Signal Scares Baby Cord

I don't know how to express this really. I walked off the Sandlot today feeling an overwhelming sense of pride in my guys. At the end of the game, the other team thought they lost because of our team was cheering so loud. Did we win? Not if you count the runs.

Here is the run down of the game.


Top of the First:
2 outs, they have a runner on second. Somehow a switch is flipped and Signal goes crazy and throws the ball everywhere. They score 7 runs. We are saved by the "you can only have 10 batters a inning rule."

Bottom of the First:
We score 3

Top of the Second:
1 out, they have a runner on second. Kid hits the ball, throws the bat and hits our catcher, he is out, but only after a discussion with the umpire, somehow their runner on second scores. Don't ask me how I have no clue. Still workin' on that one. But anyway, we shut them down. Only 1 for them.

Bottom of the Second:
We score 3 again

Top of the Third:
2 outs, runner on second (sound familiar) and they hit a ball to the short stop. He tries to run down the runner headed towards third. When he realizes that he can't tag him five feet from the third basemen he launches it to him. Third baseman of course misses it and the runner heads home, the kid moves from first to second. We explain to our short stop not to do that again. The next batter, THE EXACT SAME THING!. The batter after that? THE EXACT SAME THING! Three plays in a row! Signal then goes into self destruct mode and is saved by the "you can only have 10 batters a inning rule." They scored 6 runs

Bottom of the Third:
3 up, 3 down

Top of the Fourth:
2 outs, runners on 2nd and 3rd. A kid that makes our runt (Haitham) look like a giant, jacks a line drive over our first baseman's head and scores the two runners. Next batter strikes out. We hold them to 2 runs.

So those of you doing the math know that it is now 16 to 6 in the bottom of the last inning. We are only allowed 10 batters, so every single one of our batters not only has to hit, but to score as well. We are sitting at our number 6 batter, meaning we are in the heart of the bottom of our stinky hitters. You can image the miracle it would take for us to tie.

Bottom of the Third:
We had gone through 6 batters and scored 5 runs before they got our first out. We ended the game with all 10 batters hitting the ball and leaving only 2 on base. So we scored 7 runs that last inning and they were saved by the "you only get 10 batters a inning rule!"

So take that! We lost, but we whooped some booty doing it!

Every single one of my kids hit the ball and almost all of them got to score. I didn't strike out a single one of them! After that 10th kid hit a double and scored a runner we were all cheering and yelling and shouting! The other team didn't know they had won the game!

So going into our final game next week against the first place team we are 1-8. I would like nothing better to give the first place team a black eye for the end of the season.

Smurfs, Tests, Parents, and Yul Brynner

I am realizing that I have been utterly pathetic at keeping you guys up to speed on life this week. I've been a bad blogger this week, so I apologize.

It's late Thursday night and I am sitting here reflecting back on the week, so I thought it would give you some updates on what's gone on.

These are in no particular order.

* Tonight I saw an Arab dressed up as a Smurf outside Pizza Hut. That's right, a Smurf. He was big and blue, with a white hat and white pants, but no shirt as most Smurfs don't have any use for them.

*We found a new apartment, so now we are going shopping for furniture. Do you know how many types of furniture are out there? I only wear jeans, because I have problems making decisions. I wore jeans yesterday, I wore jeans today, and I will wear jeans tomorrow. Picking out furniture is a foreign concept. Too many decisions.

*Today was Independence Day here. I asked a taxi cab driver why it was Independence Day. You know, was it because you won your independence from the British or from the Turks or from what? He didn't know. He said, "It's Independence Day, because we have independence." Makes sense to me. Why not?

*Tomorrow Signal plays again. My kids did well at practice, but my first baseman is going to be gone, so I have a hole to fill, but because it's a three day weekend I doubt I will have enough to play anyways.

*B and I started packing up the house. It's amazing how much junk you accumulate over 10 months. It's even more amazing how much junk you accumulate in a furnished house!

*My parents are coming to visit on Sunday. I am so stinkin' pumped.

*We got 3D pics of our kid this week. (See post below) My dad said he looked like Yul Brynner from the King and I. Is that a good thing?

*We have only two more school days left. I took my last two big tests. I made a 78 on my grammar test and a passing grade on my speaking. That means that they can't hold me back. I am moving on to the third semester the fall!


I am completely in awe about how boring this post is. I apologize for a lack of creativity. Once school is over, the parents leave, and we have furniture in our house I will have more time to blog, but then if I am not doing anything, then what am I going to post?

Baby Bull Pics

B and the BB are doing well. We went in for our 31 weeks check up. We were able to get 3D pics of the kid. Normally, I am not one to be putting up ultra-sound pics of my unborn all over the web, but these are pretty cool.

We were able to zoom in on his face and literally watch him yawn. I am sorry I couldn't get a copy of the video, but you guys can see the stills.

Here he is...

Here he is yawning....

So what do you think? Does he look like me? Does he look like B? Can you even tell its a baby?

Dubai Video

I apologize for the month delay on this video. I finished the Kenya video and then forgot about us in Dubai.
I apologize for the video as well. It's a bit long, so I had to drop the bandwidth down, so it may be a bit blurry.
That's it for the apologizing. The mall you will see in the video is huge, not to mention that the ski slopes you will see are in the mall!

Enjoy.

Dubai Video