My 4th Child

Look closely at the banner Emmalee made for me at school, and you will see that I have an extra child. Yes, we have been hiding Uma away for several years now, but she decided to make an appearance on Mother's Day this year.
Actually, Uma is one of Emmalee's friends at school, and since she helped Emmalee make the banner, Em thought it was only fitting that her name be on it as well. Cute.
Mother's Day was very nice - although extremely hectic! Steve and the kids made me french toast and bacon, which was delicious! They gave me the Wii Fit game, which we have all been enjoying! Micah made me a tissue-paper-stained-glass pen holder at school, and Emmalee made me a very nice card at school. It mentioned how I am extremely good at cooking, and I had to wonder who she was thinking about when she wrote that... :-) Emmalee had a softball game in the afternoon, and she played very well! I had to work at night, but that was fine. It was busy, and the customers were generous! We missed going over to Grandma and Grandpa's house, though.

Sports Star!

Emmalee had her first softball game this past Sunday afternoon. She was fourth in line at bat. The coaches pitch and, if after 5 pitches the girl does not hit the ball, they pull out the tee for her to hit off of. Which I think is stupid - what happened to 3 strikes and you're out - but oh well. So the first girl gets up at bat. 5 pitches pass, then she hits it off the tee. The second girl gets up at bat. Again, 5 pitches, and she hits it off the tee. Third girl - same thing. Then Emmalee gets up to bat. I'm standing there praying "please don't make her need the tee", and I know Steve, aka Mr. Baseball, was praying the same.

One pitch passes, then another. She's swinging, and missing. The third pitch she swung, hit it straight down, it hit her on the leg and sat there at her feet. They called it a foul ball. Fourth pitch - CONTACT! The ball goes flying through the air! HOORAY! She got a base hit, and came home! She was up at bat 3 times, hit the ball each time (no tee!), and made it home twice. She's really enjoying softball!