(little) Big Fish

Saturdays are swim class days. Madelyn has a major crush on her swim instructor. He's in the Core of Cadets at A & M!! Really nice and funny guy. By the end of this summer, she'll be swimming independently through the water. Hard to imagine, but Madelyn is determined, very brave and confident. She is the youngest in her class of 3 swimmers, but is already a show off! These are pictures from the first class.

I really thought she might be anxious about me and daddy not being in the water with her, but as usual, she proved me wrong. Such a fearless little girl.

Gearing up

Trying on her new princess swim ring. And yes, that's Leroy in the background. And no, he's not dead. Just a happy siesta from the horrid heat outside.

Best swim vest ever.

Most people use "floaties," "wings," or "life jackets." Around here - we've discovered the greatness that is "Puddle Jumpers."

It helps her stay in an upright position and floating and still achieve a feeling of independence. And it's super cute!

And even though she's taking swim lessons (her last class was Saturday) Miss M has even MORE confidence in the water thanks to this wonderful invention. Sometimes she likes to wear her puddle jumper - other times she doesn't. {And the best part? She bought this with her birthday money from Great-Grandmother in WV. Thanks so much for the birthday money, GGBK!}

Who swims like a little fish?

I know all of you blog addicts are anxiously awaiting someone's 2nd birthday pics, but we're still playing "catch up" around here, so you'll have to wait a little longer. :)


After loads of researching and collecting opinions, we're doing swim lessons with Emler Swim School this summer. These photos are from her second class (once a week for 11 weeks!) She's now going underwater for 5 seconds and the goal by the last class is underwater for 10 seconds. She loves her class and her teacher. She acts very confident - maybe a little TOO confident - everytime she's in the pool. We're very pleased with how it's going and love our little fish!

Waving 'hi' to Daddy on the sidelines.


Working with the barbell floaties. These are her favorite!

Rockin' the pigtails!

The 'bye-bye song' - complete with a jump to Mommy.

22 months (a little late...)

If you know me, you know that June is the busiest month work-wise, so I'm trying desperately to catch up.
On May 24, Madelyn and I went outside to just plain have fun in the sprinkler {and water our trees.} As you can see, she loved every second of it. So much that I don't think she cared how wet her little feet, leggings and dress ended up. She even started paying so much attention to the camera that she fell face first into the sprinkler. I think it just shocked her more than anything. She's growing so fast and is such a sweet, little lady.

Water Baby

We went to our neighborhood pool this morning to try out Madelyn's first swimsuit and float. She loved it! The water was freezing but she never acted like it bothered her! Jonathan and I were the cold ones. She'll be headed to Schlitterbahn before we know it.



Pre-pool. Showin' off her swimsuit.



HEYYYYY!



She had the pool all to herself!



A couple of swimsuit models. ;)