Monday Brad and I took Little P to her first Auburn event! Every year coaches are allowed to go visit recruits during this time and Auburn goes all out. Last year they went around in style by renting limos and this year was no different; they added a decked out touring RV and a fundraising pep rally. It was a lot of fun to get out and meet the coaches. They were all so nice!
Funny story - we show up, get Paige out of the car, carry the car seat, wander around for a little bit, talk with coaches, then realize we have the stroller in the car. Here we had been carrying this 11 lbs baby and even heavier car seat when we could have been pushing her in the stroller. Can you tell who the new parents are?
The atmosphere was very relaxed. You could just walk up to a coach, ask for a picture or autograph and talk to them a little bit. My favorite coach we talked to was the special teams coach, Jay Boulware. He was just so friendly! He told us about his daughter when she was Paige's age; just so nice! I really hope AU's special teams do well this year so he keeps his job - ha! I think Brad's favorite was probably the offensive line coach, Jeff Grimes. Coach Grimes and a bunch of fans just stood around talking. Brad was able to stand there and just listen to what all he had to say - he was in hog heaven listening to all the recruiting talk (as he would say, "all the intricies of creating the best offensive line").
A picture of the massive, decked out RV
Coach Trooper greeting a former AU player's, Antonio Coleman's, family and friends
It was very bright and somewhat warm Monday afternoon. We tried to keep Paige in the shade but as you can see here, it was sometimes hard.
Coach Trooper and Paige. As I have said before, Paige is not the biggest fan of others holding her. Coach Trooper was really sweet and wanted to hold her, so we let him (although I knew the waterworks were soon to follow). Poor Paige and poor Coach Trooper. We promise she really does like him!
When Paige did not cooperate, we settled for a picture of me with Coach Troop
Our goal all along was to get a picture of Brad, Paige and a coach (didn't really matter which one). Well, we tried that with Coach Boulware and he was so nice that he asked one of the other fans to take our picture so that "mom" could be included too. How nice that he wanted a family picture!
Coach Luper, Paige and me (Coach Luper and Paige have matching hair-do's!)
The newest addition to the Auburn family, basketball coach, Tony Barbee. He gave a little speach and it made me laugh - he basically said don't plan on winning this season and don't fire him because of it.
We can't wait for football season (maybe basketball season too!)!
It's great to be an AUBURN Tiger!!
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