First Father's Day

This year was Andrew's first Father's Day and to make the day extra special, three friends and I decided to surprise our husbands with a Father's Day brunch followed by a trip to Citizen's Bank Park for a Phillies game. Apart from our family, our group consisted of Steve, Amy and Tyler Kriebel; Chad, Aimee and Elaina Saunders; and Jason, Julia, Jordan and Jorianna Spencer. What a great day we had!

We met at 10:30AM at the Kriebels' house and all of the girls made some food for a big brunch. After we all had filled our plates and sat down, we told the dads our plans for the day. Although all of them suspected we had been planning something like this, they were all excited to spend the day at the ballpark. Of the five kids, this was the first time four of them had been to a baseball game and Tyler had only been once last summer when he was five months old. So, it was fun for the guys to introduce all of the kids to one of their favorite pastimes.

We had wondered just how hot it would be during the game when we saw weather forecasts for the mid-nineties and had loaded up on sunscreen, hats, and water to face the heat, but luckily our seats at the stadium ended up being under an overhang with a great breeze. So, it was perfect and made it bearable to stay for the entire game, whereas otherwise we probably would have had to leave early if we had been in the direct sun. All of the kids were also very good, considering that none of them had good naps while we were there! Benjamin was content sitting on our laps and dozing off and on for the entire three hours that we were at the stadium. He hardly fussed at all and attracted some attention from the people sitting near us because he was wearing his pint-sized Bobby Abreu jersey and cap!

Here's a photo of all of the dads and kids (l-r): Andrew with Ben, Jason with Jordan and Jorianna, Steve with Tyler and Chad with Elaina. Tyler and Elaina have a bit of a love affair going on and couldn't stop chattering and "flirting" with each other all day!:

Here we are outside the stadium before the game:

Pictures of Andrew and his little guy:

Go Bobby!! Bobby Abreu was shown onscreen as he stepped up to bat so we held Benjamin up to show our support:

Here are some photos of everyone having a great day:

Saunders...

Kriebels...

Jason and the Spencer kids...

As a rookie to Citizen's Bank Park, Benjamin got an official certificate at Guest Services showing that he has attended his first Phillies game:

By the time we got back to our car after the game, Ben was exhausted and totally konked out in the car for our entire trip home. Here's one overtired photo of him once we got home, decked out in his PJ's and Dad's free Phillies cap that he got at the game: