Tonight I fulfilled a dream. I became the mom of a football player.

Growing up in Alabama, I have always lived and breathed football.

I went to all of my high school football games, was in the band (colorguard), my brother plays high school football, and my entire family are HUGE Tide fans. I’ve always dreamed of being the mom of a football player, taking him to practices, yelling for him on the sidelines, and now…I’m officially a football mom.

Tonight was their first practice and I was so happy to see him enjoying it so much. He’s been wanting to play for 3 years now and finally, he is old enough. Sadly, Mark couldn’t be there b/c he is away for work, but we are hoping that he’s done over there and will be able to make all the games. I know how big this is for me, I can’t imagine how hard it is for Mark to be missing his only son’s first football practice.

Being the good wife I am, I documented it well with pictures. Here are a few:

Up next, my baby girl’s first dance class.

I could really get used to this parenting thing!