Super Bowl, Super fun 36 hours

Where does the time go!?!? We haven't updated much on Grace but it has been an eventful time for us all. Gracie started rice cereal, has found her feet, and is starting to look at everything. She also began to make raspberry noises at the end of sentences. Guess that's her way of saying "end of sentence" now "I want to do something else and do so quickly".


The big event for us was that we were able to secure club-level tickets for the Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida. We took the Red Eye flight out of Denver at 1:00am Sunday morning, had a brief layover in Atlanta, then arrived in Tampa about 9am (Eastern). We enjoyed a nice breakfast and catching up a little bit on sleep with our mid afternoon nap.

Next we were off to the NFL experience (photo to the left) with our Steelers gear courtesy of the Sandersons. My vendor even arranged for us to be driven around in a private Suburban to/from the game. Too bad I couldn't use it more since ticket holders entrance into the events were limited to entry once. That put a small wrench in Karla's plans for Gracie's needs, though it worked out in the end. We even saw a couple stars...we were in line and Adam noticed a very tall blonde. What audacity he had to check-out another woman with me there until we both recognized her as Kerri Walsh. Her fellow gold medalist Misty May-Tranner,

looking pregnant, was right behind her.









Our seats were on the 10 yard line about 100 rows up in the second level. The whole experience was something we will never forget. Adam got the hang of swinging the terrible towel without hitting any of the 20+ Cardinal fans around us. We were even lucky enough to get back to our hotel 15 minutes after leaving the game festivities.

The 8 hours of sleep in two days didn't bother us during the game. When we woke up on Monday at 4:30 am to drive to Jacksonville for our return flights, that is when it started to hit us more. Grace was at home with Grandma and Grandpa Petersen. Adam and I both went to pick Gracie up from Mel's and we receive the best reception. Grace saw who we were and reached for us. If that doesn't melt a parent's heart I don't know what else would.

Here are photos of Gracie trying rice cereal for the first time. The video will be coming soon. She now is playing with her feet more and continues to suck her thumb right as her bath is being drawn. She rolled from her front to her back twice in one sitting and hasn't done it again. We continue to work on getting her to laugh more. She doesn't have any problem "talking" to you and telling you her feelings. We are now going to work on her sleeping through the night since she slept from 7pm last night until 2am. It will probably be hard and something that will be good for the whole family.

We are wishing you all the best during these uncertain times!