Sydney Swims All By Herself!!!

Sydney and I have been in the pool a lot this summer. It's been a great activity for me because the "extra weight" I'm carrying felt weightless. It was awesome for Sydney because she got to burn off some good energy each time. We tried to work on the basic fundamentals that we learned at the Hubbard Swim classes we took together. She was really getting more comfortable in the water even warming up to back floating (her least favorite activity), touching the bottom, diving for rings with help, etc. All of a sudden, last week, she decided she was going to swim across the hot tub (a.k.a. "little pool") by herself. Luckily Daddy was there with a video camera to catch it. I'm still working on getting her to either roll over on her back to breathe or just lift her head up without holding on to me to take a breath. Either way, she'll be going back for more swim lessons this fall and I predict she'll be quite the little fish by next summer. She's amazing! I'm one proud mama!!

Here are a couple of the videos that were captured. Try to ignore the huge pregnant lady in the bikini. Hey, it's my backyard... normally no one can see me. :)

Maternity Photos with Sydney - 33 weeks

At 33 weeks pregnant, Sydney and I went and had some maternity photos taken to surprise daddy. Some of them turned out pretty decent. The ones of Sydney (29 months) are definitely adorable! We're getting so excited to meet her baby sister!!