Today the kids had what I thought was their last T-ball game. Turns out there's actually one more in a couple of weeks that none of us apparently knew about. "/

I had decided that since I spend most of the games chasing Meredith around, I might as well go ahead and take some pictures while I was at it. She actually sat and watched an inning of the game with me! I think it's because Big Mama and Joe-Joe were there.

And guess who didn't eat a single morsel of dirt! That's right! This girl! So, it turns out Meredith was pretty anemic. "/ I didn't realize just how bad her endearing little habit of dirt eating had gotten until I put Anna and Wallace in T-ball. I had her outside with them at all of the practices and games, and all she was doing was eating dirt! I was getting a lot of crazy looks from other parents, and it got to a point that I just couldn't laugh it off any longer. Something was not right with the amount of dirt she was consuming (considering she doesn't eat most of the food I prepare for her these days). So, I finally called the doctor, and we had her blood checked...it was terrible. I can't believe how low her iron numbers were. Her supplement (which she'll have to be on for at least another 3 months) seems to be helping. We've been treating her for a few weeks now, and today was the first day she didn't even try to eat any dirt at the ball park! :) We had her blood re-checked a week ago, and although her numbers are better, they still aren't great. Apparently there's not a very quick fix for anemia, but I'll take not eating dirt as a very good sign that we are definitely headed in the right direction!

So, Meredith does what any normal youngest child does at the ball park...

I actually remember doing a lot of the same kind of stuff as a kid.

Yep, everything was going great until Meredith decided she wanted to play in the parking lot. This is a new favorite game of hers... I think she likes to watch me freak out, and then she seems to get kicks out of how I play defense and move back and forth quickly to try to block her route. So, we were doing our typical thing there at the separation of the parking lot and the fields when she started getting frustrated with our game because she was failing miserably at it. Come on girl...I used to play basketball. So, in her frustration she started flailing about and throwing a fit, and at one point she kind of bounced off my leg, which she had run directly into, and ended up face planting into the edge of the sidewalk behind her..... :( Such a major parenting fail.

I seriously was concerned she might have broken her nose. She cried for a few minutes, which is not normal for her. And then she wanted to be held...also not normal... And even though it didn't bleed, some of the other parents were telling me all about their broken noses and how some of them didn't bleed when it happened to them... Great...

The mark just keeps getting more and more angry and red.  I was convinced initially that she was getting a couple of black eyes, but that doesn't seem to be the case.  So, if that kind of bruising always happens with a broken nose, then we… — The mark just keeps getting more and more angry and red. I was convinced initially that she was getting a couple of black eyes, but that doesn't seem to be the case. So, if that kind of bruising always happens with a broken nose, then we are probably in the clear. The bridge of her nose is rather swollen though. *sigh*