Swimming lessons today

Owen seemed to really enjoy the pool today. Previous visits he just seemed to tolerate it. But he splashed around and really did a good job today. One of the exercises is to grab the edge of the pool after coming up from underwater. Today was the first time he really seemed to get the concept, and Kelly got a picture of it.



This picture is pretty dark, but if you can make out the look on his face, you'll see a pretty happy kid.

Corner Canyon

Kelly and I took Owen for his first hike up Corner Canyon. Of course Jett and Scout tagged along.

Another first in Owen's life...

....stairs. Owen climbed up his first stair step on Saturday, March 17. Seems cute now, but other people say we'll regret it. What could they possibly mean?

Last swimming lesson of the session

Owen had his last swimming lesson of the session on Wednesday. Seems to be doing pretty well. Here's what he looks like under water.

Another first in Owen's life...

....vomit. We were pretty happy to have not dealt with baby vomit yet, but we can't say that anymore. Jen Gaskill came to visit Thursday night, and Owen promptly threw up all other Kelly. We subsequently cleaned up three big carpet spots and washed three loads of laundry from midnight to 6am. Lesson for the new parents? Don't give a vomiting baby a little formula because he must ok now and hungry. Don't give a vomiting baby as much pedialyte as he can drink when he must be ok now. Doctors aren't really impressed with a couple of diarrhea diapers and a little vomit.

I didn't take any pictures of the vomiting (I know, big surprise) but here's a couple of the important tools used overnight. And one of the boy feeling better.

A sad first in Owen's life

Randy Topolovec left us last week after battling cancer. Kelly, Owen and I attended the funeral to celebrate Randy's life with numerous friends. Sure a sad first in Owen's life, Randy left us way too soon. That's a good friend and co-worker, Regan holding Owen.




And here's a picture of Randy holding Owen back in October.

Swimming lessons

Swimming lessons went pretty well last week. It was Dad and Owen in the pool - and there was only a little fussing when being passed off to the instructor. Owen even took a little ride down the slide. Here's a couple before and after shots. The instructor even took an underwater shot. When we get that, I'll post it here.