What a difference a year makes!

Yesterday, we headed down to Turner Field to watch the Braves play the Arizona Diamondbacks. It was Kid's Day so all kids 14 and under got to run the bases after the game if they wanted too, which we thought Ryan would enjoy {not because he knows what it means to run the same bases as Chipper Jones, Brian McCann, Jason Heyward, Dan Uggla, etc. like some of the bigger kids, but because he loves to run and play with other kids}. And since we wanted to go to at least one game this season, we figured this was the best one since it centered around kids and not just baseball.

The city that I love from the ballpark <3

Go Braves!!

It was a 1:35 PM game and we knew it would be hot, which it was!! We packed lots of snacks for Ryan and got ice cream at the stadium. Ryan enjoyed playing at Cartoon Network's Tooner Field, and running the base path at the Coca-Cola Sky Field. We had great seats {which Ryan did okay sitting in} and it was a great game -- the Braves won 1-0!

Playing at Tooner Field :)

Take me out to the ballgame!

However, when we attempted to get in line to go run the bases at the end of the game, we realized we had stayed in our seats A LOT too long! There were kids wound around the Hank Aaron Ramp for miles at this point and we would have had to wait in line for at least an hour to even get on the field. David ex-ed that idea pretty quickly and we headed for the car. Oh well, maybe next year!

So the moral of the story -- we went to a Sunday afternoon game in the stifling August heat for no reason {would have much preferred a cooler Friday night game with fireworks afterwards}, but now we know about the whole running the bases thing for next time -- when Ryan is old enough to care :)! And we still had a sweaty, fun afternoon together and got a Braves game checked off our activity to-do list!!

Now for what led me to the title of this post ... look what a difference a year makes!! Our boy is growing up way too quickly!!

At the Braves game on July 3, 2010 ...

and then a year {and a few weeks later} -- on August 21, 2011.