Keepin' it real

It's been awhile...sorry about that. I'm trying to think of what we've been doing. Spending quality time with Tim & Pam, swimming, and playing as we usually do. Matt is happy as a clam here at Tim & Pam's house. He adores the extra attention. He's also enjoyed inventorying the cabinet. That game apparently still never gets old.

Matthew has had his first swim at the big pool this year. I hold my breath each year because I never know how he's going to react to his first introduction to the water. He screamed the first year when he was a baby, last year at the beginning the water was too cold for his taste and he didn't enjoy it too much but later in the summer he liked it, and earlier this week he was all smiles and giggles. It probably helped that we went out to Bryan & Sarah's neighborhood pool and Matt got to swim with Caroline & Mary Claire. He walked excitedly on his toes saying, "I swimmin'!!!" and then kept on going even though the water was swallowing him. I carried him into the deep end and he wanted me to let go of him. I tried to teach him to kick his feet and how to take a deep breath before going under, but the poor lad was too giggly and excited to listen to instruction. He had a blast. Earlier this week we visited the pool close to our house and Matt got to swim with Ava.
Our bathrooms are coming along nicely. Basically all the materials have arrived, the insulation is in, the dry wall is going up, the electrician has all the switches & outlets in, the plumbing is ready, the new tub has arrived, the cabinetry is being constructed...so it's beginning to look more like a bathroom now instead of the raw guts of our house. Here's a view looking up at the skylight in our bathroom. Oooooooo.....

On an Amarillo-esque windy, hot day this week Matt & I got sno cones. Matt got his very own black cherry one. He requested a red one. In lieu of the spoon method he opted to suck on the straw the entire time and drink all the sugary liquid. It was awesome.