Alexa's 2nd Northwestern Bowl Game!

And her 2nd Northwestern Bowl Game loss! Boo! But Alexa had fun eating French Fries, playing with pom-poms and telling everyone that we're watching "Fa-bowel"!

And now... A look back. Here is Alexa enjoying her first Northwestern bowl game, exactly one year ago! Note: She's wearing the SAME sweatshirt! It's just a little bit tighter this year...

Our little WILDCAT!

Every Saturday, the Northwestern folk here head to a local bar to watch the game. Today, we happened to be in town so we took our little Wildcat to watch (part of) the game! She was all smiles, and cheered and clapped -- for both teams! She also gave everyone high fives and LOVED being the center of attention, i.e. running to the front of the bar where there is a big TV and then turning around, all smiles, and waving at everyone watching the game that she was standing in front of (under, she IS kind of short). Diva? I think so...

Alexa's first Northwestern Bowl game!

And Alexa's first time watching Northwestern loose. She'll get used to it. We all do! Here I am with Alexa, all dressed up in Purple and Silver. Thanks, Jen & Family, for the sweatshirt and hat!

This year, Northwestern went up against Auburn in the Outback Bowl. Click HERE to read about the game, which was on New Year's Day. However, since yesterday's post was dominated by the news of Alexa's frist roll, I saved the photos to post today. Go Wildcats!

To watch the bowl game, we headed to a local restaurant where the Northwestern Club was having a watch party. We met up with my friend Julia, her husband and daughter Michaela. My dad, class of 1965, joined us as well!

Alexa slept through the first half of the game...

Then she woke up and was like, "We're losing?" What's going on?

Then things got exciting and Northwestern kept scoring!

But things got complicated... So many flags. Calls under review. She decided to stick with Daddy, who could explain what was going on.

Finally... She just couldn't watch anymore!

Final Score: Auburn wins 38-35 in overtime

Alexa gets NU gear from Jen!

My college friend Jen was in town and came out to visit us -- and meet Alexa! And being the good Northwestern alum that she is, she brought tons of NU gear to outfit Alexa! She now has an adorable purple NU infant cap, a purple Northwestern sweatshirt and a purple hair bow! Thanks, Jen!

We spent the afternoon having lunch and walking around Bethesda. Here are Alexa and I at lunch!

And CLICK HERE for a video Daddy made of us at lunch.

Finally, CLICK HERE for another video of Alexa lovin' her mirror!