Rose Bowl!!!!

WHAT AN AMAZING WAY TO END THE FROG'S SEASON!!!!

We flew out on Christmas afternoon and landed in LA at 11:30 PST, which is 2:30 am on the east coast.  Cal was AWESOME flying, and I am contemplating buying stock in children's benadryl...

Here are some of the pictures, with ALL of them up on MobileMe.  It's hard to share them all on blogger.  You can click on the picture for a bigger shot of it, if you need to see it....I mean, don't you want to???

Here is a recap of the events:

On the 26th, we got up early to catch a bus to Disneyland!  We were there early, and the park wasn't too crowded.  Jenny and Cecilia (the cute girl in the middle of the pic below and the cutie in the stroller next to Cal) joined us and we were SO glad they did!  Cecilia loves all things Disney so it was really fun to watch her enjoy all of her favorites. 

Arriving in Disneyland!!

 Cal enjoyed seeing everyone and just taking in the sounds, lights, people...everything!  We took him on the carousal first and Eddie stayed off to take pictures, then he rode the Dumbo with his daddy and I took pictures of them.  He was a happy boy on the rides!

 Jenny, Cecilia, Patty and Cal waiting to get to see Minnie Mouse!  And Cal taking a little snooze on Poppy's shoulder, waiting to ride It's a Small World:

Cecilia liked Minnie a little more than Cal did :)

Cal with number 14, Andy Dalton.  He is the quarterback for TCU and was the MVP of the Rose Bowl game.  He is also unbelievably nice.  He was more than willing to hold a stinky baby and smile.  We are big fans :)

 We went out to Runyon Canyon one morning to see the view-- it really was amazing!  And we had a great day for it! 

The Hollywood sign in the background and Cal with each of us

At the Santa Monica pier: Cal was OBSESSED with the birds and was screaming and pointing them out to everyone!

 We got to do a behind the scenes Rose Bowl tour of the stadium, locker rooms, and press box-- it was beyond special and amazing!

walking into the Rose Bowl!

TCU will have their name on the 2011 plaque, which will be up there FOREVER...amazing!

In the TCU locker room and in the tunnel leaving the locker room

looking down at the field from the press box

This was so crazy...Eddie was playing golf at a course right next to the Rose Bowl on the day we did the tour.  I looked out at this course when we were in the press box and saw him!  What are the chances???  haha-- had to take a pic!

We toured where the floats are made for the Rose Bowl parade.  Everything on the floats has to either BE alive, or was ONCE alive.  The things they come up with for the floats are amazing!

Carrie and Tricia are excited!!!

Cal was such a trooper and then just crashed on my shoulder :)

 We went to the Grove one day to do a little shopping!

Some pictures with the fountain

 Cal with his sweet sweet Aunts!  He loves them!

 IT'S GAME DAY!!!!!

We took some pictures in the hotel room before leaving...

At the stadium :)

On the field after the game!!!  AHHHHH!!!

GO FROGS!!!!!!

 We left the following day at 10 at night and took the red eye home.  Cal slept great, mom and dad, not so much!  We were worn out yesterday and I had a TON of laundry to do...it was never ending!  We are starting to get back into a routine, although Cal seems to still be on West Coast time.  He took a 5 hour nap yesterday and wouldn't go down until 9:00 last night.  He slept until 9 this morning though! haha


I am SO SO SO proud of my father-in-law and his team.  This was his first game that he could coach since the heart attack, so there were a LOT of emotions all around.  When the two point conversion was blocked by Tank Carder to basically win the game, we all burst into tears....tears were flowing the whole night!

Thanks for reading this far down!!! :)


GO FROGS!

Christmas!

I am feeling SO far behind in my postings!  We've  been in California for the past 10 days (update next!), so I am just catching my breath now...

My last post was about Cal having the stomach bug.  He had it on Tuesday the 21st, Wednesday, Eddie got home, and Thursday, I got the bug!  I had a million things to do to get ready to go, but I could not pick my head up.  Eddie needed to hurry back to his office to get things in order for our long trip so he called my mom (THANK GOD FOR MY MOM!!!!), who drove over and picked up the wild child so he could play over there. 

I had a million and 5 things to do to get ready for the holidays and our trip, but there was NO moving on my behalf!  Cal had fun with my mom and came home around 4:00 going full speed ahead.  I was not feeling 100% yet, so thankfully Eddie got home at a decent hour to help out. 

By Thursday morning, I was feeling fine, so I got up early and Cal and I hit the ground running to make up for lost time from the day before.  Thursday afternoon came and Eddie got home from work around 6 and sat down to eat dinner and he was NOT feeling well.  Next thing we know...HE has the bug!  I was counting on him to do a bunch of things on Friday for the last (last!) minute things, so I spent Friday about to go insane trying to pack (as Cal unpacked me), cleaning the house (God forbid we have a showing while we are in CA!), and taking Hank to camp, etc, etc, etc.... it was QUITE the day!!!

Friday morning, Christmas Eve, I call my parents house, and my dad lets me know that my mom has been getting sick all morning.  She swore she would be fine to go to church (our tradition) and dinner that night.  Well, she wasn't...she got sicker as the day went on, and then my dad got it too!  This thing spreads quickly!!!!  Eddie and I were going to continue on with our Christmas Eve traditions, but he wasn't 100% still, and Cal's little bum was a little raw (sorry-- TMI) from his diapers when he had the bug, so sitting still wasn't going to be easy.  SO, Christmas Eve was SUPER quiet and casual in our house.  I was disappointed, but there really wasn't anything I could do about it.  I wasn't going to take Cal to church by myself and leave Eddie home by himself....so, we did the romantic thing: got some Wendy's and watched Christmas Vacation....

Christmas morning everyone woke up feeling great: PHEW!  My parents were wayyyyy too good to Cal!  He had a blast opening gifts and shredding the paper.  Here are two pictures from the morning:

 A new chair and a HUGE dog that he can climb on and "ride" like he does Hank! He loves that chair! He also got a bunch of toys and an adorable rocking horse (next to the chair in the above pic). 

Riding the rocking horse-- so happy!!!

After we opened presents, we put Cal down for a nap at my parents and we flew home to pack.  We headed to the airport at 1:00 and were not packed 100% yet....! It was a rushed morning, but enjoyable nonetheless :)

It was a wonderful Christmas and we are so blessed and have SO much to look forward to in 2011!!!