Garytt and Westyn's First KC Chiefs Game

Aunt Bec and Uncle Kyle requested several times throughout the football season if Garytt could join them for a game.  Our schedules never worked out before.  Then, they offered us a few extra tickets to the Dec. 23rd game, so all of us were able to go!  (Of course, that is with the understanding that the boys wouldn't probably make it past half-time.)


Before we started walking to the stadium I took a quick group photo (minus me). And, yes, that is Westyn with us. And, yes, we are all bundled up because it was pretty chilly.


We made our way to the seats and got settled in. (Wow, look at how crowded the stands were!)


I'm pretty sure that as we were walking in, we received some strange looks and maybe even some wayward comments about bringing a baby to a football game in such chilly weather. And, honestly, I was really worried about Westyn. My back-up plan was for me to take him back to the car if it was just way too cold. Ironically, he was probably the warmest person there...look at how cozy he is sitting with Aunt Becca! (At some points, Westyn was so snuggled in with Bec that all we could see were his eyes!)


We found our seats, just as some of the pre-game things were occurring.


Garytt watched most of the game sitting next to me.


But he did go sit next to Uncle Kyle for a little while...I think Kyle was imparting his Chiefs knowledge onto Garytt.


After the demonstration from Kyle about how to properly yell for the Chiefs, Garytt got into the yelling, too! By the end of the first quarter, Garytt would yell, "Tackle," "First Down," and "Go Chiefs!"


Garytt was a really happy boy watching the game!


We decided to take a break from watching football, to go checkout the Chiefs museum area. It took us a while to walk around the stadium to get to the right area. Garytt didn't have any problem walking with Aunt Becca and Uncle Kyle.


I offered to carry Westyn, which started out just fine.


Then, he decided he would rather watch the ceiling by leaning back...way back! It was a challenge to walk with him like that but I was afraid if I adjusted anything, I would loose him...so I just held on tight!!


Once we made it to our destination, I was thrilled to let Justin hold Westyn for a bit and give my arms a break...of course, Westyn wasn't interested in the ceiling anymore by then.


Aunt Becca showed Garytt around the museum area.


Then, we headed to the Kid Zone, where they have some fun activities for kids.


The kid area had these tubes that were supposed to represent the digestive system. Then they had a bunch of red balls that represented food. The kids could put the balls in and watch them go through the tubes. This was Garytt's favorite area. Unfortunately, the balls were housed in a box that had really sharp corners. He fell into the edge of the box and scraped his chin. I swooped in as he started crying...only to find out, the injury didn't bother him, it was the fact that I took him away from the balls...what a tough kiddo. So, off he went to play some more.


By that time, it was close to half-time and the kid area was going to get too crowded. So, we bundled back up and headed out. The boys did a great job at the game and really enjoyed it! I'm glad we were able to go! I think this shows how Garytt felt about the whole experience...amazed!


Thanks Bec and Kyle for a great time!

Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's House

We loaded up the boys and headed to Topeka early on Saturday, December 22 to celebrate Christmas at my parents' house.

When we arrived, the boys had a few gifts waiting under the tree unwrapped.  They went straight to them!  Check out these awesome toddler football helmets and football!  If only they were Aggie helmets...

  The helmets and football entertained the boys until my sister, brother-in-law, aunt, and uncle arrived and it was time for lunch. After lunch, it was time to open presents. Uncle Kyle helped Garytt open his first gift while Great Aunt Trish watched.

  Meanwhile, Justin helped Westyn open his first gift.

  Both of the boys got the hang of opening the gifts pretty quickly...go figure!


The boys were pretty excited about all the cool things they received!


While the boys did get a lot of amazing gifts, when Garytt came upon a gift from Mark and Dana Harrison, he had to put present opening on pause. They gave him a Chuggington train! Garytt loves trains and could hardly focus on anything else.

  We did convince him to put the trains aside for a bit to finish opening gifts. But it didn't take him long to pull the trains back out once the other gifts were open. This time, we opened the Chuggington train tracks from Aunt Bec and Uncle Kyle...it took quite a few adults to decide the best way to arrange all the tracks.

Of course, Christmas isn't Christmas if one of the kids doesn't use a box as a toy.


Garytt did take a break from trains to play his new game, Ants in the Can.

  As the excitement of the day was winding down, we caught Garytt playing by himself and enjoying two of his favorite things...football and trains...too funny!

  We had a great day and the boys were exhausted by the end of the night! What a great way to kick of the Christmas festivities!