our LOVELY little life: Take me out to the Ballgame…

As I sat back in my lawn chair and watched Drew’s first T-ball game, I couldn't help thinking that this was just the beginning. The beginning of countless hours spent at the ball fields. It just made me feel like another milestone has been met. I know it’s only T-ball but as I sat there watching the game, the next 16 years of his life flashed before my eyes. I have a strong feeling that much of that time will be spent watching Drew on his various sports teams. So here we go…

His team is the red team and appropriately so, they decided to be the Cardinals. This week we will be going to get his name and number printed on the back of his “jersey” (t-shirt). He is able to pick his own number and of course, he picked number 11…just like Dad.

Don’t get me wrong…he has the attention span of a nat and was EASILY distracted by the infield dirt and snapping the button on the batting helmet, but overall…he loved it! I’m sure Darren has made a mental list of things he needs to work on…like stepping and throwing at the same time, figuring out if he wants to bat left or right handed and running the bases in the right order. Regardless, it’s all part of the overall experience and he had so much fun.

His favorite part of the game seems to be running the bases. At one point he was on 1st and just decided to take off and run to 3rd…even though the batter hadn’t hit the ball and I guess 2nd base must have been out of the way so he opted for a short cut to 3rd. The lady sitting next to me was laughing and said “oh no, we have ONE on the run!” I was so proud to say, “yes, that ONE is mine.” Good times!

Pre-game warmup...