raba homestead it is hockey, football, golf, and Cops. I think my husband needs one of these phone plans
Too funny!
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Oh Mike! Annie should have peed on him for leaving her naked for so long.
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Oh my goodness…
You guys remind me of one of those ‘fat guy/skinny wife’ sitcoms in this post.
In a good way. And I’m not saying Mike’s fat. Mike’s not fat. No one. Is. Fat.
Just the premise, y’know?
The look on her face in the second picture? Priceless. Totally worth him buying that package.
Love it. That is exactly something my husband would do. Except it would def be for the Cubbies.
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Classic! Way to bust him Mama!
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You have one seriously adorable baby over there! Annie is too precious
TOO funny!
Glad you caught him… so you got to watch Lost and Glee!! I *love* both of them!!
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HAHA! what a funny thing!!! And I agree- your daughter is beautiful!
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Ha; that’s hilarious. Love it.
I remember my dad always prided himself on being able to change/wash/etc. a kid between innings.
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So funny!!! But hey you got the TV all to yourself so that is great!
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Oh no…not the phone! I buy the online package to suffer through my Mets seasons. However, the laptop picture is MUCH higher quality than the cell phone picture. Might cost more though…
I admire the creativity, where there’s a will there’s a way.
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So much *giggle*.
Awesome.
Sometimes technology is pretty great.
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