Brody's 1st Birthday

I was trying to think of something special to do for Brody's birthday. He's having a party on the weekend but his actual birthday to be special. Then it dawned on me to take him swimming. The Bellingham Aquatic Center holds Preschool Swim on Wednesday morning, which was perfect! We left the house about 9:30, ran some errands, stopped by McDonald's for some yogurt and apples, then hit the pool. After getting changed I could not get either one of them near the pool. They stopped in their tracks and just watched. So I had to scoop them both up and get in the pool. They each had a death grip on my arms. After sitting with me awhile they got used to it. Luke splashed his friends who came with us and let them pull him around on a floatie. Brody enjoyed playing catch.


When he'd lose a ball, he'd go crawling for it, no matter how deep the water got! Usually Luke is the one with no fear but the water is Brody's domain. Even though Luke played for the first little bit, he spent most of his time shivering outside the pool. All in all, swimming was a success. We were for the perfect hour. It had been packed before we got there and was packed for family swim after. And an hour was about as long as they could stand. Brody was out on the ride home.
Later today we had dinner and opened presents. Brody got lots of new bath toys that he was excited to use at bath time!


This is what Brody did while Luke opened his presents! :) Grandma Chris gave Brody a bubble blower for the tub. It was a hit!