Super Sunday!

Day 54:

Another fun and adventurous day for you today, Conor! The morning started out relatively smoothly, and me and you got some work done while Mommy got some extra Z's. Fitting seeing as how she was up half the night with you... Par for the course I suppose. At least you're consistent!

Yes Boy'O, today is the most bittersweet day of the year for me. Bitter in the sense that it's the end of the football season. Sweet in that it culminates on (pro)football's grandest stage- The Super Bowl!

This year's championship game, as mentioned in a previous post, would see the Giants vs. the Patriots; a rematch from 3 years ago. Personally I can't stand either team, but having to pick one team for the sake of having a dog in the fight I had to choose the Patriots... See, the Giants are in our beloved Redskins' Division, the NFC East - home to the most Super Bowl wins in any of the eight divisions. So that means, the Redskins have to play the Giants twice a season. Once at home, and once away. As it turns out, this season the Redskins had the Giants number beating them handily in both meetings! So to see the Giants go on to win the Super Bowl, in my opinion, STUNK! But, the thing about the NFL, Conor, on any given Sunday the best team in the league can meet a team that's piquing at just the right time and it's like walking into a buzz-saw of explosive hard hits and spectacular plays... In this case, that team were the Giants. Final score, Giants 21, Patriots 17. Can't wait 'til next season to knock the Super Bowl Champion Giants back on their ass... But I digress.

Anyhow, as is tradition with Super Bowl Sunday we would need lots of food and plenty of good company, so you and I spent the better part of the morning with you in a sling around my chest while I readied the kitchen for Mommy to tear it apart! And today was a special effort because we had to cook for Aunt Jen, Uncle Paul, and Big Nate! See, your Aunt Jen, who is normally a splendid cook when we visit their home, has been ordered to take it easy with the coming of their second baby, so the Yerkes were all too happy to help! We did a brisket, home made horseradish sauce, a cream cheese jalapeño dip, fresh pizza rolls, zesty guacamole, and iron skillet brownies for desert. Enough food to feed 12 people! But you know what they say, it's better to have it and not need it than it is to need it and not have it... We brought our Super Bowl feast right to their front door, Conor. Cuz that's what family and friends do for one another - they look out for each other.

I've no doubt you'll be every bit as good to the people you love, Son. Conor the Lion Heart not only is beloved, but he loves his people also. A virtue of any great man...

Happy Super Bowl Sunday, Son. I hope you had as much fun as I did...
Love you.
-Dad