Baseball Time!

We decided to put Zach is in the Miracle League this year for the first time. This is a baseball league for disabled children in our area. It is a phenomenal experience for kids with a multitude of disabilities who would otherwise never get to experience sports and everything that goes along with that. We have had 2 weeks of play and it has been interesting and fun! He has had a great time with his daddy as you can see from the pictures below. The first week was difficult. His game was around his nap time and it was hot which is a problem for him but this week he was great. We had a few tantrums but at least we didn't have any full blown melt downs. YEAH! Zach was able to swing the bat all by himself this week and he actually made contact with the ball. It was very exciting and we are so proud of him!

Deciding if we are going to warm up! :-)

Out on the field with daddy!

Water Break!

Warming up his arm!

Zach hitting the ball!

Rounding third with papa!

Rounding third with daddy!

Crossing home plate! YEAH Zach!

Update!

Well I have been reading other's blogs for sometime now and since my little sis is doing it I thought I would join her. Where to start? Frank and I currently live in Georgia and absolutely love it! We have 3 beautiful children ~ Brock, 17, Therese, 15 and Zach who is 6. We recently built our dream house on an acre and are very close to my parents. (right down the street) As for our header (Hope~Energy~Life) is has great meaning to us. It is the motto that we live by since our youngest was diagnosed with a Mitochondrial Disorder. The plain English explanation... Mitochondrial diseases result from failures of the mitochondria, specialized compartments present in every cell of the body except red blood cells. Mitochondria are responsible for creating more than 90% of the energy needed by the body to sustain life and support growth. When they fail, less and less energy is generated within the cell. Cell injury and even cell death follow. If this process is repeated throughout the body, whole systems begin to fail, and the life of the person in whom this is happening is severely compromised. I keep a site going on his progress so feel free to stop by there and check it out. (www.caringbridge.org/visit/zacharyboutwell)

I will try and put in some updates on the past few months as well as upload some pics for everyone. Thanks for visiting!