First things first, a little catch-up:Cody is learning to swim and after two weeks of lessons is doing absolutely FANTASTIC! He's ditched the water wings and is swimming underwater almost the entire length of the pool. What he doesn't have down yet is treading water and getting his head high enough above water to take a good breath to keep going. But, those things aren't stopping him. His lung capacity is amazing.
Oh! And he's reading. HE CAN READ! Brilliant! He still has a year before he'll start school too!
Natalie is getting better about being in the water, but still isn't too thrilled with swimming. She prefers running and climbing right now.
She's the happiest baby until you do something that upsets her (like making her go to bed or get down from whatever she's climbed onto) and then she has the WORST temper. It's really interesting to watch her. I'm just glad that, even though she has a temper, she definitely is easy to please. People are always asking me if she smiles 24 hours a day. Yep! Pretty much!
She says: dada, doc doc (papa doc), ry-ry (ryan), duh-da (bubba), out, go go, die die (bye bye), hi, hey, hello, uh-oh, Pee-Pie (Peek-a-boo), da do (thank you), Di Dow (sit down), see and EAT! She points (this goes along with "See!", follows (some) directions, tries to dress herself, rocks her baby and asks for and gives kisses.
Okay, now for a couple of stories - I took the kids to see my mom in Sachse on Friday. She's the finance director for the city and recently the fire truck that she "bought" arrived, so we needed to pay "Grandma's Fire Truck" a visit. Cody was a little leery of it at first. (No hesitation from Natalie, of course.) I suspect that Cody thought the truck was going to drive away if he got in it. We eventually were able to convince him and I'm sure he's glad he climbed up in that huge truck!
Saturday, Cody and I had a date to go see Toy Story 3. This was the first time that he and I did something like this, just the two of us, and it was so great! He thought it was hilarious and I so loved getting to watch him giggle (so did the people sitting next to us). Afterward, Cody suggested that we have ice cream. Being the awesome mom I am - I, of course, agreed. So that was part of our lunch. Popcorn and Mr. Pibb at the movie. Ice cream for dessert.
Seems healthy to me!
