"Today we are here in Philidelphia closing of the Victory tour, one person to look out for is Christen Press as she tries to make it to 100 goals, only needing 2 more goals until she reaches said goal."
"If she gets to 100th today John, that would make her the 9th USWNT player to reach 100, following her wife, Michelle Press."
"Another thing that I noticed in today's match is Isabella Press, their daughter, is starting this match but not in the position we thought she was going to be in, right now looking at the line-up, we could clearly see her name in the backline in the middle of Becky Sauerbrunn and Crystal Dunn."
"Yeah, Vlatko has been experimenting with her and her chemistry on the field and the way she connects with her teammates. Take yesterday as an example, she was playing in goal during their scrimmage."
"Goal?? I mean what do you expect? She is the daughter of both Christen and Michelle, especially Michelle, I mean look at her when she first started. I guess you could say that Vlatko found a KEEPER."
"Oh god, John no."
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"Cutting in from the left, sprinting towards the goal post is Christen Press going to take the shot? SHE IS! CHRISTEN PRESS IS ONE GOAL AWAY FROM 100!"
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"Oohhh, a clean tackle from Isabella Press, she crosses it towards the middle of the field where Michelle Press easily got it, she's sprinting to the goal post, her head looking around, probably to look for her wife."
"Christen pops out of nowhere, Michelle passes it to her and she shoots, she SCORESSSS!!! CHRISTEN PRESS ON 100 GOALS!! OFFICIALLY MAKE HER THE 9TH USWNT PLAYER TO REACH THIS MILESTONE!!"
"And it was a family effort!"
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The plane just landed and now they are back in Los Angeles, to go back home for the Press family and the rest are just for some media duties since they were tasked with some Victory tour interviews and photoshoots.
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"So today is September 24, which means Chris and I have been married for 4 years now today."
"And we plan on spending the day to ourselves without the kids. So we asked a few people to help Isabella babysit."
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The doorbell rang and Christen took a break from straightening her hair to go and open the door. When she did, she was met by Emily Sonnett and Rose Lavelle's grinning faces.
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"Are we excited to be leaving the twins with the younglings?"
Christen made eye contact with the camera lens and immediately shook her head, Michelle agreeing with her.
"Fuck no. But they would be alright. Even though Isabella is the most mature out of all of them and it makes me feel a little better to know that Samantha Mewis would be coming by with Mal and Lindsey so they are going to be alright.... right?"
Michelle looked at Christen, trying to see if her wife agrees with her but Chris looked even more concerned than she was an hour ago, making Mitch a little anxious.
"I have faith in them?"
"Chris, you're making me worry more."
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Christen let them in, the two soccer players having a bounce in their step.
"Mitch and I would be leaving in 30 minutes. I gave you a list of the things you have to make sure you do, but Isabella is here so she could help you both with everything. The twins are still taking a nap so you have like an hour before they wake up."
"We got this Chris, go finish doing your hair."
Christen looked at them warily.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes Christen, now go."
"Fine, but Isabella is walking Bambi so she's going to arrive in a few minutes."
They sat on the couch, scrolling through their Instagram while waiting for Isabella and for further instructions when the door opened. In came Isabella, who was sweaty in her sports bra and shorts showing off her 6 packs, her AirPods in her ear. She was still holding Bambi's leash and it looked like she didn't notice her teammates on the couch.
Her head turned, only to see both Emily and Rose staring at her abdomen but she just ignored it and smiled at them.
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"People had been staring at my abdomen area, even when I was running with Bambi and I don't get why ya know, have you seen my Mom's?"
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"Damnnn those guns and abs though."
Isabella rolled her eyes and chuckled.
"Oh hey guys, since when have you guys been here?"
"Just a few minutes."
Michelle and Christen came down, wearing casual clothes and holding a bag. They smiled at the three younger girls and went over to kiss Isabella's forehead and hugged the two girls on the couch.
"We're leaving now, the list of things is on the counter. We're coming back at around dinner time."
They nodded their heads and watched as the married couple walked over to their car outside. They looked at each other before Isabella bent down to remove the leash from Bambi.
"I'm just going to take a shower."
They nodded their heads and watched Isabella go up the stairs. Emily and Rose looked at each other before rushing towards Bambi who loved the additional attention.
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"For our anniversary, Mitch and I thought that we could just spend like the majority of the time on the beach since it has been a while and just have brunch on the restaurants by the shoreline and then we're going on a Walmart run since we are running low on supplies then buy some dinner for everyone on our way home."
Mitch smiled at Christen as she squeezed her hand, which rested on her lap.
"I'm actually super excited. I get to put on my bikini after so long."
Christen's cheeks redden at the thought of her wife in a bikini.
"And.... I just can't wait."
Mitch raised an eyebrow and gave her wife a suggestive look.
"For the beach or me in a bikini?"
"Both."
"Of course."
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Christen set the camera up since they were going to do everything vlog style. Christen gave the camera a cute wave before sitting back down in her seat as Michelle started the car.
As they waited in traffic, Chris couldn't help but look over at Michelle who has been dancing with the music. She watched her wife bounce around on her seat but suddenly she did a body roll and she suddenly felt her mouth go dry.
"Oh my god." She whispered under her breath.
Mitch noticed that her wife suddenly became quiet so she took a quick glance beside her before turning back to the road and moved the car forward as the traffic slowly started moving.
"What?"
"I just love you so much."
