We had a great time at Grammy and Grampy's pool yesterday! Parker must have gone under water twenty times, and by the end of our time there, he actually swam by himself three or four times (for just a few seconds, but still, it was genuine swimming totally immersed underwater without touching the bottom!)! We were so excited, including Parker...we even took him to Target afterwards and let him pick out a new Lego set and then had a shrimp BBQ for him that night! He already looked at me this morning and said, "Hey mom, I kind of want to go back to the pool today." So despite the gray skies, I think we'll be heading over there for more swimming in about a half an hour. He really loved having the underwater camera there to play with and to encourage him to put his face in the water...
We also dunked Levi underwater for his first time...it seems like he is truly going to be our fish. We all went to the beach on Saturday and took our boogie boards, and Levi just could not get enough of the water. The tide was low, and he would lay down on the boogie board while we pulled him along through the shallow water and wet sand by the leash, just like we do in the back yard. Jared even carried him out into water and he literally rode a little whitewater wave in to the beach. If we put the boogie board down, he would go get it, drag it down to the water, turn it around, and lay down on it, waiting for a wave to come get him. He was one of those kids who won't stop playing in the water, even though they're shaking with cold. I'll have to bring the waterproof camera to the beach with us next time!
