Baseball season is on us again! Yesterday was opening day for Connor's Little League, and it was a day to remember. Connor is playing on the Dodgers again this year (he's none too pleased to be on the Dodgers...we're Padres fans for goodness sakes). We haven't been able to have consistent practices because the weather here has been insane, so we haven't really perfected our teamwork yet. Needless to say, we got totally creamed. Connor wasn't in top form due to an earlier injury (more on that later), but he did manage to hit a triple and had a couple really close plays at home while he was playing catcher. The lowlight of the day came during warm-ups...a teammate of Connor's wasn't paying attention to what he was doing and threw a ball that hit Connor right in the eye!! He's got a pretty killer black eye and it was really bothering him during the game yesterday. He was trying to ice it in between innings but it just kept getting bigger and bigger. Poor kid. Then while he was playing a second base, a runner ran into him at the same time a throw was coming and he got tagged in the arm with the ball. At that point, I think he really just wanted to call it a day, but he endured and ended up hitting his triple in the next inning. We have games every Monday and Saturday and practices every Wednesday, so he'll be a pretty busy kid for the next few months, but we're all looking forward to the great things that Connor will do this season! Here's a couple pics of the little cutie (when is he too old for me to call him that?) on the field...enjoy
You can't really see the eye very well in the picture, but it was looking pretty gross last night. It looks much better today (at least less swollen) and we're hoping that all the swelling and blackness will go away before next Saturday when we have to take family pictures.
Okay, this picture has nothing to do with Opening Day. On Friday we went to Legoland (our home away from home) with the Campbells. I snapped this picture of the kids in the dino egg and it was just too cute not to share. That's Connor's best friend (lady) Maddy, and her sister Lauren and brother Grant. The Campbell's are moving to Spain in a couple months (Connor's heartbroken) and we're trying to spend every second with them that we can. We had a really fun day, in case you couldn't tell from this adorable picture.
You can't really see the eye very well in the picture, but it was looking pretty gross last night. It looks much better today (at least less swollen) and we're hoping that all the swelling and blackness will go away before next Saturday when we have to take family pictures.
Okay, this picture has nothing to do with Opening Day. On Friday we went to Legoland (our home away from home) with the Campbells. I snapped this picture of the kids in the dino egg and it was just too cute not to share. That's Connor's best friend (lady) Maddy, and her sister Lauren and brother Grant. The Campbell's are moving to Spain in a couple months (Connor's heartbroken) and we're trying to spend every second with them that we can. We had a really fun day, in case you couldn't tell from this adorable picture.
3 comments:
Poor thing, wow. I am proud of him for enduring to the end. I would have been out the minute I got hit in the face. I love that Legoland pic, so cute. Can not wait to see you guys in a couple of weeks.
They are never to old to be called a cutie by Mom :) IMO...so proud of myself for knowing what that means !!
First of all, Connor is seriously tough for staying in the game after all that. I would have been out after the ball hit me in the face. And nice job on the triple! That's awesome.
I remember I got hit in the face with a ball once. But, unlike Connor, I was 17 years old, and I got hit because I was looking at a rainbow and not paying attention!
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