coach daddy.

It's a bittersweet day, folks.

Four baseball seasons ago, TJ became "Coach B" when he was an assistant coach at Bryson Middle School. The following three seasons were spent as an assistant coach at our alma mater, Hillcrest High School. And tonight, he will coach his final JV baseball game at the field that helped raise him.

Next year, his biggest fan will start his own baseball career, so TJ will be leaving one coaching position to begin another one; being both daddy and coach on the field at the same time.

We will miss our nights under the lights, and I will especially miss the trips down Memory Lane I get to take each week. Not to mention how fun it has been to meet new people and spend time with those we've known for years as we cheer from the stands the past three years! We know greater things are coming, but change always seems to sting a little. This field he has coached on is the same one we grew up at, and there has been so much joy in living in this story that has truly come full circle.

From being two babies in love used to shyly flirt with each other from a distance here to now bringing our two babies who came to us in love watch their daddy stand at first base and walk out to the mound to give guidance and encouragement to young men.

Full circle.

And we will always be Coach Daddy's biggest fans, in and out of season. Regardless of if he coaches in the major leagues or his kiddos in little league, we'll hoot and holler simply because he's ours. Because he's the best coach, the best man, the best daddy, and the best husband -- always.

Annnnnd because this man in baseball pants is....well, let's just say "mama likey."

(insert winky face emoji here)