Ryland's first baseball game

Since I haven't posted anything in about 3 months, I figured it was about time to bring back the blog! Needless to say, Ryland has definitely been keeping us very busy lately, which is why I haven't posted in so long, but I am planning to blog much more often about all the fun things we are doing as a family. Also, it is definitely time to change the name of the blog, especially since we are no longer living in Europe! However, our adventures are still continuing because having Ry in our lives makes everyday an adventure :)

While we were living in Germany, we often wished we could go to a baseball game and experience some good ole Americana. Once we got back to the States, getting to a game was definitely on our agenda, but then Ryland was born right at the beginning of baseball season. With the season winding down, we finally made it to a game about a week ago, on Sunday, October 25th... Padres vs. Dodgers. I became a Padres' fan before we moved to Germany since we had lived in San Diego for 5 years, and Daniel has been a lifelong Dodger fan thanks to his dad's persuasion... so either way one of us would be happy about the outcome! As for Ryland, he was wearing a Padres beanie that they gave us when we checked in our stroller at guest services. Even though it was way too small for him, I made sure he was showing allegiance to the home team :)

It turned out to be a beautiful day at the ball park, even if the Dodgers took an early lead. Ryland did great for the first couple of innings and then started to get tired by the fifth. He actually fell asleep in my lap... shortly after that the Padres hit a home run, and with all the cheering and the loud fog horn they play in celebration, he started to wake up a little bit. Thankfully, I had ordered him some noise-cancellation headphones, which we had brought along. With those on, he was able to get a good half hour of sleep in... and he just looked so darn cute in them too.

By the eighth inning, the Dodgers were winning 6-2, and Ry had his fill of baseball so we headed home a little early. Even though the Padres ended up losing, I am so glad we finally made it to a baseball game... plus after living overseas, it's the simple things like singing the Star Bangled Banner at the start of the game while watching our flag fly proudly that make you very happy to be an American and to be home again. All in all, it was a very fun family outing!

Well, I promise it won't be another 3 months before I put up a post again, so please check back again soon!