Nathan and I are playing on a co-ed kickball team this fall. That's right, kickball. You know, the sport you play in elementary school where the boys peg the ball as hard as they can at the girls (and other boys too, but who cares about them?) to get them out as they charge around the bases. Yes, there is an adult kickball league in Sarasota and we are playing on the Willis Smith team known as Smittys. We had our first game last Thursday night. I managed to get on base one time (yay me!). But we lost. (we will likely lose every game since we aren't great) To top the evening off, Nathan was injured.
Nathan is the pitcher for the team and went running to get a bunted ball and somehow managed to injure his right foot. He finished the play but then went hobbling off the field. I was stuck in the outfield and had no idea what was wrong other than he could hardly walk. The foot didn't swell up immediately, so we decided to wait until the morning for a trip to the doctor. Doctor confirmed that it was not broken (thank heavens) and said basically that the tendons/ligaments all got stretched too far or some such nonsense. (My opinion is just that we are too old to be playing such childish games!) So Nathan hobbled around all weekend on his gimpy foot and taking advil. I doubt he will be returning as pitcher for this week's game since he still isn't walking well.
In the baby headlines, Austin has starting talking up a storm. He has a couple of english syllables that he now says - ma, ah, and ba. Somehow he manages to combine these with a couple of non-english syllables and can have a whole conversation. It is amazing to watch. One of his favorite (and funniest) things to do right now is to say ma ma ma ma and then blow a raspberry. He isn't very successful with the raspberries, so sometimes it just ends up being spit everywhere, but it is still funny.
Austin was a little bit cranky this weekend due to two pesky bottom teeth that are trying to make their appearance. (Yes, I think we may have an overachiever on our hands since he wants to cut two teeth at once instead of one at a time.) We can see the bumps but they haven't cracked the surface yet. Hopefully they make an entrance soon.
Finally, a big, belated congratulations goes out to Yen and Mike. They are expecting twin girls! We can't wait for Austin's newest playmates to arrive. Only 10 weeks or so left (at the most, since twins usually come early!).
No pictures for today, but I will have some up very soon!
