Where It All Began...

On Saturday, Gran and PopPop treated us all with a trip to a place I consider one of the most special in our family's history, since it is where my parents met and where T and I met. And you probably guessed that we went there for a very special event, since it is mid-November and we were all due for a dose of SEC football LIVE AND IN PERSON. We have watched our Bulldogs come a long way since that unfortunate opener against LSU (which we watched in our hospital room since SJ was 1 day old and, yeah, we were probably the only people in the building who would have cheered IF we'd actually had anything to cheer about). But TV can't give you that sensation of truly experiencing game day in the midst of your team's fellow faithful fans, so we had been looking forward to this, hoping we would beat Alabama, and WE WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED! It was a fun game and the girls were troopers through it all.

LL hung out with PopPop most of the time, then ended up in T's lap at a crucial turning point in the game...when we intercepted the ball in Bama's endzone and ran it back for a Bulldog TD! Needless to say there was quite a bit of noise with all the cheering and cowbell ringing, and LL was a little overwhelmed by that, but she made a quick recovery and was soon waving her pompom again. Her summary of the game when she saw her Nana and Grandpa later that night, however, was "It was loud." Here she is with PopPop in a more peaceful moment:



AG and Gran loved every minute of it!

A nice Alabama fan sitting in front of us took this at halftime, at which time SJ was still asleep in the sling I was wearing. This was pretty amazing, since it was right after the big TD which compelled me to scream and jump around as wildly as a sleeping-baby-in-a-sling-wearing mama can.

And here we are in yet another rare whole-family photo. We realized that day that in the last four years, we've gone to three games, and each time another baby girl has been added to our family! It is really special to get to take these little ones back there with us. We have been truly blessed beyond what we imagined when we were there as students!