Swimming

Jude went to the pool for the very first time on Thursday. I had the day off and Joe’s aunt Margarita drove me around town to run errands while my car was in the shop. Jude and I went swimming with her and her boys at the Y. We had a great time and Jude loved splashing and pseudo-swimming. Margarita took pictures and video to document the occasion, since Joe wasn’t there to see Jude’s first trip to the pool.

Feeling a little timid

Splashing in the "beach area"

Jude is having fun

Jude wants to swim like his cousin, Jason

Joshua and Jude

 

Watch Me Go

 

Tribute

Joe’s aunt Margarita inspired me the other day to do something useful with all our pictures. She’s started digital scrapbooking and was telling me about some different plans that she had. We got talking and somehow ended on Windows Movie Maker. She said it was pretty easy, so I came home and made my first movie. It’s basically a slide show with music, but I am still proud.

It is a tribute to Joe. I don’t feel like he gets enough praise for being a good Dad. Usually I just spend time complaining how he doesn’t know how to load the dishwasher (which is actually true) or why he keeps putting my cups in the sink when I am still drinking out of them. But Joe is an amazing father. He gives Jude plenty of love and has his own special daddy jobs, like helping Jude fall asleep and giving him medicine. Team Mitchell needs Joe, and I hope that he knows how much we love him, even if the “I love you’s” are sometimes buried in minor complaints.

 

Progress

A story told in videos.

First my boy learned to roll over.

Then he got to where he was sorta hop/scooting.

Then you should see him go to get the Christmas lights. The boy is fast.

Where do you go after army crawling that fast. Well, the only logical next step. Playing with the iphone.