Baseball has consumed our life lately..............
3-hour practices.
Father and son coming home tired on school nights.
Double headers every weekend.
Traveling to tournaments an hour away.
Eating Subway/McDonald's/concession stand food all day.
Finally catching on...and packing fruit, yogurt, granola, and water in a cooler.
Sunsceen, sunscreen, sunscreen.
Jamie on the stat book, taking notes so meticulously, you would think he was doing calculus.
Sitting with my Dad, watching the game. Grandpa loves to watch them.
The Hutcheson family coming for games, and watching David re-live his baseball days as he watches.
Lily Grace sitting on my lap, so I can smell her head.
Katie asking me for a dollar, every hour on the hour.
Running Gatorades to the dugout. Blue is his favorite.
Going through sunflower seeds so fast that it makes sense to buy the big case from Sam's.
Taking lots of pictures, and really having fun with my camera lately...
I am so grateful Jamie is right by his side through all of this.
He looks out for him.
He is an encouraging force when needed, and knows when to hold back to just let him make mistakes.
He is patient and calming during hitting slumps.
He knows how to read him, like only a Dad can.
Jamie is a really good coach...
...but more importantly, he is a great dad.
Then, there are the times after the games are over....when the pressure is off.........the players are just cutting loose...having fun...without any pressure to hit, catch, throw perfectly, no stats being recorded on their progress...when they can just be...well, boys.
Boys having fun playing barefoot baseball.
Oh....and this was priceless...after the team had gone 0-2 for the tournament on the first day, you would think they'd be exhausted.
But, NO.
Someone spied a huge dirt pile in the distance...and after repeated begging, they finally got clearance from the coaches to go explore it.
And...explore it they did.
It's moments like this that I'm happy we have committed this time in our lives to him.
Happy that he is surrounded by a really great group of kids.
Happy that he is learning work ethics and discipline.
Happy that we made the leap.
Happy that Jamie and Jordan will never forget this team.
Happy that they like it so much.
Happy that our family supports each other, no matter what.
Baseball makes him happy.
Happy son, Happy Mom...:)
I love this face SO MUCH...and the person behind it, even more. :)
5 comments:
OMG! Holy post galore! I think u just picture vommitted green all over your blog! But, it's a "nice shade of green".
I love all of these! The candids are out of this world! And then the pictures of the nonliving things (ie, bats, baseball, glove, shoes, home base, etc) are INCREDIBLE!!!
Jordan looks so happy in all these shots!! You're right, a happy Jordan = a happy auntie!
He is so special in so many ways!!
xoxo everyone!!
Holy "Baseball Mama" now those were some good pictures! Don't think I am not gonna go out and try to recreate some of those shots!!! I showed this on to Jackson and he said you should have told everyone how fast Jordan is! Jackson said he is the fastest kid he knows!!!!!! I guess that explaines the fun they are having whilr we listen to the band!!!!!!!!
really wish there was a spell check on these damn comment post!
Hey Donna, it's called a dictionary, go and get one! lol
Love that Jordan is so fast; I don't think I knew that he was that fast!!
What great pictures! You sure do have a gift! I love them! I hope one day I'll get to experience a bit of the 'baseball scene'! Hope you enjoy your Easter with your family~
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