Swimming Update

Eben has enjoyed 3 sessions of swimming now.  He seems to like the water, although he is pretty serious-faced most of the time.  The instructors warned us last week that this week we are going to be working on submerging...I was like, yeah right I don't think so.  Last week I tried to get the little guy to blow bubbles and he ended up inhaling, choking on the water like crazy...coughing, flailing his arms, gagging, the whole works.  Well, under the pressure of swimming lessons, I gave it a shot.  I blew in Eben's face and quickly dunked him under and pulled him back up.  Good news is he had no cries any of the 3 times he did this.  Bad news is it was terrifying for me every time.  He proved to me, however, that he is capable of being a little fish, which apparently is something babies are good at.  Next week, on to life jackets!

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Our Little Joy

This is a little glimpse into what we get to enjoy every day...seriously amazing.

Fun With Sitting

Belly Laugh

Eben was laughing like this for almost 10 minutes. I decided to grab my camera and video the end of it (I had to stay a ways away though otherwise he would focus on the camera and stop laughing). He has never laughed like this before...it was as if he was having a "laughing attack." SO funny!

Swimming!

Eben had his first swimming "lesson" today!  It is a parent-child class and he loved the water, which was exciting.  He worked on his front and back float and I tried to get him to blow bubbles, which is impossible to teach a 6 month old.  He is the youngest in the class by quite a bit, but he has already made some friends.  I don't have a picture of him swimming because my hands are full enough with an infant and all that goes along with swimming!  It sure is tough maneuvering my baby and myself around the locker room...no thank you to trying to rinse him off in the shower...bath time when we get home just sounds so much safer and easier.   One of my biggest hope through these lessons is that he never decides to poop in the swimming diapers, because it would be SO tough to get them off without a huge mess!