Thoughts for Thursday.......Errr.....Friday!

First of all, can we pause for a little minute and ring our cowbells?

I mean, HOLY COWBELL! State is STILL #1 in the country! 

Lard have mercy! 

If you are friends with me on Facebook, you probably saw my post from the game:

Truth: Giving birth to Jax was less stressful than watching MSU football. 

I need the same drugs that were administered during child birth when I walk in Davis Wade Stadium. It does not help matters that we sit with friends. We add fuel to each others fire. It's fun times my friends. Fun times. 

Meanwhile, we survived Halloween. Jax invited all of his friends over for his first Halloween party. He was a bad hostess and fell asleep at 6:30 pm, however, I didn't complain. 

Just look at the sweetness of that baby! Everyday he gets sweeter and sweeter! 
Fun times were had by all and I may have taken his Halloween candy to the State game and gorged myself on it during the 4th quarter. I mean, he doesn't even have teeth yet! What's a mama to do?

I made his owl costume for Halloween. I had hopes and dreams of using the sewing machine.....but once I got started, I quickly realized the hot glue gun was going to be my trusty friend. 

Speaking of friends, several of us gather around my neighbor's dining room table twice a month and craft/sew/monogram/stitch/cuss/glue while eating and discussing life. The thing about having good friends is they will push you to be better (or maybe just make fun of you). Once I finished Jax's owl costume, I held it up and they said NO! and they provided helpful "hints"........and I was pretty pleased with the final results. 

Jax had school pics last week. I was SO stinkin' excited his school offered this! I'm holding my breath until we receive the actual photos. I'm having to refrain myself from emailing the photographer and asking her to send me a sneak peak! Because I'm a new mom, I had to order a package.......but I ordered the most basic just in case he didn't smile. 

I have already started thinking of my New Year's Resolutions. 

I sorta want to pull out one of my old resolutions from 2 years ago: Just Say No! 

I need to say no to things and spend more time at home with my people. 

The month of November is almost over. I'm in disbelief! The 1st half of this year was super slow as we waited for Jax's arrival.......but now that he is here.....everything is happening to fast! I want to put my head in the sand. 

Happy Friday er'body! My next blog post will be about my 5-month old baby. 5 MONTHS!!! Noo!!! I can't take it!

This is OUR State. Wait a minute...Nation!

I grew up watching the Bulldogs play football. 
Thanksgiving night in a turkey coma, we always watched the Bulldogs play. 

Then, I went to school at MSU.......and I felt like I jinxed them. It was bad. Like real bad. 
However, I had a great time in college and didn't want football to define my time in school. 

After H and I married, we started buying our season tickets......and have kept on it for the past 7 years. This year, by far, is our favorite year. Our seats are literally beside some of our friends from college.....and to be exact, it's our friend that introduced us to each other. 

Ok. Let's chat about Saturday. 

My parentals came late Friday night and picked up the bambino. H accompanied 2 other guys and left our house around 5:30ish Sat am to make it in time for Gameday. 

That's a negative for me. 

I picked up my neighbor (who's husband left early with H)....and we moseyed on up to Starkville around 8am. We discussed the ISIS crisis, the mystery of North Korean's leader Kim Jong-un and foreign military chiefs. Or maybe we just discussed baby food, Christmas gifts and how we go to bed at 8pm. 

Anyway, good times were had by all. 

I used to dress up for the games. I would possibly even wear a good pair of wedges. But at 30 years old, 95 degree temps and rain in the forecast, it's shorts and a tshirt for this gal. 

The first quarter of the game was electrifying. However, I kept telling myself, if we do this in the 1st quarter, Auburn can do this in the 2nd quarter. We shut out Auburn. Shut.them.out. Zero on the score board. 

Then it was halftime and I was pretty certain that Ol' Gus Gus was trying to have the Auburn players look past his sweater vest and have them try to win the game. 

Before we left our tailgate, I consulted with H on "weather" or not I would need my rain jacket. 

See what I did there?! 
The man told me no. It wasn't going to rain. 

We stood under the stadium out of the rain for halftime and a large section of the 3rd quarter. After the game, we did snap a few photos of us in the stadium, but due to humidity that could be cut with a knife, those photos have since been deleted. 

I am so proud to be a Bulldog. This is finally OUR time. We have waited years for this......and it is happening. After the game, it delighted my heart to no end that we still had a full stadium as the band played the Alma Mater and fight song. Everyone in the stadium rang their cowbells with pride, smiles and even tears. 

As soon as we arrived home and showered, it was time to watch Gameday and relive the experience. At mom and dad's house picking up Jax on Sunday, we watched the 1st quarter again. We just can't get enough, people. 

In a way to capture the pride and love of all things MSU, the MSU Foundation sent an email soliciting a donation. In exchange of said donation, they will mail you MSU #1 stickers. 

Listen. They are the perfect stickers to slap on a onesie and have my little bambino wear as he is holding his stuffed animal bulldog and his cowbell is beside him. 

So, I "purchased" the most expensive stickers ever. 

Call me a sucker or philanthropist, either way, MSU won, Jax gets stickers and I get photos of my cute child. 

Pictures to come once the stickers arrive. 

And just because:

Hail State Everyone. 

Hail State. 

Ah, Hail State

So, we are going to the game tomorrow. 

And it is going to be glorious. 

I'm sure that you are here to read about my baby's 4-month fun facts, but those will have to wait until Monday. Just know that he is growing and talking and smiling and eating. AND, he is slightly sad that he isn't going to the game, but once I told him that he is going to Granna and Pop's house, he perked right on up. Last time I dropped him off with the grandparents, before they could put him in their car, dad was telling him "Come on Jax, let's go to Wal-Mart and buy you something."

Seriously....I just wished they loved him a little bit. 

Ok, let's talk about this:

In the words of my sweet late Grandfather: Well, Goodness Gracious. 

So- last week during our 'cool snap' I picked out my outfit. It included tights and boots. That's a big negative now. Since it's gonna be hot as blazes, I have to do a quick manicure for the flip flops that I'll be wearing. Thank you Mississippi weather. You are a delight. 

You know what else is a big negative: me leaving at 5:30am to be on campus to watch Gameday. I love the Bulldogs, but I don't love Kirk Herbstreit that much. If we leave at 5:30 with our friends, that means that I have to set my alarm for 4:15 and sleep in my maroon shirt and rollers in my hair. Negative. 

This game has me so nervous that I just wanna walk in the stadium at the beginning of the 4th quarter. Since most of MSU's games are determined in the 4th Quarter, this would save my nerves a little. 

I will have to borrow Jax's cowbell for the game. Y'all. I'm just so nervous. I'm so nervous that I haven't talked any smack at all about this game. None. Zip. Nada. Just typing out this blog post has my stomach in knots! 

I did however make a friendly bet with my neighbor who happens to be an Auburn fan and fantastic baker. AU wins, I bake something chocolate for her.......if State wins, she bakes my favorite dessert that she makes. Because at times I am superstitious, I thought about going ahead and buying the ingredients. If I go ahead and make the cake, State will win. That is the way my luck goes. So, knowing that.....I may stay up until midnight tomorrow baking a chocolate cake in a maroon shirt while ringing my cowbell after I mix each ingredient. 


For your viewing pleasure:

If I have flour on my maroon shirt on Saturday, please let me know or just brush it off.