I thought maybe it was time for a blog post. You know, one that involves actual pictures taken with a camera and not a phone. Remember those? It isn't every day that SD {sweet daddy, for those of you just visiting} takes center stage. As you know, two weeks ago he was in New Orleans for the BCS National Championship game. He's been asking me for a week why I haven't posted his pictures yet, especially considering that I hounded him about taking a camera! I doubt I could have convinced him to write this post, but he did manage to supply lots of good text messages. I was afraid he would get bored with me quick sending him constant messages to see where he was and what he was doing, but we actually managed to talk for most of the night. Along with some pictures and a video here is how the ...
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Roll Tide
Let me be honest. I'm sad to be in Birmingham today. My cutie-patootie husband set out yesterday morning for New Orleans and I. AM. JEALOUS. I've been saying all season that I was going no matter what, but I'm finding myself at a desk today wishing I wasn't. When we lost to LSU in November, we booked plane tickets to NYC and never looked back. Then, in the next few weeks things miraculously fell into place for Bama and we wound up back in the big game. I don't regret going to the city one little bit, but our plan all along had been to buy national championship tickets for Christmas this year. A combination of things kept me home and I sad as I am not to be by his side there is nothing I can do about it. Believe it or not, I am SO thrilled that Josh is there and I hope we pull off a ...
Rivalry
I'm guessing you know there was this little game on Saturday. One that people in Alabama talk about for 365 days, only to start talking about again. Well, the fact of the matter is... we won. I didn't get to go this year, but SD did and not only did he sneak on the field after the game, but he met David Pollack and Trent Richardson and snapped a picture of his beloved Erin Andrews. All's fair in love and football, right? A few weekends ago we celebrated the birthday of our little friend Madeline. She had a pretty awesome tailgate rivalry party where all of her friends wore their Alabama/Auburn gear and partied it up at the playground. It was so fabulous, in fact, that I am totally bookmarking this idea for an Ella party in the future! ...
we peaked early
Let me go ahead and assure you that I'll be highly embarrassed by some of these pictures. At the same time, I can't bring myself to hide the fun we had because of a few poor judgment calls! The title of this post has nothing to do with our performance on the field that day. Instead, we found ourselves quite funny at six o'clock in the morning, our humor was spot on and we had way too much fun by the time we reached T-town. By contrast, at around 10:45 we were ready for a nap. We peaked early. The boys started out with a rousing game of football outside Justin's apartment. He lives on Wallace Wade, a stone's throw from Bryant-Denny Stadium and the perfect spot to tailgate. Thank goodness he doesn't mind when we crash his place for game day. I have NO idea what we'll do when he ...
Bama v UT
Saturday was a LOT of fun. I was particularly fond of my gameday outfit, which is always a plus! I drove to Tuscaloosa by myself and it was a nice, QUIET drive. We tailgated at my cousin's on-campus apartment, just moments from Bryant-Denny. I had fried cheese from the end-zone concession stand and a very large Coke. There was a fighter jet flyover just after the national anthem that was awesome. The pilots were in stadium later in the night and unbuttoned their jumpsuits to reveal Bama tees. After a frustrating first half, the boys redeemed themselves and SD starting shaking his keys at the UT fans. It was time for them to head home! We sang a rousing' round of Rammer Jammer after the game. {Please forgive my squealing at the end. the iPhone is notorious for ...
Alma Mater
Down Where Southern Skies are Brightest stands ole VHS. With her banner proudly waving in her Black and Gold. Sing her praises ever loyal, full of cheer and joy. Hail to thee, our Alma Mater, dear ole Vincent High! ...
cheering for the tide
We had fun last Saturday, cheering for our team and celebrating the last day of Ella's birthday week. She practiced her fake smile and was brave enough to ask another girl where she got her super-cute face stickers. Although these didn't last the whole game, she was pretty happy with them for awhile. We got to spend the day with our two favorite people, K & Cory. This is quite possibly my favorite football picture ever. Ella did a lot of snuggling and laying down in between cheering for the band, singing the fight song and hitting our neighbors in the head with a very excited red and white shaker. We're en route to these same red seats, anticipating cold Coke in a stadium cup, brand new shakers to start the day and another victory at Bryant Denny. Roll Tide! ...
The day I tore the tickets
So today was the first Bama football game of the season. We were planning to leave at 6:30 and head to Tuscaloosa in plenty of time to see the players enter the stadium... two hours before game time. I am always paranoid about tickets to any event. I'm worried I'll forget them or that they are fake or that I'll grab the wrong weeks' ticket. I joked with SD this morning while we were getting ready that I wanted him to double check the tickets before we left. He laughed and said... "Don't they say Kent State?" YES, of course they do. Not only did they say Kent State, but they said Game 1. STILL... I do not want to be responsible for being in Tuscaloosa with the wrong tickets. You wanna know what he said when he saw the tickets? These tickets are short. Wait, these are already canceled! I ...