What a FUN long weekend we had! Robert and I took one last pre-baby adventure and hopped on a plane to spend about 12 hours in Dallas and see the Tide roll all over Michigan! A BIG, HUGE thanks to GJ and Daddo for not only giving us the trip and tickets for our birthdays, but for also coming and watching Maxwell while we were gone. We really, really appreciate it and had the BEST time!
Game day and we were all ready, including Maxwell!
Robert and I ended up taking a charter flight to Dallas. It was great because we got off the plane in Dallas and immediately got onto buses right on the tarmac that took us to Cowboy Stadium. After the game, we all made our way back to the buses and hopped on the plane to come home. Granted, we didn’t get back home until 3:30 am and were exhausted but it was worth it! Our plane left from Birmingham at 2:00 in the afternoon and, luckily we got to the airport with plenty of time to spare because I went to check-in only to learn that my driver’s license had expired 2 days before on August 29th!!! What?! I had NO idea that it was expired. Luckily (very luckily) we live close to the airport and my mom was able to get my passport up to me within 15 minutes. Phew! Poor Maxwell though, it was his nap time and by the time she got to the airport he was doing this in the backseat…
Robert was about to kill me during the process but, we made it to the gate with plenty of time to spare and I WILL be heading to the DMV this week! 🙂
I took a little series of self-portraits with my iphone throughout the day. Much easier than asking someone else to take your picture!
At the airport (passport in hand!) and ready to go!
On the buses headed to Cowboy Stadium…
Outside of Jerry World!
In our great seats before kick-off…
During the game…
After the game, tired but happy, back on the buses…
On the plane at about 2am really ready to be home!
I also took lots of pictures with my big camera. If you’re every going to Cowboy Stadium, note that you can’t take in a lens longer than 3 inches. I didn’t think they would really enforce that, but I took a smaller lens just in case and I’m so glad I did! The security guy definitely measured it and I’m so glad I had my cheapy, shorter lens instead of my good long one! That thing would have been left in Dallas!
A little shot of BBB#2 at his first AL game!
Please note my OFF bug spray fan clipped onto my bag. I wasn’t going to get West Nile! I have to say, being so pregnant, I was kind of the novelty of our flight. Everyone kept asking when I was due, how much longer I had, how they couldn’t believe I came on the trip, how I was such a trooper, etc. I knew I’d be fine though and I was. No problems at all – despite the 90+ degree heat and VERY bad air conditioning on the plane and bus!
Our seats really were good and right in the middle of all AL fans. We bought them off of stubhub and didn’t know which side most AL fans would be sitting on. We almost bought seats on the other side of the stadium and I’m so glad we didn’t because we would have been smack dab in the middle of a bunch of Michigan fans! This was our view from our seats…
Not bad at all! We were on the end of the row which was nice. Right on the other side of that railing was the club level. Those people paid a lot more for their seats and, other than having more padding on their chair, I don’t think they got much more than we did!
The jumbo-tron was awesome and jumbo. It was hard not to just watch the game up there the whole time! They were doing crowd shots throughout the game which were pretty funny a lot of the time.
A game shot for Robert…
Maxwell will be glad to know that Big Al was there!
I didn’t worry once about Maxwell the entire game because I knew he was having a ball at home with GJ and Daddo. My mom sent me this picture as proof!
Two peas in a pod!
While not a close game (Go Bama!) it was a fun game to watch and we got to see this up on the screen a lot!
Touchdown AL! This was also an interesting fact of the night…
Let me tell ya, there were a LOT of people there!
And, of course, we were VERY pleased with the final score!!
After the game, we made our way back to the buses and, after a slight delay waiting for Ricky Phillips to show up (the only person out of 100 that couldn’t get back to the buses in time!) we headed back to DFW and flew back into Birmingham. A quick trip but worth every second! Again, thank you to GJ and Daddo for the flight, the tickets and the babysitting. It was definitely a birthday trip to remember!
Roll Tide!
Daddo and I knew it would be a fun experience for you and Robert and it was also a fun experience for us to have Maxwell all to ourselves!!!! It might have been a short trip to the Big D but you did get to be there once again! Happy early birthdays!!!!!
It was a great time. Thanks GJ and Daddo, I know Maxwell had lots of fun with y’all. He was asking where you were this morning.
So glad you got a fun getaway weekend! Roll Tide!
What a great trip and a great game – I’m jealous!!! Michigan just found out that you don’t mess with the SEC!!! Roll Tide!!! I see where we jumped ahead of SC in the Coaches’ Poll. I hope we can stay there.
What a great trip and a great game – I’m jealous!!! That was a very generous birthday gift from your folks. Michigan just found out that you don’t mess with the SEC!!! Roll Tide!!! I see where we jumped ahead of SC in the Coaches’ Poll. I hope we can stay there.
What a great trip and a great game – I’m jealous!!! That was a very generous birthday gift from your folks. Michigan just found out that you don’t mess with the SEC!!! Roll Tide!!! I see where we jumped ahead of SC in the Coaches’ Poll. I hope we can stay there.