Home Opener 2008

Well folks, we went to the Twins home opener on Monday. We took David, as per tradition, and also my brother Jason and his 6-year-old son Ros were able to go. So we all parked at Mall of America and took the light rail to the Metrodome. It was very snowy, but much better than trying to drive in it and then walk from wherever parking spot blocks away we would have gotten.

David went to his first home opener last year at 6 weeks old. This year's was quite a bit different. Being 13 months old at a baseball game is considerably more complicated than being a 6-week-old, and that includes exclusive breastfeeding at 6 weeks. David had a rough time, poor guy. We were in general admission seats, as usual, but due to Ros' school and not scheduling quite enough time for the train, we got there and were trying to find a spot during the first pitch. We ended up sitting one row below the top row. i mean, we could almost touch the dome part of the Metrodome. So it was tons of walking, and no space because the place was packed, so David was stuck in our laps and was very upset. We gave him food and everything, but as we didn't want to overfeed him, that had to stop, too. He had an ok time, but we're definitely not bringing him to any more games this year. Kris wants to keep up the tradition of bringing him to openers, but until he's quite a bit older and can walk some of the steps himself, i think we'll go by ourselves.

Here's last year's opener pictures:

Here's this year's opener pictures:


Hasn't he grown so much? i look at the difference in the pictures and i'm amazed.

Kris and i decided in premarital counseling that it was important to us to have a certain number of special times per year to spend. We have promised each other 4 sporting events and i believe 3 music events per year. The Twins games are pretty cheap ($7 per ticket) and are super fun. i don't enjoy any sports besides baseball, but it's Kris' favorite, so he's more than happy to take me. We enjoy our baseball games. Actually, Kris was the one to get me to enjoy baseball. He used to lure me to games with him promising hot dogs, and eventually i started enjoying the games and am now a pretty big Twins fan. He takes really good care of me while we're at them, too. Yesterday we took turns holding David, and for about an inning he carried David all the way down the steps and into the hall so our Little Manster could run around for a bit and so i could eat my hot dog in peace. He put David in the Baby Bjorn for probably the last time, too. i love watching Kris wear David. Anyway, i'm really glad we have promised ourselves at least 7 dates per year. It's important to kind of reconnect and remember why we fell in love in the first place, you know?

Kris wearing David

Our family picture-not super good shots of any of us

David making the happiest,chunkiest face ever!

David was very sleepy on the train ride home, poor buddy.

It was a wonderful night. i can't wait till April 20, when Kris and i are going (sans David) to watch the Twins beat Cleveland!