Jakob's 1st game

Our Saturday was a good one. Jakob had his first baseball game of the 2009 Astros season. It started out as not that great of a game. The other team went up fast on the runs but the Astros never gave up and hung in there the whole time. They ended up tying the game at 5-5 before it was called due to the time limit. Jakob got an awesome hit and actually scored a run. We were so proud of him! His position is 1st base which is a very high stress place but he played it with a smile, a big smile. Andy was the 1st base coach and so I got an awesome picture of the 2 of them. What I did miss was the picture (or better yet the video) of Andy talking to Jakob while he was on base after his hit and Jakob looking at Dad with big eyes and a big smile and saying "okay dad!" with the facial expression of "got it, I know what to do, I made it here didn't I?!" Later that evening we got a pleasant surprise because Landry, Baylee, Laura, and Bryan stopped by. We got to go out to eat with them and visit for a little bit which was nice because with all our schedules we haven't been able to get together with them in a while!

Here's Jakob up to bat right before he got his hit. Hopefully you can make out the smile on his face. It made the whole thing of practices, stress of games, prices of signing up, buying the new equipment, etc. worth it!This was his hit. The ball is already out of the picture and he is fixing to be off to 1st base!I love this picture with the exception of the pole that cuts through the top 3rd of it. However the pole doesn't take away too much from what I captured in this picture. I love it!!!Jakob was really proud of the "impact mark" left on his bat from his hit. He thought it was awesome that you could even see the laces mark. I am just happy that he is happy!!!

Dad and his boys. This was after the game and Jakob was losing interest fast in pictures after pictures. However mom didn't care and was bound and determined to get at least one more.
Naturally mom had to get her picture took with her boys. Although I did fight for a one more with all 4 of us (well as many as it took to get a good one), since you don't see that picture, you can guess correctly that I didn't get my wish. Oh well, maybe next time...or the time after that!