New Babies and First Lake Swim

We've been keeping busier than normal so I've fallen a little behind on our posts so sorry for lumping so much together. Several friends welcomed new babies recently so we visited them all last week. Monday we met Harrison Seymour, Tom and Amy's precious little boy. He's such a happy baby and Tom and Amy are wonderful new parents! Wednesday we met Emily Fitzgerald, Matt and Katie's new little girl. She is adorable and her big sister Abby is taking great to her new role. Thursday we saw Anna Collins, Zach and Meghan's little girl. She has a head full of hair like her big brother Charlie and is a little doll. Collins's got a new swing set which Ryan was more than happy to help break in and he had a ball following Charlie around and playing with all his toys.

We then headed to the lake to celebrate Father's Day and had a great weekend. Our little monkey figured out how to crawl up on the couch and also over the ottoman. Since blocking the living room opening with the ottoman was our way of containing him, we're now in trouble. After lots of playing hard, he did relax to watch his favorite cartoon, Jack's Big Music Show, and found a great pillow in Callie. They were both so incredibly cute laying together!


While we've been going boating for months and Todd and I have gotten in the water, we were waiting to let Ryan swim until the water got warm to make sure it was a good experience for him that he'd want to repeat. As the picture communicates, he absolutely loved it and was a little fish. Luckily, he likes his life jacket and has a positive association with it so we will take full advantage of that until he changes his mind.

About a month ago, Ryan started the phase where he doesn't want to leave Todd or me and takes about 10 minutes to warm up to everyone and everywhere else. It makes day care drop off difficult and requires us to plan ahead more but it's a phase and I'll enjoy our little guy wanting to be near us while it lasts.