What a day! We started our 6th year anniversary with an early morning tennis session with Rachel, Kenny, and Kenny’s cousing, Ben. We were trying to get there around 9am, but for us, it turned out to be more like 930am. There are several “theories” of why this occurred; it really depends on who you ask. Anyways, we got there and couldn’t find parking, so Dave dropped me off, and I rallied a bit with the three while Dave came around later with Brandon on his bike. We played “King (or Queen in some instances) of the Court”. We had to hit the ball safely for two shots, then whoever won the point stayed on the court to face the next challenger. Overall, Kenny was the King, however he did have some losses to both Rachel and myself, after talking trash. It was heating up already especially as we were leaving around 11am.
We went home and took quick showers and got ready for the Stanford-UCLA football game. We picked up some sandwiches and headed up to Palo Alto, caravaning with Kenny and Rachel who also had tickets, but in another section. Kenny was a good sport for going to the game since Missouri was also playing Illinois at the same time. We were trying to make it to the stadium before the fly-by. We wanted to show Brandon the big jets. We got stuck in a bit of traffic, and then had to park pretty far from the stadium. Just as we were getting out of the car, we could hear the Star Spangled Banner being performed. That meant the fly-by was probably pretty near. Then in the distance, we saw the three planes overhead. Brandon had been sleeping in the car, but woke up by the time we took him out and was able to see the planes! So, we headed up to the stadium, then left Kenny and Rachel at the game because our tickets didn’t scan. This was our first trip to the new stadium, and apparently, the event staff said something was wrong with the scanners. Luckily we got in without too much of a hassle. We found our seats, after walking 1/2 way around the stadium. We were on the upper deck, in the first row. It was nice because we didn’t have anyone in front of us, but it was also scary, because by the time we lifted Brandon up, he was above the rail. The seats were much nicer than the old wooden benches. They were plastic and each seat was marked and grooved to fit one person; no more fighting for butt space on those uncomfortable benches. But being in the first row, I was also afraid of losing our belongings in the diaper bag. I had a camera in there and totally forgot to take a picture! It was a scorching day. We had a spray bottle to cool us down and were armed with 3 16-oz bottles and Brandon’s sippy cup full of water. And it lasted only about a quarter and a half. Brandon was really excited to hear the 8-clap – luckily we had plenty of opportunity to hear it as there were two touchdowns while we sat there. Half way through the second quarter, Brandon was getting way too hot, despite misting and having him drink his sippy cup. His little cheeks were so pink. Not wanting to risk heat stroke, I took him to the shady area beneath our seats. Dave was going to come find us at halftime. There were TVs right above the concession stands. Most of the people in the shade were the moms and kids or pregnant women. It was just way too hot for the little kids, and definitely not worth them baking in the sun. I can’t even imagine being pregnant and having to sit out there and watch a football game. So, I hung out with some other moms, pretty friendly UCLA fans. Brandon and I even watched some plays on TV. But they didn’t have the score or downs, minutes left or anything. It was just the plays, but still could hear the fans cheering after the plays were run, like we were truly watching a live game. Brandon was pretty tired, considering it was almost 3pm and he had only napped the 20 minutes it took us to drive up to Palo Alto. So finally, I was able to get him to sleep and I watched the “World’s Fastest Golfer” which we had heard about in the newspaper. We weren’t really sure in what sense he was fast. But he had a guy setting up balls for him, and then he would just swing and hit the ball one after the other, like a machine. It was pretty crazy, but from the TV, I couldn’t tell how accurate he was, like if he was just spraying balls everywhere or what. But it looked tiring, because toward the end of the set time, his swing faded a bit. Just at the end of halftime, Dave found us. We were a bit hard to find, because I was standing up against a post right under the stairway. I was using it for support because Brandon was getting pretty heavy. We decided to go up and watch the third quarter, which had already gotten underway. Our entire row had cleared out, which was nice because we got to spread out. There were so many people just watching the game from within the shady area. But it was standing room only. But since Brandon was sleeping, it was a little easier to hide him from the sun. We covered him with extra clothes that we had wet and also put his hat on him (which he had taken off while he was awake). After the Bruins went up 28-10 in the third, Dave turned to me and said, “Ok, let’s go.” It was a safe enough margin that we were pretty much sure we could keep up and win. And deep down, Dave wanted to go check out the Missouri game too. So when we got up, Dave took Brandon, who then woke up from the transfer, and we walked back to the car.
We were supposed to meet up with Teddy and Eunice who were visiting from LA this weekend. We had been practicing saying Teddy’s name, which is easy because it’s like Teddy bear. But Eunice’s name proved a challenge to Brandon. He didn’t even step up to the plate on that one. Oh, well, he just needs more time with it. Look how long it took him to say Rachel and saw her every week! Teddy had called Dave earlier and we were shooting for about 6pm. After the Missouri game, Dave started to give Brandon a bath, then had me finish while he went to Home Depot to get a part for our broken toilet (it’s leaking water from the tank). Then as soon as he came home, he said, “Ok, Teddy just called, they are driving down to the peninsula now.” Aaah! So more quick showers, since we were sticky from the game. Luckily Brandon was clean already. We met up with Teddy and Eunice right around 6pm (Brandon was trying to sleep again), and went to Mango Bay in Redwood Shores. During dinner, I was asking Teddy and Eunice about details of their upcoming wedding. Then Teddy said something to Eunice in Korean and then started to ask if Brandon would be a ringbearer in the wedding. It was really cute though because Teddy became a little tongue-tied just asking. Like he was asking someone on a date for the first time. Of course we’d be so excited to have Brandon be a ringbearer. We told Teddy that he has practice already! So 3/29/08 is on our calendars. Yay!! And once Brandon had woken up and said hello to them, he really had a good time. They played with his football, and played peek-a-boo, and even later at dessert, took pictures with them! They will get along well. Brandon is getting better about taking pictures; he sat on their lap and we were able to take a really good picture, but it was with their camera. By the time I got my camera out, he had lost his perfect pose and was looking everywhere but the camera. When they send us the photo, we’ll upload it. (I left my camera at my parents’ house, so maybe later, when I get it).
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Teddy and Eunice were going out to meet another friend in the city, so we went back to my parents, since we were so close, and had to drop something off for my mom. Brandon hadn’t seen “Papa” in awhile, so he was really excited to go there. While we were there, he tested out some new golf clubs that my dad had gotten. Strangly, Brandon golfed lefty with these righty clubs. He set up and hit the ball as if he were left-handed. It was just awkward because the club face was on the opposite site. But when he putted, he used the correct surface and putted righty. Hmmm…unconventional, but at least he’s interested! He even went back to my dad’s room and told him to come watch him play. He wanted to show him how he could hit the ball. He was so into it, he started getting sweaty again. He had beads dripping down his face. It was getting late, but we didn’t have the heart to stop him from golfing. Eventually, we had to pry the golf club out of his hands to go home! It was 1030pm – way past Brandon’s bedtime. So we distracted him with a Mickey head antenna ball and put all the clubs away. As we were driving home, my mom called and told us we forgot my little camera at the house. So no pictures right away.
And so the end of our action-packed anniversary day spent with our close friends and family 🙂 Tomorrow, we will continue with our own special trip to Monterey. Gotta love long weekends.