Cristina Alexander

And then, of course, like, the obvious is, like, bringing Josie around and having her.

I mean, again, she's not going to remember any of it.

But just still, like, just having her around and hopefully bringing, like, just, like, good vibes.

I think something that I really enjoyed as a mom when I would bring...

you know, Sloan or ocean around, it was just, um, it took everyone's mind off of that pressure of feeling like you have to, you know, go and perform out on the field and, and do your job super well.

It's just that you could have a breath and really understand, okay, this is, we can, we're all human and this is like really fun.

And you kind of take that pressure away, which I thought was really valuable for the group.

So I'm excited to see

in here.

Yeah.

Emma actually, like when I told her I was pregnant, she was like, you're going to like have a new, whole new perspective on the game.

And I feel like it's that perspective.

Like, like you go home and like, okay, whatever happened in training or a game, like at the end of the day, like it really doesn't matter.

Like you go home and you're like daughter,

or your kids are sitting there, it's probably the best thing ever.

I can't wait.

It's super refreshing.

So I'm excited to have you experience that as well.

But talking about just the depth within both at the club level and country now, and your position is as strong as it's ever been.

How do you view that competition as you work your way back into the national team picture?