Babies and Football

Yesterday, we went our separate ways. Dorene took the kids to the church where they were having a baby shower for Allie. I went with my friend Peter to the Notre Dame game.

For the small size of our church, it was a great turnout for the shower. I think all but one or two of the women in the church were there, so that was nice. Dorene had a wonderful time and we ended up with lots of nice presents, including a new changing table and tons of diapers. Yeah, I said the word diapers, didn't think I'd be using that in my vocabularly ever again. If Dorene goes to term, baby Allie will be here in about 5 weeks. If she goes early like with Anna and Cameron, the baby will be here in about 2 weeks. Oh my, it's really getting close. Perhaps we should start setting up the baby furniture and things like that.

Dorene was at the doctor last week and she is in great health. No need to go on bed rest and the doctor expects her to go full term. That is great news, because Dorene was concerned about having to stay home for the final few weeks. But everything looks good.

I always enjoy going to Notre Dame games. Even with their pathetic season last year, the hype and hoopla surrounding a home gome never goes away. Besides, they were playing San Diego State, who were 21 point underdogs.

But they kept it very close. In fact, they should have one. They were up 13-7 midway into the fourth quarter. They had the ball on the Notre Dame 4. The running back was headed into the end zone but fumbled at what had to be the 1-foot line. Notre Dame recovered and within a few plays had gone all the way down for the go-ahead touchdown. They scored again and ended up winning 21-13. I imagine the San Diego State team had a long flight home, because this was their Super Bowl and they had victory in their grasp and let it get away. Charlie Weiss got away for now. He was getting booed fairly early in the game. The Irish lose this one, and he's in for along season. They played very badly and this was against a team that was supposed to be a sacrificial lamb.

In the NFL, I was pleased to see that the 37-year old quarterback looking for one more glorious season led his team to an opening day victory. I'm talking, of course, about . . . . Kurt Warner and the Arizona Cardinals.