Football Season (so far)

Sorry for the lack of posts, but I think this upcoming weekend will be the last of a 15 out of 17 weekends on the road stretch dating back to early August including 2 trips out of the country (more to come).  The good news is that we have lots of pics to post.  

These are from the first few football games.  Avery of course has been reading "The Wolfpacker" magazines very closely and has our football schedule memorized.  She knows the names and dates of all of our opponents, so not bringing her to a game is not an option.

She even made the highlights show.  You can see her reading the plaque in front of the fountain.  We are off to the side (I promise) waiting to go back to the tailgate, but our little girl loves her Wolfpack.

We even decided to take Carter to a game.  I am not sure if he was quite as stoked as Avery was for her first game (go back and take a look at these pics), but he had a great time.

Still working on the Wolfpack hand sign.

 Family at the game!

Carter loved the fireworks, the flyover, and the players running out of the tunnel; but spent most of the second half being a crazy little boy.  Climbing the seats, using a pom-pom to sweep, etc.

They did enjoy going down lower at the end of the game and a closer view.  Yes, Carter did try to climb over the wall and get onto the field, but we didn't get a picture.  

Avery of course has been to a few more games and always loves getting pictures with the cheerleaders.  However, when you ask; she would rather be in the band than a cheerleader.

 
 Meeting the players and Mr. Wuf!

Of course, being spoiled by Uncle David with funnel cakes.

Football Games

We are so behind on the blog, but we are going to catch up.  So Avery had to miss the first football game since it was on a Thursday night before the first day of kindergarten, so she was pretty excited to get to go to her first one.

As Laura said, "Avery's Happy Place"

Avery really loves watching the band, cheerleaders, and players arrive at the stadium and it is really close to our parking spots.  Here she is giving the head coach and the players high fives.


Making silly faces while we wait for the game to start

At some point Avery got the phone from Laura and started taking selfies with her friends.

And of course, silly uncle David.

Game #6

So Thanksgiving weekend was also the last home game of the year.  Avery skipped game number 5 so that she could go to the museum with Gigi and Ru, but since the weather was going to be really nice and the kick off was at 3:30, I wanted her to come to this game.

First up as usual was watching the band and cheerleaders lead the team into the stadium before the game.  If you ask her what instrument she wants to play in the band, this week it was "DRUMS!"

 On Daddy's shoulders cheering the football team into the stadium.

 Of course Uncle David was there for some laughs!

 Stephanie, Joe, and Jude came to the game with us as well.

 Avery was pumped up for the entire game.

 At some point, Avery got a hold of Laura's phone and started snapping some pictures.  First up, Drew, Ashley, and Silly Graydon.

 One of Mommy and Daddy!

 Who can forget the bench?

 A selfie with Mommy and Daddy in the background.

 Avery and her football best friends, Morgan and Macey.

 The gang at the end of the game except for Uncle David.

Avery, Mommy, and Aunt Stephanie waiting on the band to start playing on the way out of the stadium.

 Of course we had to watch the band walk out of the stadium on the way out.

First Football Game of the Year

This past weekend was the first football game of the year.  Avery has been asking about once a week since Febuary when we were going to get to go back to see another football game.  Ever since tickets showed up a couple weeks ago, the excitement has been off the charts.  This past week we caught her up past her bedtime in her room reading an NC State baby popup book.  She was soooooo ready.

Before the game, we did a little bit of tailgaiting and got to go inside the new indoor practice facility.  I was hoping that she would get to run the field, but they had us roped off to a tiny corner.

Once we got inside the stadium, she was pretty excited about everything.

 Morgan and Macey were there to help join in the fun and make silly faces.

 My two favorite girls.

During the game she was a great cheerleader.

Someone had a great time yesterday.

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 In the second half, Avery spotted Ms. Wolf in the endzone and made Mommy walk her over there so she could get a better look.  Here she is watching the cheerleaders holding her new NC State Cheerleading bear.

 Avery got Ms. Wolf's attention and she climbed over the railing to take a few pictures, a few hugs, and a few high fives.

 Avery was also pretty excited about seeing the cheerleaders up close.  She kept on trying to get them to turn around so she could wave, but once she got their attention they ran over to take a picture with her.

 After the game, the band lines up on the concourse to walk out and Avery wanted a picture with the baton twirlers.

More Football!!! GO WOLFPACK!!!

We may have missed a weekend blog from last week, but I think this one will make up for the absence.  We took some friends to the game last week and told Avery that she could come to the football game this week.  The temps were going to be pretty low and the tailgating was going to interrupt nap time, but we thought her love for NC State football would overcome the obstacles and would have felt bad if we denied her her favorite thing in the world.  

We got her bundled up before the game including this awesome 80's hat from Mimi and Papa.  On the way up to the game we stopped twice; once to get ice and once to get some caffeine.  When I stopped the second time she told Laura, "If we keep stopping, we will never make it to the game!"  When I got back in the car, she said "Daddy, no more stops until we get to the football game!!"

The favorite part of tailgating for Avery is meeting Mr. and Mrs. Wuf and watching the band play before the game.

Giving Mrs. Wuf a hug.  She didn't really want to hug Mr. Wuf.

She struggled to do the wolf sign with her mittens on, but tried her best.

Waiting on the band to start playing.  She kept on asking, "Why are they playing" and "Why won't they play the NC State song?"  At one point she yelled out "GO WOLFPACK!!" and pretty much all of the girl members of the band in unison went "awwww."

Once the band got going, there was a very happy toddler taking it all in.  She said she would play the drums when she was in the band, but preferred to be a cheerleader.

 On daddy's shoulders going in to the game.  As we were walking to the game, she was pulling on Laura's hand and trying to run to the stadium.  I stopped at a porta-jon and Avery was willing to leave me there.  I told her I had the tickets, and she said "DADDY!!! Give us (her and Laura) our tickets, it's time to go to the game!"

At halftime after the band played, she convinced Mommy to take her to the second level so she could see better.  When Laura told her they weren't our seats, she told Laura to go find Daddy to get us some new tickets.

Her good buddy Daniel was there to make her laugh.  She was the life of the section, cheering and clapping the entire game.  The cold didn't bother her much.

In the second half she took off her over coat, because she was hot and wanted to make sure everyone could see her wolf on her jacket.