Auburn A-Day

Last weekend, we went down to Auburn to see A-Day.  We knew the Heisman statue unveiling would be crazy, so we avoided that and came into Auburn about an hour and half before the game, met up with Josh and Nicole, and walked to the stadium.  It was a gorgeous day and the girls and I had fun.

Taylor looking for Aubie.

Cam Newton with Bo Jackson and Pat Sullivan at mid-field pre-game.

The first snap from scrimmage.

Kiehl Frazier breaks one open.  Let's hope we see much more of this in 2012.

A picture of the family.  My hair is wonky, Becca looks amazing, Taylor really doesn't want me to be in the picture, and Avery is looking for Jesus.  That sounds about right for our pictures.

Rylee and Taylor enjoying the free food in the Scholarship section (actually not free; the most expensive food ever consumed :)

Becca and Tay in front of Cam's statue.

Ring around the Rosies once the good guys had the game in the bag.

Becca and Avery played patty cake.

Ours is the one squeezing the bejesus out of the other kid.

Taylor's First Auburn Game

Rebecca, Taylor, and I loaded up and headed down to the plains to watch then 10th ranked Auburn take on one of their biggest rivals, Louisiana-Monroe.  Ok, really, we knew it was going to be a blow out, but this was the first game of the season that was scheduled before 6 PM over 2.5 hours away from our home.  Getting home at 1 AM doesn't sit well with a baby who is asleep by 9 PM every night. 

So, we got on our Auburn gear and hit the road.  Taylor wore an Auburn dress that her Gammy (my mom) got her.  It is magic unparalleled by David Copperfield how Rebecca gets that bow to stay in such a small amount of hair.

We didn't have time to tailgate because the game started at 11 AM so we went right into the stadium.  Here's us in our Auburn gear.  If Cam Newton got hurt, Rebecca was ready to go right into the game with her Auburn jersey.

Taylor was amazed by the stadium, field, and all the people. 

She loves to watch people.  Even the person behind me while I was taking this picture:

It didn't take long before she was completely worn out.  She needed some of the good stuff to fall asleep in such a loud crowd.

She missed the best part of the game.  Hundreds of high school cheerleaders messing up "Tigers"

She did wake up in the third quarter and enjoy the game until the 4th quarter when she had a class A meltdown.  It was just for a second, but it was fierce.  She recovered and had a great time though.

Warrrrr Eagle, Hey!

Copied for Rebecca's blog (from a few weeks ago):

I LOVE Auburn football! So many of my childhood memories were made in the stadium watching Auburn play! An Auburn football game is the only place where it's acceptable to drink your coke even if it's got a fly in it :) It's either steaming hot or freezing cold, nowhere in between, but no matter what the temperature, there's no other place I'd rather be. Now that Taylor is here it will be so much fun making memories with her in Auburn! Listening to her yell War Eagle, hey! And hold those arms high screaming TOUCHDOWN AUBURN!! I can't wait. Since Gene Chizik was coming to Cullman for the Auburn banquet we knew we had to go. Start em early, right?!? There were a lot of people there and to put it nicely IT WAS HOT! However, Taylor got her first taste of what it's like to be a part of the Auburn family.