This weekend Brian and I headed over to Oxford, Mississippi for the weekend and of course a football game. Christian has never been to an Ole Miss game, so we packed up and headed out. We stayed with Stefano, who is Brian's best friend from college. Usually his place is party central, but because our little one was tagging along it was going to be a calm weekend. On Friday we had planned to leave around 12:00, but Christian had a different plan. He takes naps in the afternoon and we thought with a three hour drive it would be nice for him to be sleeping most of the time. He gets bored very easy and having him sit in a car seat for hours on end is not a smart idea! The night before, Christian had a nightmare and was up from 12:30 to 4:30 a.m. So obviously he was very tired and decided that a four hour nap was needed. We finally got out of the house around 2:30 with a child who was wide awake and getting bored quickly by the minute! Three hours and three baby Einstein videos later we pulled into Oxford! For those people who do not know Stefano, he is an excellent cook! He was in the process of making some home made Jambalaya when we arrived. We popped some bottles of wine and champagne (my favorite) and started enjoying are night! Christian was glad to be out of his car seat and crawling and walking around! Yes, I said walking!!! He finally decided on Thursday to try vertical mobility! It was great and he is so proud of himself as well his parents! He is still crawling, but more walking everyday and getting the balance down perfectly! It is the cutest thing to see such a small person walking around. I video recorded the first steps, but unfortunately I am having alot of difficulty downloading video to the blog! Do not give up on me becau
se I am still determined to figure out the problem.Now that I went off on that little tangent.....I will continue to tell you all about our weekend! Friday night was very low key and we just hung out at Stef's house and ate, drank and caught up on old times. Stefano's girlfriend Tony was there with her little boy Riley and I believe he is five years old. He was a fabulous entertainer for Christian and they it if off great. Christian is so fascinated with older children and he loves playing with them. The weather was chilly that evening so we built a fire in Stefano's fire pit on
his deck and sat around and continued visiting. Christian had never seen fire and he was very intrigued by the different colors of the fire, but more intrigued with banging on the benches with a spoon he had found. It amazes me everyday that they are so fascinated by the smallest things. With being up the night before with Christian and the adult beverages I had been consuming....sleepiness was setting in! We gave Christian a bath and I took up to bed. I of course fell asleep with him because I was exhausted! Brian went with the boys to set up the tailgate in the grove and kept visiting with his friends.
Saturday morning came very quickly and because Christian slept so good the day before he was up at 6:30a.m. ready for a fun filled day of football! If everybody in the house was still asleep it did not take long for Christian to change that! Christian is a very vocal child and he loves screaming at the top of his lungs...so soon everyone was waking from their slumber! Tony cooked us muffins for breakfast and we got everything ready to take to the tailgate! Ole Miss is not like all the other SEC schools, they take tailgating to a new level! The game was at 11:30 so we had to get there early to hang out and visit with everyone. At 9:30 in the morning the drinks were flowing and I must say that nothing is better than a mimosa in the morning. Christian was even double fisted with milk and water!Obviously I do not drink too much because I have to be very aware of myself and my child. All it takes is a second and something could happen, especially now that he is everywhere! When the time rolled around Brian w
as ready to 
take Christian off to the game. However, he found him sound asleep on my shoulder. I guess Christian did not find the tailgating as stimulating as his daddy thought he would that morning. Brian headed off to the game with hopes that he would take Christian in the game for another quarter later that afternoon. One of my close friends, Farron stayed at the tailgate with me and some other girls that I have met through her in the past. Christian slept for an hour and recharged himself for later tailgating. When Christian woke up he was very excited to see all the people and everything hustling around the grove. The one thing that caught his eye and he became obsessed with was a goat! So
meone had a pet goat that they brought to the game and Christian made it his mission to befriend this little goat named Lani! We had to be careful petting the goat because she did not like being touched on her face. Christian is so sweet with animals because of our dogs. He knows how to be gentle when touching animals. We stayed with the goat for awhile and then I had to drag him back to the tailgate. He hates to be confined or better yet told NO!!! I do not think I sat down that afternoon until Brian came back from the game! Christian made some new friends at the tailgate and I think stole the show. I made him some pants for this game too and a t-shirt to match. He looked adorable, but I think I like him better in orange and blue! We had now been at the grove for over 8 hours and I was groved out! I was ready to head back to the house for some more relaxing and hanging out with friends! Christian was exhausted so he got an immediate bath and went straight to bed once we got home. a few friends came over and visited for awhile and then some people went to b
ed and some stayed up awhile longer. For a wee
kend that was supposed to be calm and relaxing how did I come home more tired than ever??? Chasing a child everywhere is hard work and making sure nobody wakes him up being loud is even harder!!!! Christian loved Ole Miss, but I think it will be awhile before he goes back during football season! The days are just to long for him and he definitely needs his naps!
