Our Little Fish

We are so proud of Riley for completing ISR. He is our little fish that loves the water. It took him 5 weeks before he stopped crying during the lesson, but by the sixth week, he loved it!

Before you can earn your blue ribbon and graduate, you must swim with summer and winter clothes on. That was very difficult to do. He really worked hard on the winter clothes day. A regular diaper alone weighs almost 5 pounds when it's full of water. But, he did it, and we are so proud of him.

On our last day of lessons, I got into the pool with him. We got some great underwater pictures and videos. I love the fact that we will always remember this special time, especially now, since we have it on video.

Thanks again to Mrs. Patty for teaching our little fish how to swim. And, way to go Riley!!!

Ice Cream Cone Time!

Riley loves to play outside in our back yard. So, out came the sprinkler, his turtle pool, and the bubble machine. He was in heaven. We ran, played, and had so much fun!

Tom and I have been wanting to give him his first ice cream cone for some time and thought that this would be the perfect time. Well, he took a few licks, and gave it back. He didn't like it! Can you believe it??? What kid doesn't like ice cream? And in a cone, no less?! I guess he's just not a sweets kid. Could be worse!

Beach Time!

The last month has been mostly about swimming lessons. I am happy to say that we are almost done. Riley has done great and loves to swim. Almost too much sometimes! We spent a lot of time at Grama & Grampa's house swimming and playing with his new water/sand activity table.

 We spent a week at St. George Island on vacation with Pappy, Nana, Aunt Liz, Uncle Robbie, Great Aunt Sue, Uncle Tom and Aunt Gail. It was a wonderful and fun time. Riley really loves the beach. He tried to swim in the ocean just like the swimming pool. Ouch! Salt water is not good for the eyes. But Riley didn't care. Our house was right on the beach and it had a pool, which was awesome! Riley was in heaven.

At the beginning of the week, he started to babble more than he ever had before. And sure enough, he is starting to talk. When we would start laughing at something, Riley would just bust out laughing too. Tom and I can't believe how much he has grown up over the past 2 weeks. He is way more verbal. Last night, at dinner, we were listening to the radio, and Tom and I were humming to the beat of the song, and Riley starting humming too. It was sooo cool! Then a few minutes later, Tom burped (he's gonna kill me for this), and Riley "burped" too! We almost died laughing. He's never done that before. Too funny!!!

Playing on the bed with Daddy @ the beach

Smilin' for Uncle Robbie @ Boss Oyster

Happy 20 Months!

Aunt Liz & Mommy @ SGI

Can't wait to see what's in store for us over the next few months. He'll be two in less than 4 months.....WOW!

Hamming it up for the camera

He loves playing with his cars

Such a cutie!