Go Cowboys!

Last month we headed to Dallas for Cooper's first Cowboys Football Game.  Jason & I planned to take him to the home opener coming up at the end of September, but decided it would be a good idea to do a trial run first. Since pre-season tickets are hard to sell & this happened to be a Saturday night game, it was a perfect idea.

Aunt Sassy came along for the trip and I'm pretty sure Cooper told everyone we saw that we were going to the game.  We stopped at the hotel to change, grabbed dinner at Pappasitos (why are their tables always so close together?) and made our way to the stadium.

My biggest concern was the noise.  Cooper is NOT a fan of loud noises and usually freaks out when he's around them. We took some small ear plugs and crossed our fingers.

Thankfully he did great!  The only issue we had were the numerous potty breaks. I know he didn't need to go as much as he claimed, he just wanted to move around.  And since we're not seated on the end of the row, I worried about the people around us.  We've decided to skip the home opener with him for this reason.  I'm pretty sure people won't be quite as understanding during a real season game as they were that night.

Now we just have to lie to Cooper. I'm certain if we tell him where we're going, he'll melt. And not the "oh, so cute!" way.

The biggest TV ever

First, I'd like to prove once again that I'm an idiot and take a few minutes to brag on Jason. I agreed to bake and decorate a birthday cake for my coworkers little girl. She was having an 80's Roller Skate party - how fun! So after flying in from San Diego, I went home to bake and decorate a roller skate cake. Yes, I'm an idiot. But I do have a great husband - he saw my stress in trying to carve the cake and took it upon himself! He did a great job.

The next day we headed to DFW to see Jess, Jason & Joe and go to the Cowboy's preseason game. We spent Saturday hanging out and playing some Wii and once the sitter arrived, we headed to the stadium. I vaguely remember going to a Cowboy's game when I was younger, but I'm not sure if that really happened or I imagined it. So I'll call this my official first Cowboy's game.

And unless you've been living in a cave, you know the Cowboy's built a new stadium. A very expensive, very huge, new stadium. With a very expensive, very huge, new TV screen. Jason said it goes from one 20 yard line to the other.

I really can't tell you how excited my Jason was to go to the game. When we first started dating he mentioned wanting to own Cowboy's season tickets one day. Well, then they built this new stadium and tickets started going on sale and I had a moment of weakness and voila...we own 2 seats in that stadium. WTF was I thinking??? Oh yeah...I was thinking "it will make my husband happy." Remember how I stated above that I'm an idiot? :-) Just kidding - he'd ecstatic about the tickets and I'll enjoy a few games. Plus, it give me a good excuse to visit Jess. I was a little worried when we walked into the stadium that the players would look tiny from our seats, but I was able to follow the players and the ball from where we sit. But honestly, all I could really do was look at the TV. You really can't not look at it...