Alumni Basketball Tournament 2009

Last weekend was the Alumni Tournament so Jeff headed to Dubuque Friday night to play the first game at 8:30pm. We were hesitant about going with Isabella because she doesn't do well sleeping in her pack n play in a hotel so once we found out the game wasn't until 8:30 on Friday we knew there was no point in taking her Friday night. So, Amanda had the idea that the boys would go Friday night and we could head up Sat morning with the kids. Can you believe this was only the second time Jeff spent the night away from Isabella??? It was fine, obviously, Jeff didn't even end up leaving until 6pm on Friday and then Sat. morning at 9am we were at the Davis's picking up Amanda and Aiden.

Can you tell how excited Isabella was to have a friend in the backseat with her?




About 20 minutes later, both kids were napping and they slept all the way to Dbq.





The guys won their game on Friday night and were not scheduled to play their next game until 2:30pm. We ate lunch at Perkins and then headed over to the game. It was a bit more difficult to keep Isabella entertained during the game. Normally when we watch Jeff play basketball she sits well thru the first half and then she's a little antsy. This time we were there early for the game, the game started late and there were more people around so it was a little different. Plus it was during her normal naptime. The boys won, and were scheduled to play again at 5:30. We rushed the kids back to the hotel in hopes of a nap. Isabella was out by 4:30, napping in her pack n play for a 1/2 hour but then woke up and around 5, I tried to get her to nap more by holding her. Aiden slept til 6:15. We missed the 5:30 game, even though it started late, we still needed to feed the kids dinner, etc. So we hung out in the hotel lobby, fed the kids and let them run around and play.



Isabella tried to keep up with Aiden - she puts one hand up in the air and kind of seems like she's going "wait, wait" as she follows him around. But then I saw her go up to Aiden with her little hand up, I thought she was just reaching out to him and she pushed him right down. I was a little shocked.

Here is Aiden pulling Isabella in the hotel cart.



The guys won their 5:30 game and then it was off to the Breithaupts for a get- together. However, by this time it was 8:00pm, already past Isabella's bedtime. But since her schedule was all off anyway, we still went. We let Isabella play until we left at 10:30pm! There were lots of kids there and lots of stuff in the basement to play with, like a playhouse and slide, so Isabella had a great time! Overnight was kind of a blur, we set up the pack n play right next to the bed so when she woke up, I didn't have to get out of bed to pat her back. She slept until midnight and from then on she was kind of fussy. Jeff brought her into bed for a few hours and she slept better, but it was still kind of off and on.

The next morning we had breakfast at the hotel. Then we went swimming. Isabella wasn't too thrilled about being at the pool, but we haven't taken her to one since last summer.


She was pretty excited to walk down the hotel hallway.




The boys lost the championship game that day, it was tied and at the last second the other team made a basket. Isabella and Aiden watched from their strollers.

Being kind of bummed about the loss I didn't get the camera out after the game when the court was rushed by about a bazillion children. It was pretty funny. Isabella was carrying around a basketball all around the court and was being very protective of it (or not sharing). Julia Kilgore (almost 4) did get it from her once and said "catch" and threw it at Isabella, but it just hit her in the nose. Then I told Isabella to give Julia a hug and she did, about 4 times, it was super cute.

You can view all the pictures from the whole weekend here: Alumni 2009