And it is an Hit, well to the face! OUCH!!

So had to post this pic as promised to some of you. Yes, you can actually see the stiching of the softball on her little, well big chin! So as you know Gretchen as played t-ball for 2 years and moved up to softball this past year, which I love this level and watching her play. And as most of you know I am the kind of mom that says brush it off, you are fine. Well with that being said, Gretchen is playing right field, one of the power hitters on the other team gets up and line drives it towards her, grounder, so Gretchen is in position to stop the ball and it takes a bounce and she did stop it, just not with her glove, it was with her face literally! So the coaches instantly star running to her and she starts to cry on the field and they all start looking for me, so I run on the field, again not my style and another mom runs for ice and they put her in the dugout with ice. Then I see it, the stitching, the swelling, the bruising already! Can you say OUCH?? But I have to say she got back on that field and played the rest of the game, I was so proud of that because I know it could have been real easy not to ever play again and be scared, but she wasn't. The positive is that now she knows, yes it hurts, but it gets better and she is ready to sign up again, so it must have not been all that bad. To be honest I think she wore it like a badge of honor, like bring it! LOL - she is so my kid, what can I say! Plus she liked that the coaches were all like OMG, we are going to get her something from the concession stand for taking one for the team. So I think the most painful part for her was that I kept taking pics of her chin,(why her tongue is out) so I would have them to show her in the future, you know in her scrapbook that I have not done! Well at least I am thinking ahead.