T-Ball Time

You can imagine the excitement in our house when we found out that Eli was old enough to play t-ball this Spring. He barely made it. Like if I would have delivered him two hours later on the night of April 30, 2009, he would be sitting out this season! He's obviously the youngest one on his team, and at times it shows, but he's done well keeping up with the older boys so far.

Saturday was opening day, and I know it brought back such fun memories for Danny.

 Danny wore the #10 from the very earliest days of his baseball career. Imagine the added excitement when we took Eli's uniform out of the bag to find a #10 on his jersey!

Some of his teammates waiting for the opening day parade to start.

 

 I LOVE this boy in a baseball hat. 

 Coach Craig is always messing with Eli and they get to laughing so hard at each other. 

Sadly, the rain began to fall about 10 minutes before their first game was suppose to start later on in the day. We had to wait a few days to see these guys in action, but it was well worth the wait! Monday night they finally got to play. It was freezing cold and windy, but it really didn't seem to bother the boys.

 He takes his Gatorade drinking very seriously, and was sure to re-hydrate in between every inning.

 All smiles!

 He enjoys batting and running the bases more than playing the field so far. He hit the ball on the first swing each time, and ran his little heart out!

I wish I had a picture of him trying to steal third. It was hilarious!

He cut his finger on the fence early in the game, so he became a little distracted by that, but overall it was a great first game!