Take Me Out to the Ballpark

What a fun weekend we had of grilling out, new baby shopping with Mimi Sue and taking Brooklyn to the Texas Rangers game.  Our friends, Laura and Brad were so nice to GIVE us 4 tickets to the game and we were so excited to get to go.  How is it to have a 21-month-old at a baseball game?  Well, we started off GREAT!  Brooklyn was so happy to be outside and to be around so many people.

By the end of the first inning, though, she was over being contained in this isle and was determined to explore the rest of the ballpark.  So we thought, no problem.  Eddie had seen this area in the outfield before where kids were playing and running around so we thought we'd just let her lead the way over to that area.  Well, we quickly learned that this was mainly an area for older kids.  Basically there were caged off areas where kids could throw baseballs at a target and have their speeds measured and there were lines to each of these cages.  Brooklyn was not interested in waiting in lines and just wanted to be in the cages where kids throwing these baseballs.  Obviously this was not ok.  Stopping her from going in didn't upset her the first or second time, but by the third time, she was done being told, "No."  She didn't want anything to do with snacks or toys and was OBSESSED with being inside these cages.  All we could figure out to do was to just hold her tight and let her scream.  This picture doesn't do the scenario justice.

After an eternity of screaming (probably just 2 full minutes), we let her down and guided her back towards our seats without any real plan.  We were pretty sure we were just going to have to leave, which is a bummer because some friends had ridden with us and it is like an hour drive.  We decided to try one more time to go to our seats.  AND?

Perfect Baby!  We actually stayed until the 9th inning and had so much fun!  Brooklyn ate about 125 goldfish, 20 Vanilla Wafers, 5 French Fries, drank 2 cups of juice, read 2 books, climbed back and forth between the two empty seats we left between us and couldn't be any happier! 

If you could gaurantee me 3rd-9th inning Brooklyn, I would LIVE at the ballpark.  But oh beware of 2nd inning B!  =)  Thank you so much for the tickets, Brad and Laura!!  We had a blast!