Bay Bears and a Hall of Famer!

For Caleb's birthday, we went to see a Bay Bears game, which is a nice little stadium and the weather was perfect (odd for summer in Mobile). Caleb got an added bonus when he found out we were playing the Smokies. Their coach (manager? is that what they call them?) is Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg. That's him in the next picture, number 23. I didn't quite understand the significance of this until the game ended and Caleb decided we should "run" all the way to the visitor's side of the ballpark to stalk Sandberg for an autograph.

Here we are at 10:30 at night stalking the Smokies' team bus. The other guys milling around are also after the coveted signature. Caleb had no pen and just a slip of paper for Ryne to sign, but he was very gungho that this would work out.

Sandberg waved as he walked from the locker room to the bus. He didn't stop for celebrity time. We stood out there an hour and a half after the game. We were bummed, as you can see in the next pic.

But all in all, I had a lot of fun at the game and I hope Caleb did too! I'm game for going back sometime.

Here's another updated picture of PJ Joey. I swear she grows three inches everyday. She is the best dog, by the way! I taught her how to "high five" in only TWO tries! Granted, she still pees on the floor sometimes, but high-fiving after only two times is pretty brilliant, I think.

I love her so much!