Life As We Know It

Life As We Know It

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Hokie weekend





Last weekend was a whirlwind weekend as we took Colin to his first football game at Lane Stadium. It was great to get out our orange and maroon and dress Colin up the way a baby should be when watching football (except NFL). We spent the night in Princeton since it was a 12:00pm game and close to Blacksburg. Colin spent the night rolling over every hour in his pack-n-play. He rolled over from his back to his stomach Thursday night and was so proud of himself, every time he woke up he had to make sure he could still remember to do it - and of course he wanted to show his proud parents. Each time we would go check on him, he would have the biggest smile as if to say "see mom and dad I did it again!" (The good thing is that the novelty has worn off and he doesnt do it in his sleep anymore)


Saturday morning we got up early and met our friends Mark and Leah for breakfast before going to meet all the family. My dad had bought us all tickets this summer and I would just like to say that I think its really unfair to make Colin pay for a ticket - especially since he stayed in our laps the whole time. $40 for a ticket is ridiculous for adults - let alone babies. I think Frank Beamer should change all that... especially if he wants to recruit football players of the future. How else would kids be groomed to play for VT? But thanks Dad for the tickets! Colin enjoyed his first game - was high-fived by the man behind us who cheered "hokie baby" when the hokies scored. Colin even managed to stay in our seats for the whole game. At one point his grandma tried to talk him into being a football player. (his mom does not approve) He even jumped up and down with his mom when the team came out. His aunt and uncle would be so proud. Colin loved all the attention and was a perfect angel even after missing all his naps that day. Oh yea, Tech beat Duke 36-0!!

(a funny side note - we took 90 pictures that day and not ONE of them included Brent... and he was decked out in Hokie gear too! I've finally won him over. Good thing my parents got some pictures of Brent wearing orange and maroon)






A generation of Hokies: One day hopefully Colin can become an alum like the rest of us.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

those are some great pics! love the stadium shots!

Tom Pounder said...

Brent - that is embarrassing that you took your child to see a hokie's game! Next time, try a PSU game...better stadium, better team, better unis...peace...hey, check out my blog: http://tompounder.blogspot.com