Who is ready for baseball season?

If our walls could talk, they might say we are the  most patriotic family in America.
Every night, we end the same way: singing The National Anthem, or "Oh say" as Jake likes to call it.

In fact, at Jake's suggestion, the three of us serenaded our fussy baby with "Oh say" on the way home from bible study last night.
It worked (Jake knows his stuff).
Don't get me wrong, we love America and all, but that is not this reason we sing "Oh say."
Baseball is why we belt out "Oh say."

My little dude has seen a lot of baseball in his 3 years and 11 months and a handful of days on earth and actually knows the sport really well  (daddy works for The Fort Worth Cats Baseball Team)
Every game started the same way "Oh say can you see ..."
And every game ended the same way: with Jake going to talk to "his" baseball players in the locker room.
Last season was the best one yet - despite being massively preggers and sitting in the stands in the sweltering heat almost every night.
Jake was old enough to go out on the field and play catch with his daddy and he was big enough to gather up supplies after the game.
I think he felt proud being able to help.
 I drug my big 'ole belly there last summer because it made my little man's face light up, which obviously made my heart melt!
I always received compliments from fellow fans on how well-behaved Jake was watching the game (he would sit through the whole dang thing and keep his eyes glued to the action).
I would always smile like, any proud mamma would.
BUT, I knew that it wasn't my doing. My little dude just loves baseball so much he gave the perception of being a perfect little angel.
This year, he won't just be sitting in the stands watching... he will become a player. Not for The Cats of course ... we signed him up for a t-ball team along with two of his cousins.
The season starts at the end of the month ... I can't wait!
Chuck and I were laughing the other day, but we are actually a little worried that Jake may freak out if "The Naional Anthem" doesn't play before his games ...
The Cats will also kick things off in May.
And Jake will be promoted with the Cats.
He will likely be a ball boy this year and actually get to wear a uniform and sit on the bench with "his" players popping sunflower seeds.
I will be in the stands being one proud mamma.