Three Months Old!

Today Benjamin is three months old! Time has gone by so quickly and Benjamin has changed so much. It is amazing what new things he does every day. To celebrate his birthday, we took him to the Illinois vs. Minnesota football game. It was a great game - it was close, but Minnesota pulled out the win 27 to 20. Go Gophers! We support both teams, though, so we would have been happy either way.


Before the game, we put Benjamin in Minnesota gear so that we could show support for the Golden Gophers!

However, we dressed him in Illini gear for taking him to the game to show our support for Benjamin's hometown team. Again, I worried about how he will be at the game (especially since it was in the mid-80s!), but it went pretty well. We found a cool place to hang out for part of the game so that Benjamin didn't get too hot.

Here is Steve with Benjamin during the game. You can see the field of orange behind him of Illini fans. I would have worn a Minnesota shirt but I only own long sleeve shirts and sweatshirts!

Benjamin, as you can see in this picture, is chilling out during the game on my lap. He seemed to watch the football game a little bit, but mostly just looked around. In this picture he is also demonstrating how he puts his hands together now. This is a relatively new development - he started doing this a week or two ago.

Go Illini! It is a revamped stadium this year - they did construction last year to make it larger and more advanced.

Here is a little bit of the game. You can see that we found open seats under the shade of the upper section. That was some needed relief from the sun!

Of course we had to have a picture of Goldy. He is being lifted by the MN cheerleaders. I wish we had a cute mascot here! Now that we (supposedly) have gotten rid of the Chief, Steve and I have come up with the idea that we should be the Illini Igloos and have a penguin as our mascot. During the game, it was funny because the two guys immediately behind us were making fun of the U of Minnesota the whole time. They were talking in a Minnesota accent and saying the stereotypical phrases. I thought it was only a so-so impression, but Steve thought it was hilarious.

Behind the seats in the shade was an area that was very kid-friendly. It was a nice place to walk around when Benjamin needed a little bit of motion to calm down. We love the colonnade - each column is dedicated to a different participant of World War I and II (the stadium is called Memorial Stadium).

Beyond the colonnaded area is a view of the practice field for the Fighting Illini.

I mentioned before that Benjamin seemed to watch a little bit of the football game, but he seemed much more interested in the marching band during the halftime show.