Swimming Lessons - Round #1

After going all summer thinking they didn't offer swimming lessons around here we found out that there is a swim club!  Lessons are at Gold's Gym.  Tots get the 9:00 am slot on Saturday's and other various days during the week.  While some might think that's early think about it.  What time does a 9 month old get up?  Yep...  6 am.  We are ready to roll in plenty of time to make a 9:00 am lesson.  I was surprised to learn Gold's had a pool. If you really need to know it has 4 lanes and is about 25 yards long.  If that.  Big enough for baby lessons, but I would hate to train for a trialathon in it.  The water is warm and blue so we are good to go.  They explained that the 1st day is all about having fun.  No going underwater or anything scary.  We didn't tell them we already dunk in the pool.  Lane looked like a little fish and did great. Nothing like a little at home practice before.  LOL!  One parent goes in the water, but we did find out if I had whined I could have too.  I was perfectly fine taking pictures to record this occassion.  And with one of the mom's wearing a string bikini I was more than fine taking on this role!  Not kidding.  The other mom's all had on suits just like mine.

 This was the only time he was interested in the many toys they tossed in.  All he wanted to do was chew on it.  Teething...

 Lane's favorite swim instructor. 

Swishing around the pool - the faster the better for Lane.  Daddy got a great workout too!

The cutest part I thought was when they showed them how to grasp and pull out of the pool.   Lane can do pull up's already.  For about 2 seconds.  At the end they show they how to walk up the steps out of the pool.  So cute.

goofy

I have an obliging little camera star!  This was from our crazy June! 

flashback to Michigan

Just a couple of pictures from our trip in July to Michigan from when we went to feed the chickens.  They much enjoyed what we didn't eat at dinner!

hurricane aftermath

Very little wind from the hurricane for us just lots and lots of water!  Here's a few pictures - Mark took the ones on the road and I took the ones at the house.

this car got stuck going thru the water - the road was closed and they were from out of town.

this is down the street from us

near  the car picture - down the road from us on 9W

river thru our front yard - it's heading to the stream that goes thru the woods behind us

teething time...

hurricane prep

So it appears we are in the path of Hurricane Irene.  That means we are making sure we are well prepared.  Mark had me hit the grocery store last night along with 50 of my new best friends also in a rush!  Makes for fun.  Anyway I figured we had plenty of meal type foods so I bought some potato chips, cookies, nuts, chocolates and food for Lane.  Oh and distilled water - the only kind left on the shelf. That is definitely for Lane.  I did notice my new best friends sort of didn't get the snack food idea.  They were buying chickens and turkeys?  Sandwich meat?  Milk?  Really?  I hope you have a generator to keep your fridge cool.  Gas for your stove?  We don't have gas around here for the most part.  Again confusion on my part.  Our neighbor did give us a ton of tomatoes from his garden today.  I'll be making a huge pot of sauce tonight!  Maybe some salsa too now that I'm thinking about it.    And I have plenty of ice for the cooler to keep that cold if need be.  We have been invited to a hurricane picking party at the local orchard too - come pick a bag of nectarines and get one bag free.  That is a LOT of nectarines.  Like 50 pounds or more!  Not sure what we would do with them all?  Never heard of nectarine pie and canning them just sounds like too much work for me.  Now if they said honey crisp apples I'd be all over it.  But no, just nectaries.  blah.  They would only last about a week.  Don't get me wrong they are very good nectarines.  I'm just not getting excited about that thought.  The apples this year are beautiful and huge!  I hear they are very tasty too due to the weather we've had.  I'll be bummed if they all fall off the trees.  Since not all are ready for picking my fingers are crossed they hold on tight.  A ripe apple will fall if it's that windy.  Those not not ready better hold on tight!

just a quickie

July flew by and was super busy!  Lane experienced many firsts and I have tons of pictures to upload and share.  Lots of rolling and squirming and squealing as he is a super happy baby most of the time.  Not up on his knee's yet, but he is very interested in cords and tv remotes and daddy's cell phone so that is used to entice moving forward.  I would love to find a remote that looks real that he can chew on.  I don't want to share mine!  So far he has not succeeded - much to my relief.  Need to baby proof a lot of stuff yet.  We have learned that baby proofing is very time consuming and dangerous.  Putting up a baby gate caused a boo-boo for daddy and many colorful words.  We've heard some first words.... "mama" and "dadda" and I'm not sure if he understands why we come get him when he says it.  Lots of babbling.  "Hi" is also a favorite as is clapping when he's happy and waving when you go.  Real food is now on the radar and if you take it away before he's done you are in big trouble.  He is being taught when it goes to the ground or floor it's all over.  Corn cob with cat hair is never a good thing.  Chicken, pasta, potatoes, corn, zuc, carrots and many other treats have made their way to his mouth.  When he loves it he lets you know with lots of happy baby eating noises.  Banana yougurt is sure to get some good lip smacks.  Cheese does too.
We spent lots of time with family.  Mark's dad passed away in early July and it was a big celebration.  Then we went to Michigan to spend a week with part of my family.  Now we have more family coming to visit this weekend to celebrate Lane's baptism.  More cousin time!
More to come later with pictures!