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Saturday, June 5, 2010

MLB: Mommy Loves Baseball

I love this baseball-y life I'm living.  It started with Hubby.  He has always loved and played softball since well before I met him - when he was a young child, actually.  He likes a lot of different sports, but softball is His Thing.  He coaches his coed slo-pitch team and they usually play once or twice a week. 

Then J.  He was four when we registered him for T-ball and he loved it from the beginning.  Eight years later, he is still passionate about baseball and is now playing at a competitive level in Pee Wee AA.  It's quite intense, really.  Almost every weekend, he plays four games.  Two games out of town (a two-hour drive each way) on one day, and two games played locally on the other day.  He also has two practices during the week and sometimes a game against a local team on a weeknight, too.  It's exhausting.  But so much fun!  Miss M, Hubby and I have never missed a game.  We love to cheer on J and his team.  And they are good.  Miss M (aka Miss Socialite) loves going to games too.  She climbs on the play structures, makes friends with other kids, plays with the babies, and plays 'hairdresser' to any girl or mom who will let her.  If all else fails, she digs in her bag and plays barbies or colors in her coloring book.  Our weekends are tiring and the house stays messy, but J loves it and we truly love watching and supporting him.

This week I realized that I better get used to this baseball thing because it's not going to end any time soon.  J is getting more competitive every year, and now Miss M is playing too!  Thursday was her first night of T-ball and she loved it.  She listened, she practiced, she smiled.  She was proud.  We were proud.  It was great!

I have never played baseball, other than when I was forced to in gym class in junior high school.  I never played (or liked) any sports.  Well, I used to be a cheerleader (no, not one of those cheerleaders - we were power cheerleaders who only participated in competitions), but I know it still doesn't really count as a sport.  Now my hubby and both kids are playing baseball.  I can't coach or practice with them, but I am still their biggest fan and will always be there, cheering from the sidelines.  Hey, I guess cheerleading in high school did come in handy!  :-)

Here are our gorgeous baseball-playin' sluggers:


Awesome, aren't they!?

18 comments:

  1. That's fantastic :) My husband is an avid baseball fan, and is hoping that Fynn is interested in baseball when the time comes.. as long as it's not football I'm ok with it!

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  2. Wow, your son looks like a serious player (he's got that "waiting for the line drive" stance down!), and your daughter's pink glove is the best! Here's to lots more home runs and seventh-inning stretches in your future. =>

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  3. Corinne - Yeah, I'm glad J didn't want to play football! Not sure if I could be quite as supportive.

    Stacia - He really is intense. He's getting so OLD it's scary! Miss M is totally pink'd out. She has the pink glove, bat, AND helmet! :-)

    Wow, I just noticed how horrible the quality is of these photos. I stole them from Facebook because I was too lazy to switch computers, but I think I might have to go do it now!

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  4. Baseball is a wonderful mix of intensity and calm. Passionate but not too aggressive. I love that my pink-loving girl played this spring, but it was all local. That schedule sounds intense! But it sounds like you make it wonderful. Go team!

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  5. it's so sweet that y'all have never missed a game.

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  6. Thanks, Kate! Yeah, it was all local (except for a few tournaments) up until this year. Now it's at a whole new level of hectic! But we have fun!

    Thanks Alex! It's great too, because Miss M only plays on Thursdays and J never plays on Thursdays so it works!

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  7. Yes,they ARE awesome...I am so proud of them! You and Daniel are terrific parents. Keep up the good work, they will remember everything you did for them.

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  8. Yay for baseball (even in the rain?) ;)

    I foresee baseball in our future. Mr. T was a ball player - he was drafted to the majors, but got a rotator cuff injury and that was that. Q seems to have inherited some talent and was able to hit a pitch at 17 months.

    It'll be interesting to see if anything comes of it.

    I think it awesome that you have never missed a game!

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  9. So great Shannon! Really, to have this as a family is a very special thing. And look at thos two getting all grown up. Enjoy it, this time will be so fast. And who cares about a dirty house when you have a baseball game to go to. That's what life's really about.

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  10. Sarah - Wow, Q could hit a pitch at 17 months?! That's some amazing stuff! I think you do have a little MLB-er in the making! Yeah, even in the rain it's fun. Especially since we got to sit under a tarp. ;-)

    Christine - Yup, the messy house can wait. It's not going anywhere! And yes, they sure are growing up fast. Man, I feel OLD!

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  11. As long as you all enjoy doing it together as a family, Justine - that's what matters!

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  12. That pink mitt it hot! I think it's wonderful that you guys all have something to do together that you love. And cheering them on is just as important, if not more so, than coaching. They need to know there's relief and love and support on the sidelines.

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  13. Thanks, CK - that's true. Hubby does a lot of practicing with J, so it lets me be the true fan who just loves to watch and lifts his spirits when he feels like he had a bad game.

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  14. This one is for Sarah to comment on, as she has a baseball playing son--a star in the making. My Sweetie is a fan, but so far there are no sidelines for us. It's wonderful that the whole family is involved. THAT is good stuff.

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  15. I never would have dreamed that I would become a baseball fan but now that my whole family is involved, how could I not?! We're even going to see a MLB game during our vacation next month and I'm actually excited about it! We will all enjoy it together and you're right - that IS good stuff! :-)

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  16. Truly a family favorite pasttime! Our season just started too and we're already having a blast! Good luck this season!

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  17. Thanks, Jane! Good luck to you, too!
    Enjoy! :-)

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