The Branch Baby Blog: Auburn vs. Florida Weekend

Last weekend was the Auburn/Florida weekend, so we of course had to head back down to The Plains to be a part of everything!! Game weekends are so much fun because not only do we get to go to the actual game, we get to spend a lot of time with family and friends!

Friday night we started the weekend off by going to eat at Johnny Brusco's by the new Publix. It was still the same yummy food without the big crowd since it's a little ways from downtown Auburn with all the action.

We needed a few things at Publix for tailgating and we ran into Uncle Jim! It was great to see him, especially since he was picking up cupcakes for Blakely's party the next day! The only negative was trying to make Jack think of something else besides cupcakes for the next 12 hours! :-)

The next morning we headed to Monkey Park in Opelika for Blakely's 3rd birthday party! It's so hard to believe she's 3, but she's so sweet and smart and we are so excited for her! We had such a great time at the party and Jack and Kurt even got to ride the Rocky Brook Rocket Choo-Choo Train!! It was the cutest thing! It circles around the whole park! We even got to see and hold baby Abby at the party, too!

After the party we headed over to the tailgate. The original plan was to take Jack back to Granna's house for a nap and then head out there, but he was falling apart not being "in Auburn", so we took him and hoped for the best!

He was pretty exhausted already when we got there, so I tried strolling him around a few times to see if that would help, but it didn't. He must have been too fired up for the game. He at least kept busy playing football and golf at the tailgate, plus he met a new friend to play with. My friends Lindsey and Shelley even got to drop by and say hi, too!

The 3 of us headed to the stadium around 5 so we wouldn't miss anything. Once we got in our seats, we only had a few minutes until the eagle flew, which of course Jack loved again! Then the band came out which he loved even more, and he sang and cheered this time! It was the cutest thing and I'm so glad I got it on video. You'll have to check it out (at the bottom). He loved everytime the ball was kicked, too. Those were probably his favorite parts of the game. He lasted until midway through the 2nd quarter, which is the record so far! :-) The little girl next to us named Aubrie who is 4 helped us keep Jack entertained, so that was nice. Auburn came out with a big win beating Florida 17-6. It wasn't pretty, but we seemed to be improving, so we are happy for that. (Thanks to Granna and Poppy for helping with Jack the second half of the game.) :-)

On Sunday, Kurt and I were able to go to Atlanta to watch the Falcons play the Panthers. It was so exciting to see Cam Newton in person again, and he actually had a pretty good game. The Falcons came out on top, though, and since we like the Falcons, too, that was fine. We are just glad we got to see Cam play well! We went just the two of us, so we had a good time on an all-day date! We appreciate Granna, Poppy, Mama Becky, and Daddy Mer helping with Jack so we could go. He even got to go play golf with Poppy and Granna! :-)