Sunday morning we did not get up until around 8:00am! We stayed and played awhile because we wanted to make sure Christian would sleep on the way home. We timed the ride home just right...he slept for over two hours and when he woke up we were twenty minute from home. He was in a great mood after his nap so when we got home we headed for the pumpkin patch. Our neighborhood does a pumpkin festival every year at the park for the millions of children that live out here. We had a good time and I will post those pictures on the next blog!
Saturday morning came very quickly and because Christian slept so good the day before he was up at 6:30a.m. ready for a fun filled day of football! If everybody in the house was still asleep it did not take long for Christian to change that! Christian is a very vocal child and he loves screaming at the top of his lungs...so soon everyone was waking from their slumber! Tony cooked us muffins for breakfast and we got everything ready to take to the tailgate! Ole Miss is not like all the other SEC schools, they take tailgating to a new level! The game was at 11:30 so we had to get there early to hang out and visit with everyone. At 9:30 in the morning the drinks were flowing and I must say that nothing is better than a mimosa in the morning. Christian was even double fisted with milk and water!Obviously I do not drink too much because I have to be very aware of myself and my child. All it takes is a second and something could happen, especially now that he is everywhere! When the time rolled around Brian w
as ready to take Christian off to the game. However, he found him sound asleep on my shoulder. I guess Christian did not find the tailgating as stimulating as his daddy thought he would that morning. Brian headed off to the game with hopes that he would take Christian in the game for another quarter later that afternoon. One of my close friends, Farron stayed at the tailgate with me and some other girls that I have met through her in the past. Christian slept for an hour and recharged himself for later tailgating. When Christian woke up he was very excited to see all the people and everything hustling around the grove. The one thing that caught his eye and he became obsessed with was a goat! So
meone had a pet goat that they brought to the game and Christian made it his mission to befriend this little goat named Lani! We had to be careful petting the goat because she did not like being touched on her face. Christian is so sweet with animals because of our dogs. He knows how to be gentle when touching animals. We stayed with the goat for awhile and then I had to drag him back to the tailgate. He hates to be confined or better yet told NO!!! I do not think I sat down that afternoon until Brian came back from the game! Christian made some new friends at the tailgate and I think stole the show. I made him some pants for this game too and a t-shirt to match. He looked adorable, but I think I like him better in orange and blue! We had now been at the grove for over 8 hours and I was groved out! I was ready to head back to the house for some more relaxing and hanging out with friends! Christian was exhausted so he got an immediate bath and went straight to bed once we got home. a few friends came over and visited for awhile and then some people went to b
ed and some stayed up awhile longer. For a wee
kend that was supposed to be calm and relaxing how did I come home more tired than ever??? Chasing a child everywhere is hard work and making sure nobody wakes him up being loud is even harder!!!! Christian loved Ole Miss, but I think it will be awhile before he goes back during football season! The days are just to long for him and he definitely needs his naps!Sunday morning we did not get up until around 8:00am! We stayed and played awhile because we wanted to make sure Christian would sleep on the way home. We timed the ride home just right...he slept for over two hours and when he woke up we were twenty minute from home. He was in a great mood after his nap so when we got home we headed for the pumpkin patch. Our neighborhood does a pumpkin festival every year at the park for the millions of children that live out here. We had a good time and I will post those pictures on the next blog!
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