The End of a Season....

Yesterday was the end of the Soccer season - last game, soccer party - fun times! It was 80 degrees in mid November - what a great way to end the season - a beautiful day. This was our first year with soccer or any organized sport. The first couple of games were hilarious - Dawson mostly watched the grass grow. Any attempt at kicking the ball looked more like he was trying to karate chop it. But, after a few games he decided he likes being a "shark" (defense). Whenever he did kick the ball, he would stop and look over at us and give a big thumbs up or a "YES" while making a fist. Hilarious. Everyone else is on the other side of the field while he is still posing for his cheering section. My family was great and Dawson loved his Aunt Jesi, Uncle Will and Grandma and Grandpa Davis coming to his games. He certainly had the biggest cheering section.

I remember the first day of soccer practice well. Holden was only 3 weeks old and it was my first day with all three kids by myself (my sister/nanny had just gotten married that weekend and left on her honeymoon). It was so hectic trying to get all the kids ready since most of the day was spent nursing Holden. I barely made it to practice - I got lost on the way, so we were late. I parked on the wrong side of the park - so I had to trek across the very large grassy park holding a blanket, a huge diaper bag and pushing a stroller - quickly. By the time I made it there, my incision from my c-section was throbbing, I was in a lot of pain and Holden started crying wanting to eat - again..... and he was not good at nursing in public at the time. I was almost in tears wondering what in the world I was doing there when my neighbor, Mary Beth, walked up to me. Her daughter, Gracie, was on our team. Hallelujah! Mary Beth immediately offered to take Dawson home and promptly walked me back to my car so I could go home and feed Holden. She was a real answer to my prayers - I am so grateful for her service to me. She took Dawson to most of the practices - which was a huge lifesaver. Thank you Mary Beth!

Here is our poser on video!

Here are some pictures from this soccer season.