2nd Annual Special Weekend with the Fallers

Our road trip to the Alabama/Mississippi State game, got the name "Special Weekend with the Fallers" from a comment that Daniel (Faller) made. Last year, for the first annual, Rachel's sister flew into Nashville to ride with them down to the game in Starkville, MS. Daniel thought Rachel should have asked us if it was okay as it was their special weekend with the Weavers. Now we have adopted that saying as a knock on Daniel.  (On a side note, this would be my first weekend away from Dylan. I was concerned that he wouldn't eat from a bottle, but luckily he did very well. He stayed with Nana and PePaw, and they loved having him. Overall, I think I did well. I only called to check on him like 6 times.)

Rachel and I

This year, we (Alabama) were the home team. Thankfully, Damien booked our hotel rooms as soon as the football schedule was announced. Otherwise, we would have been staying way out of the way. We left Nashville Friday around 5pm. I asked our friend, Mande, who lives in Birmingham, where we could eat for dinner. She suggested a few places and we ended up going to Cajun Steamers. I was so excited. I love New Orleans style food. I had been craving etouffe for some time. As we sat down, I looked at the menu....there were 2 other Cajun Steamers, one in Alabama and one in Franklin, TN. I was so excited. If I liked it, I knew where I could go from now on. I got the Tilapia and Shrimp Rockfeller. It was, of course, tilapia and shrimp with a bacon spinach topping over a bed of mashed potatoes. It was so yummy, and I got a side of crawfish etouffe. Next time, it will be my main dish. Damien got a steamed shrimp platter. I couldn't have eaten it.  See why...

My yummy dish

After dinner, we continued on to Tuscaloosa battling some hard rain. Saturday morning, we ate breakfast and headed to the campus. We took the Fallers on a tour and Damien was happy as a lark. He hadn't been to the Bear Bryant museum since none of his friends that we usually see would want to go, so he got to go to it. He showed us fraternity/sorority row, Denny Chimes, the Quad and more. Also, we hit up all the bookstores and shops as we needed to get some new Alabama gear. Damien had to hit up a lot since he's super picky, but we made out with 2 shirts for me, 5 for him, magnets, license plate for the car and a gift for a friend and our tailgate host. We tailgated with one of his fraternity brothers and good friend, Thomas. He was such a gracious host. He had a nice spread of appetizers and a big pot of chili to keep us warm. Not to mention a fire and a warm heated RV. 

Bryant Denny Stadium

Denny Chimes 

Damien in the Bear Bryant museum

Tailgating at Thomas' RV

For fun, we played corn hole and rode the segway.

Damien and Thomas playing cornhole

Me on the segway

Kick off was at 6:45pm, so it was a long day. We headed to the stadium to watch the #1 team take on MSU. Alabama hadn't scored a touchdown on MSU in 3 years and had lost to them the past 2 years. This was the year for that to change. Final Score Alabama 32 MSU 7.  Bama's still #1 in the nation.

Damien and I at the game

The Fallers

Sunday morning, after breakfast we made our way back home with a pit stop in Cullman, Alabama to visit Uncle Buddy and Aunt Nancy who treated us to lunch. 

I could barely contain myself as I wanted to get home and get my baby.  Once I got my arms around him, I didn't want to let him go. How can I resist him?