Herd Hero

So Kirk has decided that his new favorite super hero is Iron Man.  Too bad he has about 50 Spiderman toys to play with until Christmas.  He did choose an Iron Man toy when we made a "trade" for a duplicate gift he got for his birthday.  He tells me daily that Iron Man is the "leader of the Super Hero Squad, and that's why he's the best."  I told him he could tell Santa Claus that.  Ha!

We had our first MU tailgate on Saturday, September 8th (Jeremy's birthday!).  We had a great time at our tailgate and it was good to be back there cheering on the HERD.  Kirk had a GREAT time, and I think it will be an awesome season.  He loves running around playing.  Our bag of tailgating supplies keeps getting bigger...footballs, helmet, rain boots....haha!  He is too funny!

Kirk let the "parrot man" put his parrot Frances on his head for a picture.  He tried to get Frances to say, "Go HERD!"...but no luck.  He laughed the whole time and said, "Look, Mama, I'm a pirate.....ARRGH, Matey!" (PS:  Look at his super cute shirt that Cortney made!  Check out her shop on Facebook, Little Tweets Boutique!  She is working on Kirk's Halloween costume now! :) )

This picture is featured in the Herald Dispatch photo gallery from the game.  Isn't this a great shot of Kirk in action?  We had a great time, even if we only made it to half time before Kirk got really sleepy....so we headed home to bed.  Jeremy had a great birthday and the best present he got was a HERD win.  We will head back again this Saturday to cheer on our HERD!

It means so much to Jeremy and I that we can share our love for Marshall with Kirk.  He loves going to games, he really loves his "own seat" (we got him his OWN season ticket this year!), and he always says "WOW" when the players take the field.  Marshall gave Jeremy and I our best friends, amazing experiences, and each other.  We are so thankful to still be able to head into the stadium each game day.  Marshall University helped make us into the people we are today, and we are so thankful.  Granted, I do want Kirk to go off to school to become a doctor or lawyer, but I hope he will always "bleed green" like his Mama and Daddy.  Our basketball season ticket renewal letter came in the mail today...we will soon be gearing up for HERD hoops as well!