Adyson Attended Her First NCAA Women's Basketball Championship

Debbie spent the second weekend of the NCAA Women's Tournament in Oklahoma City. Since she didn't want to be alone, Brian and Adyson tagged along. So Ady got to attend her first NCAA event. Most of the photos came on the open practice day before the regional started.

Ady was a total trooper (and so was Daddy). She sat in Brian's lap the entire first game of the regional semifinals between Purdue and Rutgers. That's when both Ady and Brian got on ESPN! He saw them on a monitor when the network was coming back from a commercial break. Ady was turned backward when the camera was on. Daddy knew he couldn't jerk her around; that wouldn't look good on national TV. But he slowly turned her around and waived to the cameras. Both Brian and Debbie got a ton of text messages after the fact from people watching the game at home.

Ady was fine between games, but after the first half of the Oklahoma-Pittsburgh game, she got a little cranky. So Ady and Brian went and chilled inside the wives' lounge at Ford Center -- where the Oklahoma City Thunder normally play.

During the off day, we all strolled through Bricktown. Ady got her picture taken in front of Toby Keith's restaurant and she got to eat at Marble Slab. (Blame Mommy for that one.) Overall, she was a big hit with the players and the NCAA officials. She slept like a champ in the hotel crib, if you can believe that. Still, it turns out even 8-month-old babies get cabin fever after being trapped in a hotel room after a few days, too.

Fun Videos of Adyson

Adyson got the giggles on the way home from Oklahoma City (4-1-09).


Adyson decided to crawl around the house instead of going to bed.