The soccer life

Thanks to bad scheduling, weather, and tournaments our soccer season started off late.  It feels like we should be wrapping up and instead we are only two games in and six more to go.   We had a scrimmage this past week on Thursday and a game on Saturday.  We have seven new girls on the team and still working out positions plus which girls to team up together.  I definitely think we are getting a good grove as a team.  We lost both games but everyone played their best.  Allison loves soccer and is so bummed when the season is over.  Although with her foot issue she is playing more reserved this season.  I see Allison playing more hesitant and poor thing she cant even pivot off her heel to take off running.  For a player that normally plays the whole game Allison cant right now she doesn't have the strength.  As her mother I cant wait for the season to be over so she can stay off her foot and let it heal.  We have her signed up for a few soccer camps over the summer but might be pulling her out because of her current issues.  Going through this injury has been interesting and we still have several games to go this season.  The boys enjoy the games, they play with friends and eat snacks.  I still have to keep a close eye on them but I still get to enjoy the games most of the time.

28 weeks

This past week I had my appointment for the glucose test.  I skipped the hour test due to my history of failing it and went straight for the fasting three hour test.  You wouldn't believe how hard it was to schedule this apt after several phone tagging it with the nurse and no early apts I settled for a 9:30am apt.  The three house test means you have to fast from the night before until after the three hour test.  It took them a long time to get me back and then they gave me the wrong drink!  Ugh, the nurse switched me to the right one and I was set to do blood work in a hour.  Did I mention I had Beckett with me?!  We managed in lobby for thirty minutes before he got to wild and we went to the car.  Blood work done and I passed the first hour test.  In between the next hour wait I had my regular dr apt.  All normal, heartbeat perfect and the baby's growth on schedule. I only gained 2 pounds which hopefully means I am slowing down, I normal don't gain any weight the last two months.  More blood work and I failed the second hour.  By the end of the third hour we were out of snacks nearing 1pm which was past lunch and nap time, Beckett wasn't so pleasant and I was exhausted thanks to no food and giving blood.  Finally the last hour was up and I did the blood work and I passed the third test, no gestational diabetes!  It was a long day and we celebrated with a juicy burger and milkshake!

Still walking every morning.  I still have a decent amount of energy.  I feel like Camden's movements are very frequent and getting kind of painful.  Cooper finally got to feel Camden move, he was surprised by how strong the kicks were.  Still not sleeping well, but that comes with pregnancy.  I am diligently working on finishing Camden's bedding it is really coming along and I love having a sewing project to work on.  No swelling, I've actually never experienced any swelling during pregnancy so hopefully I'll get lucky again.  I've always been able to wear my wedding ring through out all my pregnancies. The days are getting warmer which makes me happy I love warm weather.  I am addicted to ice and I love slushy's.  No strange cravings besides Chinese food recently. 

Soccer Tournament

 Richard signed up our team for a soccer tournament a few months ago.  The week of the tournament Allison who is never sick woke up with a high fever Thursday.  Turns out she had strep throat which took her out of school for two days with continued high fever and a awful soar throat.  We had no idea if she would be well enough to play Saturday.  Friday night she started to come back to life eating and playing with her brothers.  Because of issues with not getting the health releases we had to check in at the tournament in Odessa at 7 am which wasn't so bad because we had a 8am game.  My in laws stayed with the boys until our second game of the day.  It was nice to be with just Richard and Allison for nearly 5 hours.  I got to enjoy the entire game, which Allison played awesome, scoring 3 goals.  The team won 7-0!!  Then we went around the tournament and explored.  Allison picked out a shirt and later we ate.  We got such a great parking spot and were right next to fields we played at all day.  The weather was perfect!!  The day went pretty fast once the boys came, the last two games were brutal.  I am not sure if our girls were to exhausted or just didn't have the heart but we lost pretty bad.  It wasn't to disappointing we like to think of a loss as a learning tool.  By the end of the day we were all exhausted and a little sunburned but mostly ready to climb into bed.

Daily Happenings

* The weather is so nice and mild.  We recently spent a few days working on the yard.  The kids spend ever moment outside.  I love having a huge back yard.

* Beckett and I have been walking outdoors every morning for our three mile walks.  We are ready for our neighborhood park to finish there work on the new park their building!

* Beckett and I try to meet up with friends a couple times a week.  He loves playing with friends.  In fact everybody is a friend to him.  I love catching up with my girlfriends.  Beckett is some what old enough to handle himself at the playground with out me hovering.

* I am totally nesting.  I spent several days cleaning out the kids closets and reorganizing a few areas in the house.  To bad with all the sickness going around our house I've lost my motivation again..

* Our afternoons our busy, soccer practice for Alli occupys a lot of Richards time.

* Cooper and I spend a lot of time on homework and reading everyday.  He is doing better education wise but he still manages to find himself in trouble at school the majority of the time. 

