The Reed Family: Auburn Weekend

Friday after lunch, we headed down to Auburn. Joel's parents had been wanting to take Hudson to to see a show that the Auburn Raptor Center puts on and we thought this would be the perfect weekend to go since we wanted to take the kids to a game this year too. The weather could not have been more perfect for an outdoor show!

Joel and I really enjoyed the show! The kids...well...the kids were kids and didn't exactly behave. Hudson usually does great at these kinds of things, but he only had about an hour nap in the car and he was just tired and a bit cranky. He didn't get into it like I thought he would. Harrison just wanted to be on the go. He was happy though, so I couldn't complain about that. We were luckily not the only ones who were up and down with their kids. It was a very casual thing thank goodness!

We saw several species of raptors and watched them fly, which is so amazing to me how they can train them to do that. Then, of course, we got to see the main raptor, Spirit! It was neat to be so close. It was interesting to hear what they had to say about when Spirit and Nova fly at the football games. Basically, they really have no idea if they are going to stay in the stadium or not. They do have a tracking device on them so if they were to fly out, they would be able to find them. But, they said they are nervous about it before every game! After the show, you could go see all the raptors up close and get your picture made with them, but the kids were DONE so we will have to go back and do that another time!

We had a great Mexican dinner after the show in Auburn and then went back to Stuart's condo for the night. I don't know how I ever managed to get any sleep in Auburn. The college kids were up at all hours of the night. Unfortunately, Harrison was up for several hours as well. We finally ended up moving the pack and play into the closet and shut the door and he was good to go the rest of the night! I think the outside noise was really bothering him too. I think the last noise we heard was at 4 am. We made sure to make lots of noise when the kids got up at 7 am! Ha--revenge! Hudson slept with Migi in Stuart's bed (Stuart got kicked the couch!) and they luckily slept great.

We didn't have tickets, but were able to find 4 for $30, so it was not a big deal. There wasn't a whole lot of people at the game!

Not a good picture, but I wanted to document that I was at least there!

It was SO hot at the game. Our tickets were in the direct sunlight and we were all the way up at the top of the lower level and there was a huge wall behind us, so there was no breeze either. We didn't make it very long in those seats before moving to where Joel's parents were in our old seats. They are always in the shade and since hardly anyone was at the game, it was not a problem moving!

This little guy did about as expected with no nap and being so hot. I smuggled in some Chick Fil A nuggets and he ate those and just about everything else I brought. The bottomless pit! He was happy though for the most part. He just didn't love being confined. He wanted to walk around and explore.

Joel's dad took him to the concourse for most of the second quarter so we did get to see some of the game. I thought maybe he would decide to give in and take a nap, but he refused, so after the band played at halftime (Hudson's favorite part!), we skipped out. He was asleep in the stroller by the time we got out of the stadium--that turkey! Oh well. Hudson was exhausted too, but he did great. We can take him anywhere now and he does great. I think that makes 4 or 5 games for Hudson now. I'm not sure that Harrison will get that many by the time he's 3--in fact, I'm not sure we will take him again until then! He is just a bit more of a handful than Hudson was.

At least he's cute!!!

Today, we had Hunt's 4th birthday party and it was a football theme. Hudson was so happy to get to wear his jersey again. He's a bit obsessed. He was also a bit obsessed with Hunt's birthday presents and blowing out Hunt's birthday candles. I had to explain to him over and over again that it was not his party. :) Sorry Megan!

They had the best balloon man I have ever seen at the party too. He is an engineer by day, so he was all into the details. I tried to get a picture of Hudson and his really neat T-Rex, and this is what I got (And yes, we are at the grocery store! I wasn't sure how long T-Rex would last at the house!).