Family Weekend

After Eli's nap last night we all went to the pool. Eli had a blast, as usual, jumping into the water. Even though the picture makes it look like Eli just jumps into my arms, he really jumps into the water, goes under, and then Lehr or I fish him out. (See the video here.) He also asks now to go 'uh-der' the lane lines and 'tut' (touch) the bottom of the pool. It's crazy because I never see him hold his breath, yet he rarely comes up coughing. Lehr and I were very encouraged about what the future might hold for Eli where swimming is concerned; we saw our neighbor who is one year and one day older than Eli, swimming like a fish at the pool. She still had a flotation device on her back, but it barely supported her at all as she was able to jump in and touch the bottom, swim for toys on the pool floor, and jump off the diving board, all with it attached to her.

Maddux is doing well; I think she's going through another growth spurt because she's upped her feeding time in the last day. I know those of you with slow eaters will hate me for this admission, but her 'long' feeding time right now is twenty minutes. Yup.....from five, or maybe ten, to twenty. That's as long as they've been yet. She is still a pretty good sleeper, giving me a few six hour stretches at night and one seven hour slumber. As long as she's swaddled and sleeping in the boppy, she's good! Note: we started putting her in the boppy to sleep the first week because she was (is!!) such a wiggler that she could roll over. Now that fear has passed, but she seems to like the way it 'hugs' her while she's snoozing.