He was so excited! He kept running up to me and hugging my legs while we were getting ready! We had the car all loaded up and were heading out to go pick up my Mom when Jeremy realized he had locked us out of the house with no keys! So we called MeMa and she came to our house instead and let us in. It didn't phase Riley he was still extremely excited and ran so fast to greet his MeMa. Thankfully he did take a nap on the ride down to Columbia.
For our tailgate we made cocktail wiener/croissant things, a ham ball shaped into a football covered in pecans, hummus and pretzels, chex mix, and mixed fresh fruit. Riley LOVED the little hot dogs and ate at least 4 of them! He sat in a chair all by himself balancing his plate in his lap. Then he was all about watching cornhole so I sat on the curb with him for awhile until he decided it would be more fun to interrupt the game and we had to distract him.
On our long walk to the stadium Riley stopped at each tailgate and waved. He gave one guy a "High 5!" and picked up a football and gave it back to another kid. Then we got to see one of my college roommates, BJ Flowers and her husband Tony for a minute before heading into the stadium. Jeremy had the honor of carrying Riley up the turnaround and steps to our 19th row seats!
At first Riley was a little overwhelmed, he'd point at stuff and say, "Dametock!" but was pretty quiet and serious. As 2001 played, the fireworks scared Riley a little so he clung to his Daddy. Later he started to spot Cocky and would point and say "Cockyyyy!" He would sit in his seat for a while, sit in his Daddy's lap, then go to MeMa's lap before finally getting restless in the 3rd quarter and mostly standing. He would wave at fans going up and down the steps and tell them "bye bye". He would clap and then say "yayyyyy"! During the Gamecock cheer he'd yell out slightly behind our GAME!..."DAME!!!" And on the U-S-C GOoooo COCKS! cheer he'd do the "Go Tocks!!" He LOVED the bands playing during the game and especially at halftime. He would dance when they'd play music and he put his little arms up in the air and danced during the Sandstorm song too! But by the 4th quarter it was past his bedtime so he sat beside and then with his Dad before we decided to leave a little early.
I guess I should also mention that this was Baby R's 3rd game in the womb and we finally got a picture since I got a new camera. I can tell already Baby R is gonna get a little gypped in the picture department...I've been slack already!
By the way, the #13 Gamecocks defeated Furman 38-19 and are currently ranked #12 for this upcoming week!
Below are a few pictures from Riley's big day!
GO COCKS,
The Registers
Riley super excited to go see the Dametocks!
Riley checking out the "big boys" playing footbal
Not so sure about all this noise!
Riley loves his MeMa!
One happy Gamecock Family!
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