Swing, Batter, Batter!

Bailey had her first tee ball practice last night.  She was super excited to play all the way up until we actually met her team on the field, at which point she decided it would be way more fun to have me out there with her than to go it alone.  She did great, though.

She's the only girl on the team {the youngest and the smallest}, and they pretty much spent the entire practice like this:

 Not a single one of them knew what they were doing and it was adorable.  The boys were quick to chase after balls after they were hit to them in the field.  Bailey did a lot of watching and pretty much just let the boys handle it.  When Coach Dave had her field a ball, Bailey picked it up with her glove hand and just held onto it.  She threw it with that hand, too. 

She LOVED hitting the ball, though.  She hasn't quite figured out that after you hit the ball you run to first base--she would hit the ball and just stand there.  Sometimes she'd hit the ball and then run out and field it herself, skipping the run to first base altogether.  Baby steps.

They have their first game tomorrow morning, and it's sure to be hilariously cute.  Scott is going to take her out back tonight and practice a bit with her.  All in all, though, she had fun and that's all I care about.  The mechanics of the game will come later.  Considering she's never swung a bat before, I don't think she did half bad.  :-)