t-ball time is almost here... and mommy pain..

I guess the title says it all... almost.. In February we got papers home from school regarding T-ball and baseball sign-ups through the school district. At first it listed t-ball as kids that were 5 and in kindergarten. Later they sent home another paper listing that the kiddos in pre-kindergarten were allowed as long as they were 5 before a certain date. I contacted the person listed and they were still accepting the sign ups so we quickly got William all signed up. After waiting patiently for just over a month we finally got an email from the coach for William's team. The teams were assigned colors and William's team is the green team. Try finding baseball stuff in green.. not so easy to do. We got William his pants, shoes, shirt, and belt. He looks absolutely adorable in them. He also has his own glove. The first practice is on 4-6 and their first game is 4-29. The rules were sent out in the email and each child will get a chance to hit the ball, run the bases, catch, be first to bat, etc. The coaches goal for the season is to get the kiddos throwing the ball properly. NOt a bad goal for the kids I think. They also have the option to try hitting a ball being "pitched" to them by the coach. If they don't hit it in 3 pitches then they go to the tee. They don't have a time limit or a number of tries to hit the ball. It should be interesting to see.

The second part of the title.. well.. Mommy (that's me) is in some pain.. Starting Wednesday (3-31) night, I have been having neck, shoulder, and upper back pain. Enough that I haven't really slept, have been nauseous, and the pain has induced headaches. After suffering for basically 2 days with no relief and being barely able to move my neck... I gave in.. My boss was nice enough to let me go home... I called the dr and ended up going in for the first open appointment they had.. 6:30 pm... The dr did a few basic tests and feeling my neck, etc.. she came to the conclusion I have extreme muscle tightness.. maybe spasms, and the ever exciting nerve compression.. If I lay on my left arm or hold it in just the right mannor/angle my left hand starts to go numb. It gets better once the pressure is taken off that arm. she gave me a mixture of a pain reliever, anti-inflammatory, and muscle relaxer to get this to go away, but wants me to recheck if it isn't better in about a week. If the numbness in my hand doesn't go away after the muscle stiffness/spasm goes away then I need to go in for x-rays. I'm hoping that the nerve issues subside once this goes away. It's been a long time since I've had back pain to this extent. Hopefully I'll be feeling back to my normal not in pain mommy self soon for me little guy.. Poor kid tries giving me a hug and it hurts. He's not hurting me.. just my back and neck are.. Too bad he sees it as him hurting me when he does that..

Hopefully the weather will also clear up in time for his first practice and I'll be able to get some good pictures. On another note.. we took him fishing for the first time last weekend and he caught his first fish. Today (4-2) my boyfriend Ron and my best friend Julie took William and my nephew Marcus fishing. Marcus caught one fish, fell into the lake, and well ended up having a hard time behavior-wise for a while.... William caught 3 fish and even helped Ron clean all three of his.. The first one he was a little apprehensive of touching, but after that he was fine. Looks like we'll be doing a lot of fishing and shooting and maybe even hunting with him...