Noelle's First Football Game

Last Saturday the Georgia Southern Eagles were in town. Bryan was beyond excited. In fact, Friday night we attended an alumni event in Annapolis so that he could begin getting pumped up for the big game. I was happy to join him, as it was at a gorgeous location right on the river opposite the Naval Academy, and the (free!) food included lobster, MD crab legs, oysters, and other scrumptious (and out of the budget!) items!

The day of the Navy v Georgia Southern game, we actually were able to spend the morning with Bryan's mom and her husband. In Richmond for a race, they drove up 95 to have breakfast, see the new house, and visit for several hours. The last hour of the visit, B started to get antsy, trying on his Eagle gear, finding his car decals and flags, and pacing. We finally left 2 hours before game time.

Since we were less than confident about Noelle's abilities to make it thru the game, we got seats in the endzone grass. Noelle loved it, although she would have preferred we just let her roll down the hill the entire game. Despite her father's lecture that we were going to be cheering for Georgia Southern, she felt it necessary to clap whenever anyone else did. This basically meant she clapped for the Midshipman as we were surrounded by Navy fans. She loved the cannon, the cadets marching in, the Star Spangled Banner, and the people watching. We made it through the third quarter, impressive since she skipped her nap, and probably could have gotten through the last quarter as well if we hadn't felt sorry for our little one who could hardly keep her eyes open but was too intrigued to sleep. In the end, Georgia Southern put up a nice fight and only lost by a few points - great showing for being in a lower division!

Noelle conked out in the car as soon as we got in it. That was about 5:45. She slept through dinner (unusual since our child loves to eat) and ended up sleeping through the night. She even slept through an 11 pm diaper change! Football is tiring!

Here are some pictures from the game!