Ballpark Bonanza



Yesterday afternoon the day had finally arrived.  There had been a five week countdown leading up to Jackson's first trip to the Ballpark in Arlington.  Seriously, he asked me every single day how many days it was until we got to go see the Rangers play!



Boom, Gigi, Poppi, Jackson and I all arrived early so that we would have plenty of time to see the ballpark.  It was awesome--hardly any traffic, Boom valeted the car and we were not rushed in the least.  I'm pretty sure the stars were all aligned.

 


It was so fun getting to see Jackson in the ballpark for the first time.  He was in hog heaven!  My favorite quote of the night was when he leaned over to me and said, "Mom, it's bigger than I thought it would be!"  That right there was worth the price of admission.

 



Boom had told us that there was a fun kid area out in center field, so went to check i tout.  Sure enough, there were all kinds of cool things for little boys to do.  First up, was hitting off the tee--J got a triple!






Next was fielding--he got to play right, center and then left field.

 





Then he got to play some real ball and try to hit it from a pitcher.  He did great and even got a few hits!

 



After playing the games, we went in search of a new Josh Hamilton shirt.  Apparantly Josh is super popular with the kiddos, so they didn't have any in his size.  No worries, J is now the proud owner of an Ian Kinsler shirt instead.  After getting his new shirt, we went to find our seats.  While we were watching the players warm up, Maria and Shane got there.  Maria is Uncle Andrew's girlfriend and since he had to fly out of town last night, she brought her nephew with her.  Shane and J sat next to each other for at least half of the game and had their gloves on the whole time.  They were ready to catch those foul balls! 



In addition to this being Jackson's first Ranger game, it was also Dollar Dog Night.  Bonus!  The kid said he was going to eat two hot dogs and he made good on that promise.  Not sure where he puts it, but the kid can eat.





After getting stuck in a little traffic and then having to park really far away, Uncle Scott, Aunt-to-be Lyndsie and Daddo arrived in the third inning.



Thank goodness Daddo made it in time to see Josh hit a grand slam!  It was one of three times there were fireworks last night.  The Rangers did awesome and it just added to J's excitement.





Towards the end of the game Kinsler hit the last home run.  While we were all up celebratingwe spotted Santa Claus up above us!  Jackson had told me way earlier in the game that he saw someone who looked like Santa.  I had dismissed him thinking that he just meant he saw an old man with a white beard.  Ha!  Who knew Santa was really there?!



We all had a fantastic time.  The Rangers won 9 - 1 and it was a great night. 
Hello Win Column! 
Little guy lasted about 10 minutes in the car before he just gave out.  Game over!