What we've been up to...

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks. Ben has been busy learning brazilian jiu-jitsu, playing with his cousin, swimming, seeing his family, watching hula hoop contests and eating watermelon. enjoy.

Ben Goes Swimming

Ben had his first swimming class yesterday! We thought this was just supposed to be an orientation, but in Emler Swim School's dictionary, orientation = get in the water now. They had Ben in the water learning all of their cool games from minute one. He had a blast. By the end of the class, he had gone underwater a few times and was kicking his "little" (open for debate, after we could barely squeeze his thighs into the XL speedos) legs. For any parents looking for a place to take their kids swimming, two thumbs up for this place. They use salt water pools, keep the pools nice and warm year round, and the teachers are very good with the kids.... Here are a few videos of Ben's first class....please ignore the screaming kids in the background....apparently, the longer you wait to get your kid in the pool, the more afraid they become! i'm glad we went when we did....ben has no fear....also, please notice the other kid swimming with ben...he was 8 months old! that is 2 months younger than ben, and he appears to be on pace to become the next michael phelps. i saw him get dunked for 3 seconds 2 separate times!! that may not sound like a long time, until you actually see it done on a tiny little baby. that kid loves the water, he was flapping his arms, kicking his legs and laughing away the whole time. unreal.


I'm also attaching a video of ben playing with mommy a few days ago.....just because i can!