This is what John woke up singing this morning (Glory, Glory to Old Auburn...). He sings this every morning of game day, so I guess A-Day counts. We left bright and early this morning headed for Auburn. I wasn't sure how the day would go since we got off to a rough start-I had to go back into the house 3 separate times after we had locked the door and set the alarm for various things I forgot. Then when we were all finally loaded up, John forgot that last night he parked his car behind my side of the garage, and backed right into his own car with my car! I tried not to laugh, knowing it would not help the situation but I was cracking up inside. Thankfully, no damage done and we were off to Auburn for Kirkley's birthday party and A-Day.
Kirkley's mommy has been a great friend of mine since my first year teaching in Auburn. We met Shealy there and Will and Kate had a blast at the pony themed party. Holly did not disappoint with precious decorations and an adorable favor (trail mix with a sticker reading "Happy Trails to You"...so cute!)
Will was a little in awe of a real live pony.
So he spent a lot of his time on the fake one, which I think he preffered over the real one.
And he and Kate did a lot of this...they were super content swingin with their cups in the shade. No photo shoot this time (sorry to disappoint) :)
After the birthday party, Shealy and I met up with the boys for lunch at Niffer's and then headed to campus. I could not believe how packed A-Day was. They announced on the Jumbo-Tron that 63,000 people were there. All but the upper deck was filled-it was crazy!
We met up with this little cutie at the game. Meet Ava. We have become really good friends with our neighbors down the street and Will and Ava love to play together. Look how cute she is trying to put her arm around Will.
It got pretty hot in the stadium, but Will was such a trooper. He was extremely overwhelmed right when we walked in. This was his first time
in the stadium, though he was
introduced at just over 2 weeks old.
Every time the music came on or the crowd cheered, little man would clap too! It was adorable.
He stayed put pretty much the first half. During halftime and the 3rd quarter we had to entertain him with food-he had his first taste of frozen lemonade and finished off all the goldfish, cheerios, and fruit snacks I had in our diaper bag.
So then he entertained himself by getting in some face time with Cousin Emma...
And then he wanted down....which is quite a predicament when you are jammed in a stadium which is made up entirely of concrete. He squirmed and squatted as best he could until we finally had to call it a day with about 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.
I tried snapping a quick pick with daddy, but he had already put on his "I'm done" face.
All in all, we had a great time. John said that we would come to A-Day every year and that would be the test if Will was ready to attend an actual game in the fall. John reported that Will failed this year...he may not make an appearance in the actual stadium come September, but I am sure we will be back in Auburn real soon!
I cannot believe this little angel is 15 months old. He is such a big boy!! He went to the doctor last Wednesday. He weighed 25 pounds and was 33 inches long. He is just perfect!
So he spent a lot of his time on the fake one, which I think he preffered over the real one.
And he and Kate did a lot of this...they were super content swingin with their cups in the shade. No photo shoot this time (sorry to disappoint) :)
After the birthday party, Shealy and I met up with the boys for lunch at Niffer's and then headed to campus. I could not believe how packed A-Day was. They announced on the Jumbo-Tron that 63,000 people were there. All but the upper deck was filled-it was crazy!
We met up with this little cutie at the game. Meet Ava. We have become really good friends with our neighbors down the street and Will and Ava love to play together. Look how cute she is trying to put her arm around Will. 
It got pretty hot in the stadium, but Will was such a trooper. He was extremely overwhelmed right when we walked in. This was his first time in the stadium, though he was introduced at just over 2 weeks old.
Every time the music came on or the crowd cheered, little man would clap too! It was adorable.
And then he wanted down....which is quite a predicament when you are jammed in a stadium which is made up entirely of concrete. He squirmed and squatted as best he could until we finally had to call it a day with about 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.
I tried snapping a quick pick with daddy, but he had already put on his "I'm done" face.
All in all, we had a great time. John said that we would come to A-Day every year and that would be the test if Will was ready to attend an actual game in the fall. John reported that Will failed this year...he may not make an appearance in the actual stadium come September, but I am sure we will be back in Auburn real soon!
Will officially became a BOY on Sunday by taking his first major spill and coming out with a banged up chin! He had just gotten up and was reading some books while I went into the kitchen to get some milk for him. All of a sudden I just heard a splat and then silence. He whimpered for just a minute but when I went to get him up, he went back to reading books like nothing had happened. I did not actually see it but from where he was sitting after the fact, and me literally being gone maybe 15 seconds, I can gather that he just slipped on the hardwood and hit the book basket. He had a big scrape on either side of his chin. Only one side bled, but not bad. Obviously I was more traumatized than Will. It seems like he just morphed into a little boy overnight. Since his chin, he has scraped both knees and suddenly has no fear of anything at the park. 
The weekend before Easter we took Will to the BJCC to see Mickey and his friends live on stage. We wondered if we had made a mistake spending money on tickets for this with Will still so young. We couldn't have been more wrong. When we walked in, there were several stands set up with all things Disney for you to buy. It brought back memories of me going to Disney on Ice and the circus and talking my dad into buying me a $15 snow cone for the "cool cup." We weren't going to buy Will anything. The closer we got to the stands, the bigger Will's eyes got. He was drawn to one particular thing...the spinning light things (for lack of a better word). His mouth was gaping open as he watched about 10 of these things spin at one time.
John loved Will's reaction and couldn't resist buying Will a treat!
So with our Mickey spinning light thing in tow, we headed toward our seats.
The show started and he was frozen. He was watching so intently but with zero expression. It was like he was completely mesmerized. I think it really helped that our seats were so up close (we were on the 5th row)!!! He sat in my lap for the whole first 45 minutes without moving, other than turning his head to make sure he caught all the action.
At intermission we got up and let him walk around. I felt like after he had been up and moving, he would lose the attention span once we had to sit again. Quite the opposite...he was much more into the show during the 2nd half. He was all into it and bouncing and clapping. It was cracking me and John up! He loved Buzz lightyear and Tigger when he bounced! I had more fun watching Will than watching the show on stage. He was so animated. He kept pointing to Mickey and his eyes would just twinkle.
This was the best shot I could get of Will clapping...it wasn't normal claps. It was the biggest claps I have ever seen. He was SO into it!!
Greek for Christ is Risen. Too bad my blog got deleted a few years ago along with all posts from Sept 07-May 08...I had shared a very funny story involving my first Easter spent with John and his family and these words "Christos Anesti." Maybe I will share again sometime. For now, a few pictures documenting the most important holiday and how we spent it. What a beautiful day we had and enjoyed a lot of it outside hunting Easter eggs (a first for Will)!
Checking out his loot
Sweet boy!
Look Mom, An orange one!
Family Pic...the best we could get
Love this baby!!
2nd Easter Egg Hunt at Yia Yia and Papou's...by this point he was a pro! :)
Did you guys know there is chocolate in these eggs???!!!!
Yia Yia and Papou's one and only grandchild...spoiled.....never :)
