Jags Home Opener

Sunday was the Jags home opener against the Arizona Cardinals and we lost- big time- of course I'm not going to sit here and make excuses, but I am going to say that the refs were awful. To be honest, I usually say they have a hard job and I wouldn't want it for all the money in the world since you have to be able to see things when they actually happen- you don't have a slow button for real life- but I believe I could have out done them yesterday. (okay off my soap box now....)

Anyways, it was our 6th anniversary yesterday and so we decided we would all go as a family, meaning Ava would go. Now I know some of you would think that it is odd that I would want to go to a football game on my anniversary, but it is something we love to do and love to do it as a family and of course I would want to spend my anniversary with my family- so it was a no-brainer. I was a little disappointed the Jags couldn't pull off a win for us though.

I was a little worried how Ava would react since it had been almost a year since the last time she attended a game- so this would be a test on whether we would try to bring her to future games. She did soooo good- I was so surprised. I mean, she is always a good baby- but she just blew me away with how good she did. She actually fell asleep during the second quarter and slept through halftime. It was so sticky outside- if the breeze had been the least bit existent it would have been nice, a little hot, but nice overall. Here little cheeks were so rosy, but she had her grandparents to keep her cool with wet rags.

After her little cat nap..hehe...get it? Cat nap? She had was up and ready to cheer for the Jaguars! She was very interested in everything that happened on the field and would lean to see around people if they stood in front of us or if she was sitting down and couldn't see over them....we have always said she loved football and she still does.
After the game was over and since we weren't in extremely chipper moods after losing, we were walking back to the car. Now we have a parking pass and we really like our parking spot because you literally have no traffic in or out of it, so its really easy to get to, but it is about 3 blocks away and when you are carrying a 22 lb baby, after sitting in the sun, after losing, you really start to consider changing your lot. However, this sweet lady must have feel pity on us, she offered us a ride and boy did we accept!

We just knew Ava would fall asleep in the car as soon as we buckled her in- but she didn't and she stayed awake until her bedtime that evening- I believe this girl loves her some Jaguar football :) (which couldn't make her daddy happier)