War Eagle!

A year has gone by since Christian had been to his first Auburn football game! Luckily enough he did not sleep through this game or the tailgate. In fact we actually took him into the football game for the first half just so he could see what all the excitement was about! Christian is such a people watcher and he got a big kick out of all the strange people screaming, hollering and shaking their shakers! The day started off really early because the kickoff was at 11:30am and anybody who has a child knows that you are never on schedule when you take them with you! The day before I had made him some pants to wear to the game. They are orange and blue checkered and looked very cute on him if I do say so myself! Thanks to my friend Corey who helped me learn how to sew! Here his daddy was getting him dressed to leave. We got out of the door by 8:00am, but then we had to get gas and stop by Reed's house to pick up the T.V. and satellite, tables and cooler. I am not so sure how we got nominated to do this chore, but I guess it is because we have the big vehicle. Christian was great on the way down to Auburn and even got in the spirit of the game by waving an Auburn flag in the back seat. I tried to teach him War Eagle, but he was not quite grasping the words! We got to Auburn and of course traffic was terrible and we did not get parked until about 10:45. We unloaded the car and off to the game we went! Now, I been told by many mothers that the volume in a football game is dangerous to a young child's ears and some even recommend that you do not take them into the game. However, you can buy ear plugs for young children and it provides protection against the noise. I had gotten some plugs and thinking positively.....my child would keep these things in his ears! Wow...he actually kept them in his ears for all of thirty minutes before he started taking them out and chewing on them! Oh well, I did not think it was too terribly loud in the stadium and it did not seem to bother him! The sky had been overcast all day until the second quarter and than the sun came out with all its strength. I believe it got into the 90's! I pulled out the sunscreen and lathered Christian up...he gets burned so easy! We planned on leaving at half time, but it was so hot that I took Christian out into the breezeway of the stadium. He was getting really antsy and wanted to be down and moving. Unfortunately, he is not walking and I would not put him down on the nasty stadium floor! Halftime rolled around and Auburn was shutting out Vandy so we left and went back to set up the tailgate!

Now anybody who knows my husband also knows that he is a little technologically challenged! He was the one sent back to the tailgate to set up the satellite??? Hope nobody wanted to watch any other games when they returned from the Auburn's game!!!! We got everything unloaded and Brian and John Hall attempted to set the satellite up. They were not having much luck and then Reed showed up and tried as well, but to no avail. Christian even thought that he could be of some assistance, but he could not get past playing with the cords. His Uncle Reed took some down time to have a little fun with Christian and pose for some pictures. After awhile the frustration with the satellite began to build among these men and I thought there was going to be some bloodshed if it did not start working soon. While the boys argued over how to make the satellite work, I played and watched over Christian. Brad Stephenson had brought his son Chance, who is six years old and also has a little brother. He is so sweet with Christian and was trying to get him walking on his own! He is such a good little babysitter and was watching Christian as closely as I had been. Finally the satellite was working and with all the testosterone floating around I decided to take Christian for a stroll around Auburn!

Anyone who is familiar with Auburn knows that there are alot of fun places to go around town and there is a great tradition that goes with winning a game! After a stop at the bookstore to buy some Auburn memorabilia for Christian we headed for a place called Toomer's Corner! Toomer's corner is a four way stop in Auburn that has huge trees and beautiful Samford Hall in the background. The tradition is that after a big win all the students go to the corner and roll it with toilet paper! The whole corner is shut down and there is toilet paper on everything....it looks like a winter wonderland and it is so much fun!!! Christian took a cat nap while we were shopping and then woke up just in time to enjoy the rolling that was taking place! We took some cute pictures and headed back to the tailgate. It was about 4:30 and I think everybody was ready to head back home. We packed up and headed home. I expected my little one to conk out on the way home because he had been up since 7:00 and maybe napped for about 30 minutes earlier, but no way! What a trooper, he definitely has his daddy's ability to stay up all day and night. Awake, but very grumpy we drove home with some screaming most of the way home. Bedtime came very quickly once we got home. Christian had a very long, fun filled day in Auburn, Alabama. Next week we head to Oxford for his first Ole Miss game ever. Now the fun begins between Brian and I to find out will it be Auburn or Ole Miss he likes the best! Stay tuned for next weeks blog........