Take me out to the Ball Game!

Well, right now Daddy is watching "I Dream of Jeannie", so I decided to write a little bit about my day today. Sorry that it's been such a long time since we have chatted. Well, today, Mama, Daddy and I went to a Spring Training baseball game here in Tucson. My daddy was really happy that one of his dreams has been realized, he has taken his son to a baseball game! Well, it wasn't the Diamondbacks like we would have liked, but we saw the Colorado Rockies vs. the San Diego Padres. Mama made sure that she told me the story how daddy and mama ate dinner with Todd Helton last year. Of course, mama doesn't really understand the levity of this, but daddy was beside himself. Apparently he is a really good hitter. Unfortunately, I didn't see him play today, but that's ok, because we saw some really good baseball. It was a beautiful day for baseball, not too hot, and not too cold. Daddy even let me try out his favorite thing to do at a game, eating sunflowers! Daddy is kind of gross, and he eats them whole. Maybe that is why he gets stomach aches after games all the time. Well, I think my favorite part of the game was the 7th inning stretch, we all sang songs and danced around. I saw some good plays, but I didn't get to see any homeruns. Hopefully, we will be able to go to a lot of Diamondbacks games this summer, I really look forward to this.

Daddy says that I have a few years before I get to play baseball. I have seen pictures of daddy when he used to play baseball. It was his passion, and he truly wanted to play baseball for a career. He tells me though, that he really couldn't play that well, but he has some high hopes for me. I found a funny picture of daddy when he was playing baseball. He tells me that at ages 7, 8, and 9 he played for the Braves in minor league baseball, and for ages 10, 11, and 12 he played for the Dodgers in Little League. Then he played in what was called Senior League at ages 12 and 13 for the Rattlers.

Well, you probably wonder what else has been up in my life? I'm doing pretty well, I am now over 5 months old, daddy wants me to tell everyone that he is 500 months old this month, and that mama will be 420 months old this month also! I don't know if mama really wants daddy to tell every one this, but sometimes I think there was a reason why daddy didn't get married until he was 40 years old!!! :) I am just joking, I love my daddy alot. We are getting ready to go to Seattle later this week. We are going for my Grandpa Jim's memorial. I will get to see a lot of people up there, and daddy says that I will be going in something called an airplane! I am really excited, but mama and daddy are a bit nervous about it, because sometimes I tend to show my displeasure with things in a a rather vocal way... I don't know what the problem is with that, because everyone says that one should not hide their emotions.... I will see how it is, I definitely let everyone know what happens.

Well, I love you all, and hope to talk to you soon... Ashton James Nebeker