My Little Swimmer

So i have said it a hundred times before i know but matt loves the water. I think he would live in the water if I would let him. Matt has been in the water since he was 6 or 7 months old and has always loved it. he is not afraid at all and loves to jump in and play. This worries me a little bit since he doesn't exactly know how to swim without floaties. With floaties he could swim for hours but without he just sinks to the bottom. Anyways the point to this whole story is that i decided this year to enroll matt in swim lessons. He is finally old enough to take the lessons by himself and i think he is old enough to understand and mostly listen. The class was two weeks long and one hour each day Mon - Thurs. He did get in trouble a few times for not listening and putting his head in the water when he wasn't supposed to. His class ended last thursday and he passed the American Red Cross Level 1 swim class. He really enjoyed the classes. This weekend we decided to go to Helen's house to go swimming and just hang out. I was so suprised when we put him in the pool to practice what he learned and he started swimming. Now he isn't very graceful and can not go very far but he did well enough. I am so proud of my little swimmer. I will publish some pictures from his class later. I forgot them at home. Here are some from Sunday at Helen's house

Matt's "Baby Cousin Bella"

So a few weeks ago my best friend gave birth to a little girl. It is really difficult to explain best friends to a 3 year old so for the sake of simplicity we have always called my friend tia Roxy. So naturally her baby is matt's "baby cousin." He just adores her and loves looking at her and trying to talk to her. This past weekend they decided to come over and visit. They came over Saturday and spent the night with us. We all really enjoyed them especially Matt although i think towards the end of the day he was kinda in baby envy mode although he never acted out.

Isabella
Matt and Isabella - he has such a huge kool-aid grin

Matt wearing Isabella's bib