St. Louis Trip 2011 Part 2: Cardinals Game!

Are we brave or slightly insane? That was the question that we asked ourselves when we decided to take both boys to a Cardinals game while in St. Louis in August. Holden was pumped about it, and we figured we drag Hunter along to everything else, why not a baseball game? We took Holden to his first game at the same age, but we had both grandparents with us then. And....let's just say Hunter is of a slightly different variety of toddler than Holden was!

Here are the boys at the hotel before the game. In the pics with Holden in the blue shirt, he was playing nicely with his trucks, and Hunter kept getting in his way. I love the top left pic. Holden had flung his arms out in the air in his usual, "I'm DONE with this baby!" pose. And there sits Hunter, giant baby, right in his way, grinning at him adoringly. He just has no concept of personal boundaries. And not only does he steal Holden's toys, but he drools on them. Unforgivable in big brother's eyes. :) After I got them both in their Cardinals outfits, they were hamming it up in the hotel lobby for me.

This pic is out of order because I loaded it from my phone. Love this of my 3 guys at the game.


We went to Calico's to eat before the game. Love that place! Love it more without kids! HA! Holden decided he didn't care for their pizza, and all Hunter wanted to do was eat ice cubes. Jay and I managed to scarf some food between the dramatic moments. Then we headed to the stadium.

As usual, the playground area at the stadium was a big hit. (No pun intended! Hee hee!)

"Take me out to the ballgame...take me out to the crowd..."

Family pic we had taken at the photography station. Little did we know then that the Brewers/Cards would be having quite the playoffs down the road!

And...as usual I had some random lady take this one. Just because Jay loves it SO much when I do that. HA!

I ended up walking back to the hotel to get Hunter ready for bed after about 2 hours. I was impressed that he made it that long. Holden and Jay stayed a bit longer, then watched the rest in the hotel lobby, where drinks were less than 5 bucks apiece. Lol. Holden thought it was very cool to hang out in the lobby at night "with the grown ups." The Cardinals lost that particular game, but we all know who won the WORLD SERIES this year! And they beat the Brewers when it counted, to get there.