Livi's impressive first game!

Ok, Aaron and I have been preparing for Livi's soccer season and to be honest when we discuss it we are usually laughing at the mere thought of it. Livi is not very coordinated and falls rather frequently with no apparent obstacles in the way. So just imagining other players and a soccer ball and field conditions that aren't exactly stellar we knew that we were in for a treat. The morning started pretty rough with us picking her up from a friend's house after a sleepover and battling with her over her soccer socks. Socks and Olivia do not get along and after several failed attempts at finding the right placement of the toe stitching she stated she didn't even want to play soccer. Well, that didn't sit well with her father and an argument erupted. Luckily Aaron went into QT to get her a Gatorade and Momma made the peace negotiations. By the time Aaron came out of the store she was smiling and apologized for being crabby (one of my finer parenting moments!)

And so the game began and we held our breaths. She ran out on that field like she knew what she was doing. She even arranged the defense in the proper triangle position and showed people where to go. Aaron and I were cracking up at her leadership. She even threw the ball in a couple of times and threw it FAR! I didn't even know she knew how to do that. The best moment of the game came when her line of players came off to rest. Livi grabbed her Gatorade bottle, unscrewed the top and was just getting ready to take a drink when her coach said "Olivia, do need a break or do you want to go back in?" She put that bottle down and said "I'm going back in!" And so she ran back on that field huffing and puffing! We were so proud of her fight!

She only fell once which was a miracle in itself. She fell for no apparent reason but only one time. This might be a record! I am not sure whose child that was on the field that day but we will keep her. Liv, we want to publicly apologize for assuming that your soccer skills were not up to par. You have obviously been watching your older sister Jordan at her games. And all this time we thought you only paid attention to the nachos...shame on us! :)