Decker’s 1st year of Baseball

This summer was Decker’s first year of playing coach pitch baseball (it’s no longer called t-ball he often reminded me, it’s coach pitch baseball).  Decker had so much fun playing and really enjoyed it.  I wondered how he would do as he only knew one other kid on the team from preschool when he was 4 and didn’t know any of the coaches.  But my first baby is all grown up and didn’t even think twice about leaving me for practice :)  Decker got a chance to play all of the positions this summer and was really excited the one time he got to play catcher – I guess the equipment looked like fun to wear!  By the end of the season he got several outs by grounding a ball and running to the base to get the runner out.  He also got several hits throughout the season off the coaches instead of just the tee (you get 4 coach pitches and if you don’t hit it, then you get to hit off the tee.)  I loved to see how big his smile was when he got those hits!!  He was so excited!  Grady had fun too watching his big brother play and really wanted to go on the field with him.  We were very proud of the player Decker was this summer – he hustled, listened to the coaches, improved as the season went on and most importantly had lots of fun playing!