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Huge Fish and We almost lost Andrew
We set Andy down for a nap and we almost lost him due to his camouflage shorts, luckily he was wearing a white shirt.
These are a couple more pictures from our visitors last weekend. Above is a picture of Valerie, Andy really enjoyed her and was sad to see both Bryn and Val leave.
Below are a couple of pictures that Bryn took in Cabela’s…yes those are real fish! 
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"Wimming" Lessons
Andrew started swimming lessons this week. We go Monday-Thursday for 30 minutes each day. Luckily, we were able to get in a late afternoon slot, so Pete is able to swim with him sometimes as well. The class is 18 month olds up to 3 years old, so Andrew is the youngest in the class, but doing well so far.
He loves the water, but seems to love people watching even more. There is an older group at the other end of the pool and Andrew enjoys seeing what they are up to. When he’s not paying attention to his own class, he’s checking out which of his parents is watching in the bleachers.
On Monday, he was in the pool with Pete and he wanted me to come in the water as well. On Tuesday, I was in the water and he just wanted “Daddy, Daaaaddyyyy, Daaaahhh!”. Eventually, Pete ended up going into the hallway because Andrew was so distracted. Today, I brought him by myself. He practiced blowing bubbles (aka drinking the water), floating on his back and front, and kicking. I’m not a strong swimmer myself, so I’m hoping to pick up some pointers along the way!
Singing the motorboat song.
Practicing floating (and checking to see who’s watching).
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4th of July weekend
Andrew is sound asleep and we finally found some time to update this! The last week has been very busy with traveling and having visitors. Last week, Pete was in Washington D.C. for work so Andrew and I headed to Cottonwood for a few days to visit my parents. It was a nice trip and Andrew did well in the car both ways. We spent lots of time with “Me-mah” and “Pe-pah”. Aunt Erin got in some good bonding time with Andrew and even set him up with some finger painting.
Here he is checking out Grandpa’s beans:
Giving the kitty a hug and saying “Niiii” (nice)
We were able to see all of Andrew’s great grandparents on this trip as well. Later in the week, we returned home and so did Pete. We spent Friday at the Elm Creek Park swimming pond in Maple Grove. We spent $20 and bought a family pass for the summer. I think we’ll be spending plenty of time here! Lots of sun, swimming, and playing in the sand. We got home and Andrew took a nap on Pete as he played with his new camera
On Saturday, we were able to spend some more time with our new Australian friends, Bryn and Valerie. Bryn is an Atomic Learning reseller and was in the area for work. Our 4th of July was pretty uneventful, but we did see a few fireworks from the deck.
Andrew showed Bryn how to use his camera.
And Bryn showed us how to use the self-timer on ours!
We’ve taken lots of video of Andrew lately, but just haven’t had a chance to put anything together yet. This week things will be back to normal, so hopefully we’ll get some more accomplished. Andrew is officially one and a half years old today! That also means we will get to stop saying his age in months. Also, according to my weekly developmental e-mail about Andrew, we should begin to think about potty training soon. We’ll see about that! Andrew starts swimming lessons tomorrow, and we’ll try not to be the annoying parents that are more concerned about taking pictures for their blog instead of helping their son feel comfortable in the water!!!
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