First Football Game

Saturday was Kyler's very first ever football game. The first of many I should add. His dad and mama are football fanatics so he will surely be toted around many football stadiums. We have season tickets to K-State games with a group of our friends so he will see at least a few more this season. The game we went to was K-State vs. UCLA. It was a packed house and it was also Harley day so there was a lot of noise. Kyler wasn't too thrilled with that.

Happy baby tailgating!

The day started for Kyler when we had to wake him up around 9:00 to get ready to go. He loves to sleep in! We got him changed and fed and buckled him in the car to head to Manhattan. He slept pretty much the entire two hours we were on the road. So by the time we got to the tailgate he was in a really good mood. Plus he loves being outside and it was a pretty nice day, although a little hotter than expected. After lunch and tailgating for a couple of hours it was time to head into the game. As we strolled to the stadium, Kyler fell asleep. It was a little noisy waiting to get into the stadium (we were right next to the line-up of Harleys) so Kyler was back up just in time for the game.

At the game.

We got to our seats right as the crowd was getting pumped up and loud. Some of our friends that don't get to see Kyler very often were saying hello. It was pretty hot with the sun beating right on us. Kyler was tired since his afternoon nap was only 15 minutes rather than an hour or two. The Harleys started around the stadium. Oh, and he was probably getting a little hungry by this time. Needless to say, he was not happy! He screamed for a while but eventually we got him to calm down. We took him out to feed him and that seemed to help quite a bit. Brett and I just had to help him realize that all the screaming fans were fun and excited, not scary. So he did well for maybe half of the game and then got really tired toward the end.

End of the game.

So we learned a couple of lessons. (1) Do better nap planning (i.e. have an hour or more nap right before the game). (2) Bring earplugs (we didn't think it was that loud but I guess we just never paid attention, becuase it was that loud!). We are planning on trying again this next game. The team we're playing isn't as exciting and there won't be Harleys so it shouldn't be quite as loud. And it is at night so it won't be as hot and we will have more time tailgating so hopefully Kyler will be able to nap for a while. If it is unsuccessful, we will be taking you all up on those babysitting offers we've been getting for the past year... beware!