Swim class has come to an end, and although Ian has not yet mastered the backstroke, he is very comfortable in the water. In this video, you can see him floating the lazy river on a kickboard, dunking under the water, and splashing like crazy (his favorite). We are looking forward to practicing all of these new skills in the pool this summer.

We went to a birthday party this afternoon and Ian had a wonderful time on this really cool swing. It looks like we'll be adding a swing just like this one to our deck furnishing plan.

First Day of Spring

The weather is sunny and warm today (finally) so Ian is trying out his summertime accessories. He even crawled around in the grass for a while this afternoon while Mama and Dada did yard work.

On the Swing

It's such a nice day today so we walked to the playground and Ian tried the bucket swing for the first time.  It's a hit!

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8 Months Old

Ian is 8 months old today! We had a little trouble with today's birthday photo shoot because he kept trying to crawl over the arm of the chair.



At eight months old, Ian:
* weighs about 17 pounds, 9 ounces.
* has two teeth (bottom center).
* is an expert roller and sitter, and has started crawling. He doesn't quite have the hang of crawling on his hands and knees, but is very fast at the army crawl and can be across a room very quickly.
* eats 2-3 meals of solid food a day, and is getting really good at feeding himself. He eats things like bread, muffins, and puffs with his purees, but hasn't quite figured out how to chew yet.
* loves his class at The Little Gym and swim lessons with Daddy.
* is on a rapid development path, as he's started to show interest in pulling up but isn't quite strong enough yet.

Almost Crawling

He'll be racing across the room before we know it!

Riding in Style

Ian is touring Target in the shopping cart like a big boy!

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