It all started last Wednesday.
Jacob and my father-in-law have been dying to take Daniel to his first Cardinals game since before he was born. This was finally the year it was going to happen. Tickets were purchased weeks in advance and Daniel had a countdown going to the big game.
Wednesday rolled around and rain was in the forecast. Hopefully nothing but maybe a rain delay. Oh no. Right as the guys got into St. Louis, they called the game and postponed it until Thursday! I felt so bad. They walked to the stadium anyway and when to the gift shop where Pa bought Daniel a bat and ball. Then they went to Steak and Shake before coming home. Unfortunately, neither Kent nor Jacob could go on Thursday which was when the game was rescheduled, so Mommy and Mimi came to the rescue. Neither one of us imagined we'd be taking Daniel to his first game. Both of us felt so bad for Kent and Jacob, but we were also excited and wanted to make the whole day special for Daniel.
We ended up with beautiful weather. A bit cold at times, but mostly it was wonderful. The sun was shining. Mimi bought Daniel some gifts, and we got him a hot dog and popcorn. He did amazingly well. He made it a full 2 hours before you could see he was getting antsy, but he never complained! Too bad the Cubs beat us though!
The next day Daniel went to preschool, while I was at home madly packing so we could leave by 1:00 to once again go back to St. Louis! This time for Kendra's marathon. We had planned a whole weekend. Daniel was counting down to that as well and was excited about spending 3 nights instead of 2 at the hotel.
I picked him up from school and when we got home he went in and sat on the couch. He said he was hungry so I made lunch, which he hardly touched. He then went right back to the couch and sat there in silence. No TV. I was getting nervous, but he told me he felt fine.
Kendra texted to say they were running late and wouldn't be there until 3, so I decided instead of leaving at 1, we'd leave at 1:30. Only by the grace of God did it happen that way! At 1:25, Daniel bolted off the couch and threw up on the floor while running to the bathroom. He made it to the toilet, but stood...and lets just say there was a very large splash zone. I cannot imagine being 30 minutes down the road and having that happen in the van!
Needless to say, St Louis was out of the question and I spent the rest of the day half being okay and half feeling sorry for myself. As it turned out, Mom and Kendra were losing their minds in traffic half the time anyway!
I wanted to be there so badly to cheer Kendra on, on Sunday. Especially because she wasn't going to run it, but I convinced her to. Jacob had a music event all day Saturday, but he was kind enough to take over sick kid duty when he got home at 3, which allowed James and I to go to St. Louis for the night.
The trip down went great. We arrived at the hotel and made our way up to our room on the 11th floor. Our favorite place to stay. James was excited about EVERYTHING. I think he was soaking it all in and enjoyed getting everyone to himself. He thought looking out the windows was the best. He especially loved the "AHHH-CH!" (Arch)
We headed out for supper at The Best Steakhouse. It was not at all what I had envisioned. In our minds we were going to a steakhouse. A place where you sit down and order. We walked in to a line out the door. Okay. We can handle this. Then we hear this guy yelling, "NEXT!" "NEXT!" What the? So we figure out that you're supposed to know your order in line and shout it out! Have you ever watched Seinfeld, because I felt like we were about to have a Soup Nazi moment. It was hot. I had no idea what we were doing. Finally we get mom to yell our orders, because we're 5 and can't do such things. Seriously, this was not good for anxiety. My heart was racing. Anyway...after a very long wait we finally had food. Not gonna lie. It was DELISH and totally worth the wait!
By this time it time to head back to the hotel and start getting ready for bed. James had a great time running between our adjoining rooms. We had 2 rooms because mom had reserved 2 for Saturday night so that Kendra could actually get a good night of sleep, Last year James kept waking us all up! We all chatted until around 9 and then James and I went in our room. I let him snuggle in bed with me until he fell asleep and then moved him to his pack n play, in hopes of a peaceful night of sleep before our fun day ahead...
To Be Continued...
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