His first game...

His legs have now turned a strange shade of purple. And his name was the first one announced as he had the first take down in their first game of the season. Yes this means my baby was at the bottom of the pile! AHHH! He walked off the field with a SMILE!
J : " I am in pain Mom!"
Mom: "So do you want to stop playing?" ( I'd be fine with that) (he he)
J " ARE YOU KIDDING ME NO WAY, I LOVE FOOTBALL"
sniff sniff.... When both legs are the shade of the blueberry girl from Willy Wonka and he is smiling proud... I will tell him how proud I am of him! What an amazing guy he is becoming....

P.S.
When we got home I saw him go to the shower. I even heard it running and noted he changed clothes. Later I sat down (briefly) to chat this is how it went:

Mom: " I thought I told you to take a shower!"
J: "Mom I did."
Mom: "Why are your legs so dirty then?"
J: " It's all bruises Mom don't worry I don't even know when they all happened. this one is from practice, this one I remember feeling pain but don't know when? It's just part of the game."

Ok then...............................

Are you ready for some football...

Have you ever noticed how quickly time goes by? My mother always told me as you get older it only goes faster. I now know she is right. You see a few months ago (11 years ago) I gave birth to the most handsome baby boy. He adored his Mommy and loved to sleep. Here in lies the problem. I think I made him get far too much sleep.. I fought with him to just go to sleep and he kept growing. Then I was blessed with more children, maybe if I got less sleep their growing would some how slow down. Nope! Even though I am more tired they still grow faster and each one seems to move a little faster than the last one too... Believe me nothing helps keep these precious ones small, they will all grow into these pre teens. Believe me I know, there are 4 in my house right now! (sniff sniff) Anyway here is a picture of my precious baby hehe.. Whom I tried so hard to protect from every owie, and I am now allowing out in a field to intentionally be pummeled by other (maybe even bigger) boys... he is now in tackle football AHHHH! He was TRYING to read a magazine last week when he said, " Mom I don't know what it is I just can't get football out of my head, I LOVE IT!" Guess this one is all boy!! Games start Wed. Here is the schedule: Wed. Aug. 29, Tues. Sept. 4, Sat. Sept. 8, Tues. Sept. 11, Tues. Sept. 18, Tues. Sept. 25, Tues. Oct. 2, Tues. Oct. 9 I know he would love it if any of you could make it :)