Take me out to the Ballgame!

That's right, we FINALLY got to take Isabella to her First Royals Game!! It was as awesome as we knew it would be. Prior to the 29th of June we had plans to attend two separate ballgames and were sadly thwarted by the weather each time. However, my brother decided he wanted a big group of people to celebrate his birthday with him in a truly American setting, the ballpark. So Eric and I loaded up the Rav (awesome tailgating car by the way) and headed half the caravan to KC. Once in the parking lot we put the backseats down, kept the airconditioner blowing, and Bella, Nana and I hung out in the cool car while everyone else grilled hot dogs, burgers and themselves! It was truly the best way to tailgate, with airconditioning. Once game time drew near we walked down to the new improved Kaufman stadium. We got the $5 seats so the sun was directly on them. To avoid baking our daughter Eric and I decided to tour the improvements and walk ALL THE WAY AROUND the stadium!

Our first stop was right away to Guest Services where many friends told us we could get an official certificate for Isabella's first Royals game (Note: special thanks to the Kaminski's for letting us know about this).

Also, when you carry around a baby people are nice enough to ask you if you want a picture of all three of you.

Here is the statue of Liberty, Royals style!

They have a new park of all kinds of kids things. I can't wait to go next year when Bells will be running around at all these places. There is a pitching mound, batting area, race track, playground, specialty overpriced store, and a Carousel! if you look closely you can see slugger is part of the carousel.

We had taken off on our own so it was a blast to run into Will and Auman walking from the other side of the ballpark, we met right in the middle of all the sweet new stuff. Happy Birthday Bro!

We stopped by the new restaurant which was a bit busy and then headed back to our seats. We timed it perfectly too, arriving after the sun had gone down and the temperature was perfect. This is where we enjoyed the first Home run of the night. Around 9:00 we had to take our tired baby home in the 6th inning. I was so proud of my husband for helping us get out of there and not even being upset at leaving a winning game early. He's a rockstar. Also, luckily on our way out we got to see slugger. He even tried to help us find the camera in the diaper bag. Silly Slugger, you're not supposed to mug us!

Then on our way out we picked up a snack and Isabella fell asleep merely walking to the car. It was truly a perfect evening with a Royals win to boot. Eric kept telling Isabella the next day how excited she should be that they won the night of her first game. That will for sure be noted in the Neuteboom history books.

That's how we put the Home-run BOOM in Neuteboom!

~Trish