I would like to brag....

...that my 15 month old child can swim.
With water wings - but still.
:}

We attended the 1st birthday party
bash of this sweet girl on Saturday{and I am totally in love with these chocolate
letters! I need to make something to incorporate these!}So in preparation I decided to buy
Dmitri some wings. He doesn't care
for his panda inflatable ring anymore
and would prefer if we didn't hold him.
Well - that option doesn't work either.
Also off the list is a life jacket. Yes in
emergency life saving situations - but no in
the swimming pool. I put one on him
in the store - and he flipped out!

I was a little bit concerned he wouldn't
go for the wings - because they'd be too
confining- but I put them on him and
he thought they were kind of cool.
We actually tested them out in the pool
on Friday - so we got in the water and
off he went. I still held onto him Friday,
but didn't have to hold as tight.
So he was happy with a little more freedom.

Come Saturday I was feeling a little more
comfortable with them - and decided to
let him go.
Well off he went - kicking his little legs!
It was the cutest thing! And I was in shock!

But he did a good amount of swimming!
And he thought swimming was funner
if he held his mouth open and slurped the
water as he went.
Of course.I have a video of him swimming on his own - but
after watching it and seeing the inappropriate
cleavage going on - I decided against it.
Needless to say I'm in the market for a new
swimsuit. A halter maybe. Blah.

So we will definitely be spending more time
in the pool!
He'll actually stick his face under the water
in the bathtub - and I dunk him every now
and then in the pool - but we'll save under
water swimming for when he's a little more
advanced :}
{this was before swimming. There was a cat
in the pool area - and Dmitri scared it off. So
he's trying to get it to come back}So we had a great time at the party! Swimming,
cake, pizza, friends - you can't go wrong! :)

Today Daniel worked - which meant it was
just me and Dmitri at church.
Today we had the Primary Program. It went
well. The kids all did awesome! I was
seriously impressed with some of the memorization
that went on! Kudos to the kiddies! And the last
ones to go up were the Sunbeams {3 yr olds}! They are
always my favorite. They are absolutely darling!

But my class did great. I had to say my part
first - blah - and then they all did theirs.
I had one kid that panicked and needed help,
but because she was assigned to write her own
part, I didn't have a copy of it. Luckily her mom
is one of the Primary Counselors - and was
on hand to help. The last girl to go totally
forgot her part - and I didn't have a copy of
hers either! She was assigned an already
written part - and I ended up having to give
her both my copies - so I had none.
But the Primary Pres was sitting behind the
podium - and she had a copy.
So done and done!
One of my girls original did not want a part.
She said she didn't want to go up - didn't
want to read - wasn't doing it.
When we did the practice last Saturday
she watched all the other kids go and decided
it wasn't so bad. So she took a part and she
rocked it today! She totally memorized it
and was so confident! I was so proud of her!

So since Daniel was working - I had to take
Dmitri to class with me. The kids love when
he comes - and ask every Sunday if Dmitri
is coming to class.
So he came with me today. And it was touch
and go. I had 7 little helpers! And they were
kind of freaking Dmitri out! XD
They all wanted to hold him and carry him to
class - so they'd all circle around him and
try to pick him up all at the same time.
He was a little freaked.
But other then that he did good - and we only
had to step out the last 10 minutes of Primary.

Tonight we went to celebrate another birthday!
Ava's dads! So we went over for dinner - which
was SOOOO yummy! :]
So we had a nice time over there - and Dmitri
got to hang out with some friends too. And
burn off some energy. Woohoo! :)

His sleeping was so much better today!
Everyone kept saying it was time for a big
boy bed - so we tested it and took the front rail
off his crib converting it into a toddler bed. Mmm,
didn't go so well. He was exhausted - but
did not want to be in his bed at all! Bed or crib.

So after 45 minutes of trying - I took him out
of his room and he runs over to the sofa where
Daniel was sitting. He climbs up and makes
Daniel hold him! And was alseep within 5 minutes.
Ugh! I was peeved. I totally felt like the bad guy.
I hate that so much.
Oh - did I mention he was up at 5 am that morning
and hadn't napped all day? And didn't fall asleep
until almost 9pm? Yea.
So I converted his crib back into a crib and
as best I could without waking him - laid him
down in his crib. And he was out until 7:45 this
morning! WOOHOO!

So today he did his usual - fall asleep during the 10 minute
drive home from church - I transferred him from
the car to his crib - and he napped for 2 hours!
Loved it! Then tonight we did our usual bedtime
routine - and laid him down. He cried for about 5
minutes - and was out! You have no idea how happy
I was!

Daniel's been talking to some friends at work,
and some have older kids and have gone
through it. They've all told him
that it was probably teeth and growth spurt
related. I hope that was it - and that it's over.
Or at least we get a break from it.
My oh my.

Here's my little Dmitri - being Dmitri.He can definitely be a handful - but I really
do enjoy his curiosity and his eagerness to
learn. He is such an inquisitive kid and I just
love to watch him. You can see his thought
process a lot of the time - and it's so funny
to me!
I love this kid - and I'm proud to call him mine!