The Tournament Season is Done.

Team Pier Addiction has wrapped up another year of Tournaments! Now we can all sit back, relax and get ready for "Harbor Patrol!" (right, honey?!) Derek is quite intense (we'll say) when it comes to preparing and fishing a Tournament. But, whatever he does, he does it well! As you recall, the Lady's finished 6th and the Men finished 13th in Ludington, our guys finished 5th in the Big Red Classic (Holland) - which we were VERY proud of! They finished 4th in the Steelheader's Men's tournament (with a little help from me! Ha!), which is a one day shoot out. They worked their butts off in Saugatuck's Tournament and came in 4th! And this past weekend was the Lady's Steelheader's Tournament (another one day shoot out). Ethan came along and brought us lots of luck! We caught our limit of 12 fish by 9:30am! We were really optimistic, but finished 4th and somehow my huge king salmon tied with another team with the exact same weight - 16.85 lbs! So, we ended up spitting the $$ for big fish! Over all another GREAT year and we can't wait for next year!


Ethan is keeping us very busy these days! Since taking his 1st steps in Ludington, I thought he'd just take off once we got home. But, he really didn't. He was still quite cautious for a couple more weeks. He walked more, but didn't let go of things much. Then all of the sudden, he started letting go and there's no stopping him now! He loves to walk and we love to watch him! I think he's going to be a little perfectionist - he's not going to do it until he knows that he can do it! He's also saying a few more things. He says "bye-bye, ball (which sounds like baaaa) and water (which sounds like wa-wa-wa-wa, or sometimes sounds like wow), banana (na-na), and grandma (which sounds like ga-na), papa, and no. I'll have to try to get some video of him saying stuff and post it, b/c I certainly didn't do justice to how sweet it sounds!

Well, I guess you're caught up on what we're up to at the Eade house! Stay tuned for more pictures soon!

Oh, by the way....Ethan is 17 months old today!!! It's just flying by!