Go Redhawks!

So we've been in Oklahoma City for almost two months, and we just got to go to our first ball game on Saturday (I've been wanting to go since we got here). It was perfect! The weather outlook was bleak for the weekend, so we weren't sure we would get the chance. However, we had great cloud cover that made it cool and perfect baseball weather. So we headed to Bricktown...

The AT&T Bricktown Park is awesome! We paid a little more to get the good seats and I'm glad -- they were fantastic. We were just down from the third-base dugout and could see everything well.

We had so much fun! Drew did a lot better than I expected. I think he really enjoyed all the screaming and clapping. He also liked to use the mitt to cover his face.

We got to the game with about 15 minutes to go, but we had to wait in a HUGE line at the box office to get tickets. We got in during the first inning, but we missed the free hat and little baseballs giveaway. But somehow, we left the field with not one but THREE little balls that people had given Drew. I guess he is just too cute! Everyone around us would laugh when he would keep screaming after it had gotten quiet or he'd wave at people or try to grab the hair of the lady in front of us. He's always got to be doing something!

Drew and I had to get up and take a diaper break and a walk in the fifth inning, and I had to buy us an Icee (ugh! $5 for a medium sized one!) during the seventh because I forgot his sipee cup and we didn't have anything to drink. Overall he did really well. But by the bottom of the eighth and into the ninth, this is how the game ended for Drew: Go dogs. Go!

After the game we walked around Bricktown a little. The Mickey Mantle Restaurant is right across the street, which happens to be Mickey Mantle Drive or something like that. The first statue is him on the third base side.

Each entrance has a statue of a ball player from Oklahoma. This one is Johnny Bench, an amazing catcher.

Bricktown also has a little canal that goes through downtown. We didn't stay long because Drew was getting tired. It was around 10:30. But we had a blast! The Redhawks, our Triple-A team, took home a 7-3 win over the Omaha Royals. We'll go back downtown this week if we get the chance. Brent has Monday and Tuesday off, and then one class on Wednesday and two on Friday to start the fall semester. We've been enjoying the week together. I'm just sad it's almost over.