Getting his feet wet

With a beach vacation only a few weeks away, we needed to get Greyson comfortable being in the water. Julie Hughes taught him a series of 8 swimming lessons. Greyson loved Julie right from the beginning.

He started off as a great student the first few lessons, but then Julie started asking him to do things like put his face in the water and float on his back. Those were not so easy. He was really scared to get water in his ears.

One night while giving him a bath, he had a major breakthrough. He figured out that getting his face and ears wet was not too bad. He was so proud, he called Julie to let her know that he would go under water at his next lesson.

From that point forward he did a lot better. He started trying to swim without the noodle and jumping off the diving board!

By the end, he was doing a ton better. He is not able to swim without help yet, but he is so much closer than he was!

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Day 6

insert Guinness pictures from day 1

My attempt at portraits

So I needed a recent picture of Piper to include in her birthday invitation so I thought I would try to take them on my own. Of course Greyson did not want to be left out. When Greyson was little I thought I could take some decent pictures, but I have not had much luck with Piper. Here is the final birthday invitation. You can tell the two on the left were taken by a professional :)

What a weekend – Disaster x4 – Parenthood at its best

So maybe disaster is a strong word, but we definitely had four hiccups. 1. We kicked the weekend off on Friday evening with a drive to a work BBQ Cook-off in West Arlington. I underestimated traffic to say the least. While on the highway, Greyson started saying “I have to go Tee Tee real bad! Right now! I have to go! Right now!” We tried to convince him he could hold it, but were obviously not successful. He went in his car seat. 2. After finding a local Target to buy Greyson some new clothes, we hit the road again to the BBQ. When we arrived I started getting Greyson’s clothes changed and Paul went to get Piper out. Well – she had an accident also. Her diaper had leaked all over her pants. She went to the BBQ (with my clients and co-workers) without any pants on. 3. On the way to church this morning I shared my granola bar with Greyson. He took too big a bite and threw up all over hims...

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