First Swim

I love, love this picture! Thomas's first lake swim was Memorial weekend, 5/29/11. The water was still really cold but as you can see, Thomas did not care. He has had so much fun this summer swimming in the lake and at the pool. We haven't gone in a while since the July heat wave. What you don't see in this picture, is that lurking in behind Tom is a snake! About 30 seconds after this shot was taken a snake popped up and ruined the fun. Both boys flew out of the lake.

Like a unicorn, a picture of me pregnant is elusive and rare. Here is one at 37 weeks. We are heading to a couples baby shower. At the shower I enjoyed refreshing lemonade only to find out it was spiked with vodka. No wonder it tasted sooo good! Luckily I found out sooner rather than later or the pregnant DD would have been drunk.

Thomas is giving his sister a hug! If you ask him to kiss or hug his sister he will go to my belly and oblige the request. I am not sure what he understands about his sister but he associates her with my growing tummy. Too cute!

May 24, 2011

One of the moments I do not want to forget. This is a picture of Thomas telling me in the best way he knows how that he no longer wants any more baby food. His developmental therapist, April, suggested we let him touch and play with his food to get him over his aversion to things touching his hands. So I let Thomas play with his food as I tried to feed him. Normally, Thomas would just put his pointer finger in to explore but today he took fists full of baby food and smeared it all over his face. He never did anything like this before. He painted his face and most of his head with squash. I just laughed the whole time. He was such a mess that he needed an immediate bath afterwards. But I got the point, he was a big boy that no longer wanted baby food and if I gave him that stuff again this is what he was going to do with it.

Where does the time go. . .?

I can't believe it is August already and we are preparing for the arrival of baby girl at any moment. I am sitting at the kitchen table working on Thomas's baby book. The book tracks his first year and first moments. All I keep thinking is that I can't believe he is 16 months. As I reflect back on his first year I am glad I blogged some because it is hard to remember all the details. I am also thankful for his therapy notes that kept track of milestones. I feel like it is going by too fast and I missing and forgetting moments already. Which is a good motivator to blog again and write down these moments.