Kyler Urich was baseball mad, he had the fever and he had it bad!
It all kind of started with us bringing Kyler to the Rockies game back in May. He really made the connection to baseball and began to understand the basic premise of the game. Then the connection was solidified when we visited our friends, Billy and Mariah in Montrose, CO and their three boys. They had a real t-ball glove, and Kyler wore it pretty much the entire time that we were there. Everytime even a clip of baseball comes on the TV Kyler shouts out! Since he became so interested in the sport, I picked out a couple of baseball books on one of our many trips to the library. He LOVES to read them, as I posted before, he also likes to sleep with them. So, for his birthday he conveniently received lots of baseball paraphernalia.

Another one of the gifts he got for his birthday was a beach towel that folds up nicely into a backpack. One evening we tried on the towel backpack and Kyler said, "O-k, bye, bye!" So I predictably responded with, "Where are you going?" He blew me away with his immediate response of, "To the ball game!" After having a chuckle, I thought about why he might have said that and concluded that it was probably because we have been singing, "Take me out to the ball game" quite frequently. So cute!
One of the books that we got from the library is titled, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". It tells about how the song originated. It is one of his favorites (he sleeps with it often)! Since we have read it numerous times, Kyler pretty much has it memorized. Here is his rendition of the song!
Since Kyler has been asking so much about going "to the ball game", I decided that I would take him to see a high school game. Not to mention our good friend, Dave, coaches so we were able to support him too. While Josh was out of town, Kyler and I got a little bored, so we headed out to Butch Butler Field to catch a summer league game. Kyler loved it! He sat in the bleachers so well just staring at the players, listening to the surroundings, and clapping when the other fans clapped. He even gave high-fives to the entire front row on the way out. Now when you ask him, "Kyler, what do you do with a baseball?" He will respond with, "Heet (hit), tatch (catch), and throw!
We are hoping to make it to at least one more Rockies game before the end of baseball season!