Swim Lessons!

We started Waterbabies swim lessons last night! Bryce had a great time, kicking and splashing the whole class. We sang lots of corny swim songs. In fact, I think this one penned just for Bryce: "I'm a little swimmer, short and stout..." :)

Bryce "jumped" off the side of the pool a few times, from a sitting position. He didn't submerge yesterday, but we are building up to that.

I think his favorite activity was in the "motorboat", which is a noodle with the ends tied together. I put him in the noodle, and he holds onto the front, while we kick, kick, kick to chase some plastic balls around the pool.

The only time he got upset was the very end of class, but I think it was because he was tired and hungry. Each kid gets to go down the 3' plastic slide into the pool, while we sing a goodbye song thanking them for coming to swim lessons. Bryce started crying at the top of the slide, but he was over it by the time he hit the water.

On the Move... Soon!

He's not crawling yet. But he's getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth. Then he doesn't know what to do next, so he just flops on his belly. But soon enough... he'll be crawling!

The Great Dilemma

I am in a state of turmoil right now. Bryce is eating baby food now, and I'm making it myself. (No, I'm not crazy - it's very easy and it tastes better than the jarred stuff.) Anyway, here's what he's had so far: sweet potatoes (favorite), butternut squash, yellow squash, apples, bananas, peaches, peas, green beans.

The problem is this: it's time for beans. And for those of you that know me, I HATE beans. Here's two little anticdotes to really hammer home that statement.

1. Just yesterday at a Mexican food place for lunch, I asked, "Does the burrito have beans inside?" The response was "Uh, yeah, I think so." I replied, "I don't want beans anywhere on the plate. Not in the burrito, not on the side, not anywhere!"
2. Luckily, my food was correct yesterday. However, if in fact I am delivered a plate with beans on it, I build a wall using the tortilla chips to keep the beans as quarantined as possible.

So now it's time to start Bryce on beans. And it pains me to do this, because I know first hand how offensive they can be! But, in an effort to raise a well rounded child, I am forging ahead. I've started with garbanzo beans (aka chickpeas). I like to think of it as baby hummus. And I do occasionally eat hummus, so I'm sort of ok with this. However, next week we will start on black beans... maybe Daddy will have to feed him those! Yuck.

Christmas Update

Bryce had a great first Christmas! He really got the hang of opening gifts - that must be instinctual! He's sitting up all by himself now, too. A few pics from our holiday:

Mommy and the boys

Tickle me AND Elmo!