Opening Day...

Today was Opening Day for Red Sox at Fenway Park. To celebrate, Alexander was decked out in his Red Sox gear!

First Red Sox Game...

Today, Alexander went to his first Red Sox game!  He has been to Fenway for his first trip not that long ago but today was for his first Red Sox game - he was very excited!  He wanted to see Wally, Pedroia & Youkilis.

I was hoping to get there early enough for batting practice but parking proved to be a lot busier than I anticipated.  Who would have thought for a day game in the middle of the week?!

Kevin Youkilis' charity was collecting books for kids & need.   We dropped our books off and Alexander was so excited to put them in the box...I don't know if because all of the women were ooohing over how cute he was and how thankful they were or that he got a Youk bracelet.  But it was very sweet.

We got to our seats and he just wanted to sit there and take it all in.  He kept asking what things were and who the different people on the field were.  Here is Alexander right near Pesky Pole!

He was so excited when Wally was on the field!

Mommy & Alexander in our seats

Alexander was so excited during the game - asking what was going on, who was hitting, and cheering when the Sox made a play or scored.  He also was so intrigued that every time there was a play in the field Pedroia would JUMP high in the air - even if the ball was never hit.

 I kept telling him that we could leave when he wanted and he said we stayed til the end.  That's my boy!

When the game was over (Red Sox lost 5-4), Alexander asked if he could walk around Fenway Park so that's just what we did.  We walked all around - we went into the Souvenir store on Yawkey Way, watched some players (Adrian Gonzalez) get in their cars & leave, and then checked out the Ted Williams statue.

4 Fenway Franks, bag of peanuts,two drinks,  a bat, & a small Wally later - it was an amazing day!

Opening Day...

The start of Baseball season has begun again...and our family is quite happy about it too as we are a baseball clan. In order to celebrate the start of the upcoming season, Mommy & Alexander wore our Red Sox gear on Monday. We were quite excited to be sporting our team pride.

Although the season opener was supposed to be on Monday, it was postponed until Tuesday afternoon due to rain/weather...thankfully Tuesday's game was not rained out and the home team pulled out a win!

Showing our team spirit...

Here's Alexander showing off his team spirit on Monday, the morning after the Red Sox won the World Series...











Here's Mommy & Alexander in their Red Sox Gear...

Still in shock...

This doesn't happen to us Red Sox fans where we win twice in 4 years, we're usually the joke of the playoffs... I'm still in a bit of shock, as are most of my co-workers. Last time we couldn't contain our excitement. This time, we all seem to be asking "did this really happen to our team?" "Is it really OUR Red Sox that are the golden team?" Questions aside, it's still pretty darn cool.

I think the part that I find most humorous is that Alexander woke up last night - something he very rarely does now - just in time to watch the end of the game. He was born in the year of Boston sports teams are having their time in the limelight! Red Sox, Patriots (can they be any better?), Celtics and potentially even the Bruins. Let's just hope he doesn't become spoiled thinking that every year his sports team win the championship. Every Boston sports fan has to have a little heartbreak - that's what helps build our character. And we have plenty of that!

We Are The Champions...

After sweeping the Colorado Rockies... the Boston Red Sox are World Series Champs for 2007!

After waiting 86 years for a championship, the Red Sox bring home 2 World Series titles in 4 years for Red Sox Nation!

And I think Alexander knew about the excitement because he woke up in the 8th inning and watched the ending with us - and seemed to be quite intrigued!

Take Me Out To The Ballgame...

Here's Mommy & Alexander enjoying his first Red Sox home opener baseball game. No, we weren't at the game, we did it from the comfort & warmth of home but it was fun none the less.

I don't know whether it's the fact that Harry Connick Jr was there to sing "America the Beautiful" or that Alexander watched the game wearing his Red Sox shirt but it was probably a mix of both that gave the Sox luck to win the game!

And to keep thing fair, we may just have to get a picture of Daddy & Alexander in a Yankee shirt - although this little boy is not a Yankee fan - until he's old enough to make up his own mind and so chooses Daddy's team.