Alternate title: This is the last entry where we talk about College Sports TV coming to interview Fuller. Until the video goes up on their site. We promise. Scouts honor.

UPDATE: It’s up now! Go to www.missionsecfootball.com and click on the “featured video” link called “An Auburn Family”. That’s us.

For part 1, go here.

When Fuller woke up from his nap I was really worried. For the past few days Fuller has been in a horrible, no good, very bad mood when he gets up from his afternoon naps. Crying, throwing himself on the floor, standing around listlessly, and hitting something were all part of his after nap routine. While this might be good to work up a football player into some sort of mad frenzy which allows him use the bad mood to tackle his opponent into oblivion, in a two year old who is being interviewed for television, this isn’t too cool.

However Fuller woke up and decided to be Shy Fuller. Shy Fuller is the two year old little boy who stands around with big eyes taking everything in, including his whole hand into his mouth. Shy Fuller will be quiet but will smile when something amuses him, like the pretty blonde lady who is saying “Waaaaaaaar Eagle! Hey!” Shy Fuller will dutifully give strangers five and then knock knuckles with them because his Mommy told him to.

After many high fives, knocked knuckles, and a sippy of milk, every one got into their cars and we headed to the post office. Apparently the road trippers had to mail something before 5 pm and we helped them out there.

Then we went to the pavilion. Shy Fuller was still standing around, but this was kind of to our advantage because he will work with you when he is in shy mode. Fuller dutifully tackled the dummy several times, much to the delight of the three strangers.

Glenn got some decent footage (I hope) of Fuller and the dummy and then we all started talking about various football-y things. At this point Fuller started running around, but he didn’t quite work himself into the Fuller we all know and love.

Fuller posed for pictures, fell down a few times, and was darn cute. But here is what was missing: sound.

Fuller was quiet. It was like his words, humming, singing, babbling, and shouting were still back in our cozy Chattanooga home. I was telling a friend that without these things, the full Fuller experience just isn’t there. I know the video of Fuller tacking the dummy is why they came to meet us, but I wish the road trippers could have seen the real Fuller, not Shy Fuller.

As soon as we all parted ways, and Fuller was buckled in his car seat, Fuller was Fuller once again. He sang and talked on the way home. He shouted and we even got him to say “War Eagle” a few times. Too bad he didn’t do that for Emily or Adam.

I guess that’s why they are professionals, they can work with what they got and still make it look really good. And we have a memory that will last a lifetime.

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