The T-Ball Chronicles

2010-08-26T04:49:00.000-07:00

Well no posts since TBALL is over lol

ya'll can keep up with Nate as usual at

www.n8andnoah.com

and see any new memorial pages for Noah.

2010-05-21T17:56:00.001-07:00

Two games the last 2 nights and 3 more next week!
Then we are all DONE!

Last nights game went pretty well, Nathan didn't make any real hits, and was in fine form having his coaches chase him around home plate , refusing to leave the field and being escorted from 1st base when he got out, lol
But hey, they did win!

Tonight's game he hit a GOOD ball and made a run in! And no one had to chase him! lol
you can hear the other kids on his team cheering for him!

2010-05-12T14:36:00.001-07:00

Nathan is still sick and won't play tomm night either. He might go watch, but we will see. Hopefully by next week he will back on track.

Until then he is occupying himself by doing other things, lol...

2010-05-09T22:12:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately N8 is sick and missed his game last week... we dont have another game until Thursday so *hopefully* he might just make that one.
This is his last week of school also and he's gonna miss at least 3 days of it, lol.
He's still asking me to *sign him out of baseball* because he doesnt want to play anymore..lol.

2010-04-26T19:45:00.001-07:00

We had an away game tonight and just got home at 935 pm!

It was a good game for Nate (we lost), he went to bat 3 times in this game, and hit it over he line every time! And made it to base! On his own merit!
whoo-hoo!

He got out between 2nd and 3rd the first two times at bat, and out on first the last time.
What was funny, was that the first time at bat, between 2nd and 3rd base, the other team was running to tag him and got him.. he got mad and had to be forcefully removed from the field (ok not really too forceful, but they had to physically make him, lol). So the second time he made it to second I guess he knew they would tag him and he ran in circles and had everyone laughing at him trying to outrun them. It was funny, he stayed on field that time and got to run in so he wouldnt have to be *removed* again, lol.
Gonna upload some pics to flikr and then I will come back and post the link to them! Here is a pic of him from tonight though...

Flikr has been updated with about 13 new pics!

2010-04-13T09:57:00.001-07:00

I'm making a Photo set on Flikr to add the T-Ball pictures too, it's just easier..

T-Ball Pics

2010-04-10T21:04:00.000-07:00

Nathan played his first 2 real games this week! Thursday night they played and they won 29-20!
Nathan hit the ball but got out each time the first game.. but they let him run the bases anyways and he thinks he made 2 home runs, lol. Today, they played their second game and they lost.. but Nathan made his first base hit and made it all the to home! He was so happy.
And each player got a medal, so he really thinks he is something!
I took about 400 pictures (seriously) but I'm finding that uploading them to this blog takes forever for some reason. So i'm looking for a place to upload pictures to that wont take forever. I will try and remember to add some pics tomm.

2010-04-02T18:59:00.001-07:00

i have a lot of pictures to upload one day this week. A LOT.
Think we finally found out how to get Nate to bat better.. he has to hit from the LEFT side.
Go figure.. hes right handed?
lol

2010-03-30T21:25:00.000-07:00

Nathan is really liking playing T-Ball so far. He likes running the bases and playing in the grass and dirt at any rate, lol. I'm hoping to get some pictures of him in his uniform this weekend. They had their first practice game tonight, but he's been running a low grade temp so he missed it, but THEY WON!
Maybe Friday he will be well and can go to practice and I can get a few snapshots!

2010-03-21T09:27:00.001-07:00

So last Tuesdays practice went about the same.. Nate practiced for a while and then sat for a while.. he seems to want to take a *break* about half way through every time. So here he is defending home plate when they had him playing catcher, lol.

And Friday he was sick so he missed practice....

2010-03-13T08:25:00.001-08:00

Nathan went to his second t-ball practice yesterday. He had fun. Half way through practice he told his coach he needed a break and then sat at home plate for a while just watching practice, lol.
He wore his batting helmet the whole practice but eventually decided it needed to come off because it was *confusing his brain cells and he couldn't think with it on*

sitting with part of the team

everyone listening to coach, Nate filling his lap with grass

waiting to catch the ball

taking his *break* at home plate behind the coaches

getting a little help before batting

He did hit the ball after a few tries and took off running, lol.

2010-03-10T04:34:00.000-08:00

Ok.. so we missed T-Ball practice yesterday. It was kinda windy and chilly/humid and just overall typical Louisiana damp out there.. and he had a runny nose.. so I didn't push it.

Monday we got the official diagnosis of Hypotonic Cerebral Palsy for Nate as well. Today is Wednesday so we will have physical therapy. I'll post another blog post on Friday or Sat after practice!

2010-03-05T18:38:00.000-08:00

So Nathan watched his cousin, Josh, play t-ball all last summer and lamented over the fact he couldn't be *on the team*. So this year Nathan is signed up and *on the team*.

He genuinely had a blast running on the field and hitting the ball off the T. His skills of course are not up to par with the other kids.. but I think he will improve some this summer, he may never be up to par with them, but he will improve.

He told me he was soooo awesome out on the field and he ran to all the bases and to the home run plate... we plan on trying to pump up his ego by telling him over and over how awesome he truly is (not that his ego needs much inflating). I hope this will be good for him, his OT and PT therapists are very happy about his t-ball season!

Here are a few pics from the cell phone, because while I took my handy dandy canon digital rebel with me, I failed to insert the memory card into it before leaving home...

the new t-ball shoes

Nate on the field

holding a bat i think?

We have practice on Tuesdays and Fridays I think.. games won't start until mid April.. so I am going to try and update this at least once a week! Off we go!