*Cooper lost his front tooth.

*Also Cooper caught the stomach bug last week and boy was he out!  It took him two days to recover.  He slept a lot!  Unfortunately he is still not great about making it to the bathroom with vomit, so yeah that was fun.

* I had a girls favorites night with a bunch of ladies from church.  We exchanged our favorite items and ate goodies together.  I am so glad to have the opportunity to get together often with friends, I enjoy time away from my home/children and to feel like myself.

* Beckett and I are slowly working on potty training.  He really was not into it and would straight up cry about it.  I started making him potty before bath every night and so far he will, I then started making him go in the mornings before we get dressed.  I think I just need to bite the bullet and dedicate a few days of complete potty training for him to completely get it.  It's just that my schedule has been so jam packed that I've put it off. 

* Allison is doing wonderful.  She is totally homework self sufficient and loves to read on her own.  This current heel issue has got her bummed but it's a life lesson.  She is doing great in school and has a ton of friends.  We are gearing up for her birthday in a few weeks.  She's been planning for months.

* Richard is busy!  Work, school, and soccer.  I am blessed that he is so hard working and dedicated to his family.  He has really stepped up due to my pregnancy.  I never know when to stop and he will insist I rest or take the kids with him to run errands.  Or he will babysit for a girls night out.  I love how he puts up with my food cravings and doesn't fuse when I send him to get Cheerios at ten at night.  We went on a date night to the new Brazilian steakhouse a few weekends ago.  I have never eaten so much food in my life, it was good and different experience. Then we went shopping kidless to target to get a ton of much need household items.  He didn't bat an eye at me spending a couple hundred dollars on these things.  Then we went to see the movie insurgent. I sure do love alone time with my love!

Easter 2015

I love the Easter Holiday, so much to be thankful for.  Our Savior lives!!!  Unfortunately Richard had to work but the kids and I managed to have a fun day.  The Easer bunny visited us and drooped off some goodies, I was woken up at 6:30am by the boys wanting to see their baskets.  We meet up with Richards family for lunch.  The weather was so nice, we ate outside.  The food was delicious and the kids had a blast Easter egg hunting.  After nearly 16 years of being with Richard it's so fascinating to see the growth in his family.  I am very blessed to be a Sanchez.

Family Visit

 

 

My sister and her family came into town Friday.  We went to chickfila, bowling, and had a Easter egg hunt.  We also celebrated my two nephews birthdays.  The boys birthdays are four days apart, and they turned 2 and 1!  She had the cutest cakes made for them with the Dr. Seuss theme thing one and thing two.  It was so nice to catch up with my sister and watch our kids play together!!

Allison's injury

A few weeks ago after soccer practice Allison complained that her left heel was hurting.  We kept her home that Friday from her competitive team practice and had her stay off her feet.  Although during her soccer game Saturday it was evident she was in real pain and there was something wrong with her foot.  I took her to the pediatricians office and he diagnosed her with Sever's Disease.

About Sever's Disease

Sever's disease, also called calcaneal apophysitis, is a painful bone disorder that results from inflammation (swelling) of the growth plate in the heel. A growth plate, also called an epiphyseal plate, is an area at the end of a developing bone where cartilage cells change over time into bone cells. As this occurs, the growth plates expand and unite, which is how bones grow.  Sever's disease is a common cause of heel pain in growing kids, especially those who are physically active. It usually occurs during the growth spurt of adolescence, the approximately 2-year period in early puberty when kids grow most rapidly. This growth spurt can begin any time between the ages of 8 and 13 for girls and 10 and 15 for boys.



The pediatrician noticed her right foot was soar also.  He suggested a anti inflammatory for a week to get the swelling down and suggested she stay off her foot for two weeks.  The doctor also set Allison  up with a podiatrist to get a foot arch for her shoes.  He showed us several stretches to help her foot and told Allison to not walk around barefoot because it offers no support.  She also had an x-ray to rule anything else out.  Allison is definitely bummed about not having full use of her foot, and is having to learn to stay off of it.  She has been reading more books, spending more time in her room building legos, or playing with her dolls, drawling and of course jamming to music.  We are hopeful her heel will heal enough for her to play this weekend in a soccer tournament we signed up for months ago.  She's been off her feet nearly three weeks.  Time will tell how serious this will be for her. 

Church egg hunt and First soccer game

Last weekend Beckett and I caught the tummy bug which meant we would miss out on the Saturday's events.  We literally laid around all day and slept most of the afternoon.  Richard took Allison and Cooper to the church Easter egg hunt and then Allison had her first soccer game.  Allison scored four goals but her foot was hurting so Richard pulled her out and we lost our lead losing 6-4.  Cooper enjoyed getting spoiled by grandma and granddad with money for junk food at the concession stands.  Just a few pictures to document thanks to Richard not remembering.  Glad our bug only lasted one day and that we didn't miss to much fun.