Michelle felt her heart swoon as she reached over and grabbed Christen's left hand, resting both of her hands on her lap.
"I love you so much more."
Christen rolled her eyes, trying to stop her smile but she couldn't stop it.
"Honey, we're going to be doing this the whole day if you don't stop being competitive."
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Back at the house, the twins finally woke up while Isabella was still taking a shower so Rose and Emily held onto the list that Mitch and Chris gave them tightly as they rushed up the stairs to meet the babbling one-year-olds. When they opened the door, the twins looked up from where they were sitting on the crib and gave the soccer players a confused look but they looked happy to see them.
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Emily and Rose gave the camera a cheeky grin as they sat in front of the camera.
"We're excited to be spending the day with the twins because most of the time during camp, they are with the veterans."
"Yeah, we're going to be the greatest babysitters yet."
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Isabella looked at the camera with a straight face.
"I have a feeling that I am going to be doing most of the work, at least until Sam and Lindsey arrive. Rose will just play with the dog and Emily would try to pass every other responsibility towards me while I try to make sure she doesn't accidentally kill my sisters."
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"Hello, my little babies."
Emily bent down and carried Aquila and Rose carried Diana.
"What do we do?"
"Change the diapers."
Emily scrunched up her nose and nudged Rose.
"You could do that."
Rose glared at Emily and scoffed.
"There are 2 of them, we get one each."
They placed the twins on the changing table, putting up the side so they won't fall before going to their walk-in closet to look at clothes. Emily picked clothes for Diana while Rose picked clothes for Aquila. They got the clothes and went back to the changing table where the twins were pointing at hanging stars above them.
"Tar, tar Di."
"Abuuuuuuuv."
Rose and Emily pouted at each other, cooing at how adorable they both are and showing themselves to the twins. Emily looked at Harold, who has been following them around the whole time.
"So 'we'..." She pointed at Rose, who was just looking at her in disbelief. "Are going to be changing their diapers before changing them."
"You know what Em, I can't hear anything."
"What? I said we."
"Fuck you."
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Mitch and Chris arrived at the beach and they walked along the boardwalk hand in hand as they looked for a place to eat brunch.
"It's a beautiful day, the sun is up and I want some ice cream."
Chris leaned into MItch's shoulder and smiled at the camera.
"It's going to be a fun day."
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Emily started panicking when Aquila started crying, the Diana followed. She carried the both of them and started swaying them back and forth trying to get them to calm down. She looked over at Rose and scoffed when she was just playing with Bambi.
"Rose, we are here to babysit the babies, not the dog."
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Isabella rushed to the other room when she heard the crying. She quickly got Aquila from her hold, knowing Diana won't stop until her sister stops. Emily sighed in relief when she saw Isabella and started concentrating on Di.
"Rose, get your ghost ass over here."
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Michelle and Christen sat on the tables, enjoying their brunch with the salty wind blowing their faces. They hav been enjoying their time alone and each other's company.
"This is nice, no crying, no thinking about soccer and work."
Christen hummed and nodded her head in agreement.
"We should do this every anniversary."
"I agree."
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"The twins are hungry, can you please put them on the high chair while I go and get their food?"
Thye nodded and carried the kids, going down to the kitchen. Emily watched in amusement as they started babbling, probably trying to say how hungry they are.
"You love to eat, but you barely have any teeth, so how are you gonna do that?"
The twins ignored her and started clapping when they saw the bananas and cereals that were placed in front of them. Emily and Rose watched with a grimace as the twins basically crush their food with their gums.
"Oh okay, so that's how."
"It's gross."
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They moved to the living room after they ate and they placed them on the couch for a little playdate. Rose watched over Diana while Emily looked after Aquila, giving time for Isabella to do her school work on the other couch.
"Do you want me to tell you a story Akie?"
Akie nodded her head and waited for the defender to start her story.
"Okay, so George woke up one day, and.... that's all I got."
Rose and Isabella snorted at that, Rose throwing the plushy at one of her best friends.
"You have no imagination whatsoever."
"It's not like you could do better."
Rose scoffed and carried Diana, sitting her down beside her older sister.
"BUckle in kiddos, you are in for a very fun ride of expert storytelling."
"I'm pretty sure it's a story about a chihuahua named Brian."
Rose scoffed and shook her head.
"No... her name is Ana and she is a German Shepherd."
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After an hour of playing, panicking whenever they would cry, and mental breakdowns because they have no idea what to do (while Isabella just watched them very amused), Sam, Lindsey, and Mal finally came.
They quickly opened the door and passed the babies to Sam and Mal,
"Okay now, your turn."
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It was already 7 in the evening when Michelle and Christen arrived home, holding multiple bags of chipotle for the girls. They opened the door and noticed that it was quiet so they tiptoed to the living room to be met by a very adorable sight.
All the girls were in the living room sleeping, some on the couch, others on the floor. Their eyes landed on the twins who were on top of Sam, and they were holding hands while Sam has her arms around them.
Rose and Sonnett looked the most exhausted though, hair that was in a ponytail when they arrived now all over the place, and they watched in amusement as Rose cuddled deeper into Bambi as Isabella laid on top of the 3 of them.
"Well, they look like they had fun."
"Yeah, we should ask them to do it again next year or something."
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A/n: I spent 2 days with babies just clinging on me and my parents think that it makes me not want to have children but I want it more now LMAO
Also, I imagine Rose babysitting and I am living for it. Like the constant panic when the baby cries. Giving me awkward Rose vibes and I love it.