Besides signing his ball, Elijah also wrote out the game specifics. He wrote, "3 hits, 1 RBI, 1 run, 2 catches and a tackle." After having a bit of a hitting slump, that game was so exciting and wonderful. Three hits was amazing, he scored his first run of the season, he made two great plays in the outfield, and he got tackled! Unfortunately, learning how to field can be pretty confusing, and when the other coach yelled to his boys to tag Elijah, they got a little overzealous and tackled him instead. Understandably it was quite upsetting, but the amazing thing was how resilient Elijah was -- after all the drama he went on to get two more hits. All in all, it was an amazing, exciting game. That game single handedly turned his season around and gave him new interest and new confidence. He's come such a long way -- at last night's game, he had three hits, he got a hit every time he was up to bat and he scored two runs. Baseball has become so much fun!
Fortunately, one of the team moms took a video of Elijah scoring his first run. As you can see, he was almost tagged out at home, but the fielder accidentally tagged him with his empty hand.
That same mom also taped Elijah receiving the game ball. You can see in the video that he was excited, overwhelmed and maybe a little nervous when he was given the game ball. He saved his celebrating for later, and once the news sunk in, he was over the moon. :)
That night, we had Dendi, Bapa, Uncle Jason and Auntie Andrea over for dinner and to celebrate the game ball. Thoughtfully, Dendi brought balloons to Elijah to commemorate his accomplishment. Elijah loved posing with his balloons, signing his game ball and posing with his ball.
Along with Elijah's balloons, Dendi also brought Keira a balloon, too.
Finally, no family celebration can be complete without a little cuddle time.
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