1 year ago
Sorry for the blurry picture!
Last Sunday was Braeden's second and final wrestling tournament for the season. During this tournament he wrestled all four rounds no matter how many matches he won or lost, so we were there ALL DAY! Braeden won his first match...due to forfeit. The other wrestler did not show up.
His first match was the 7th overall match on his mat. HE DIDN'T WRESTLE AGAIN UNTIL MATCH 56!!! It seemed like forever and with all of that time on our hands, I think Braeden got uninterested and bored really fast. He was pinned on his second match in a matter of a few seconds!
Match 3 went a little better...still pinned, but he fought a little longer this time.
Finally, time for match 4(the last match). Ed was fed up with how the day was going and he really wanted to see him put forth some REAL effort and I know he would have loved to see a win. He promised Braeden he would buy him whatever he wanted if he won. I looked at Ed and said, "Are you really already to this point with wrestling?" Just a little note: Ed promised Braeden the same thing during football season and Braeden did so well after that. Ed doesn't care why he is doing well, as long as he is.
We sat in the same seats in the bleachers all day and the same family sat in front of us all day. Their son was actually the last person Braeden was to wrestle. The match went great! Braeden did great! Braeden did not win, but he also did not get pinned. It was decided by points and we were SO PROUD of him! He really tried his hardest.
After the tournament was over, we packed up all of our gear and were headed out to leave when I heard Ed and Braeden talking about the last child Braeden wrestled and how we never let anyone hit our Mommy. I looked at Ed like both of them were crazy and asked what in the world they were talking about. Nobody had hit me! Ed explained that before the last match, he had told Braeden that the boy that he was wrestling had been hitting his Mommy all day with a balloon and that when he gets out on that mat to hit him good, because nobody hits our Mommy! The child did have a balloon he was playing with, but it certainly never bothered me. ED LIED TO BRAEDEN TO GET HIM TO WIN!! He used Braeden's love and protective nature over me to do it! I was so absolutely appalled that all I could do was laugh. Dads, sports, winning, and their sons-a combination that I will never understand!! What can you do?!
This year for Valentine's Day I decided to make us a family dinner at home...a special family dinner! We ate in the dining room and I don't recall anytime when the children have been allowed to eat in the dining room. We broke out the china dinnerware, champagne glasses, and linen napkins. We went all out! Our menu included Caesar salad, chicken parmigiana with pasta, and dessert. We had two types of champagne-kid's champagne, as Braeden likes to call it, and Mommy and Daddy champagne. Ed even sprung for the $8 bottle this time!
I spent the morning making our Valentine's Day dessert. We had chocolate dipped strawberries and brownie pops. Very yummy!!
And after dinner, we opened presents! The kids LOVE presents! We have so much candy now that I have no idea what we are going to do with it all. Why do I buy it?...oh, because the stores package it so beautifully and it always appeals to my eyes! Who could pass up chocolates wrapped in pink foil, tied with a pink ribbon, who has a daughter who LOVES PINK!! I had to buy it all!
I know that I say this each year on my Valentine's Day blog, but I am gonna say it again this year and probably next year too-Valentine's Day is so SPECIAL to us because that is the day that we were able to bring Braeden home from the hospital after spending 5 weeks in the NICU. We felt so blessed that day. Love you, Braeden!
Brenna challenges me everyday-intentionally. You can see it in her face. She looks for a reaction. She tries to be as shocking as possible to me. She tries to get a rise out of me. She wants me to get upset. Notice I say, "me, me, me" in most of those statements because she treats Ed completely different. By now I have accepted her behavior towards me and can deal with it (even emotionally).
But...the other day, she said something that to me was very telling. I was watching a Lifetime movie (one of my favorite things to do!) and there was a woman crying. Brenna seemed very concerned about her and asked what was wrong. She said, "Mama, what is wrong with her? Why is she crying? Does she need her Mama?" DOES SHE NEED HER MAMA?? Why would she say that? Obviously she feels that her Mama is someone that can help her when she is upset and someone that she can turn to when there is a problem. I knew she loved me-deep down!
I know that this may seem like a harsh mother/daughter relationship to most reading this, but it is ours. We do have our good times too (a lot of them) and they are actually becoming more good times than bad. She has even started telling me that.."you (mama) are the best!" and I love to hear that. It seems that with each day, as she continues to get older, we continue to have a better relationship and she continues to develop more respect for me. I can only hope and pray that this continues.
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