Summer

It's officially summer here and that means swimming in the pool almost everyday with Dean. He should be a good swimmer by the end of the summer. He's very confident in the pool jumping off the stairs and swimming around. I got him a little speedo vest which has helped his confidence. Of course we still hold him while swimming around in the pool...he's not that advanced. He loves to throw toys into the pool from the top step and then jump in to get them. He loves everything about the pool except getting dunked. He's getting new words everday so it's fun to hear him finally communicate with us. A lot of things are hard to understand but his pointing helps. Dean is 23 months old today...I can't believe he'll be a 2 year old in just a month! It will be a tough year between the terrible 2's and a newborn. I'm 6 months pregnant now and am hoping the next couple of months go fast as I get bigger and more uncomfortable. Hopefully we'll have a boy name picked out by September. Kevin just spent 4 days in NY for a friend's wedding so Dean and I were on our own. Dean only looked for Kevin once at night when he came into our room and onto the bed and he tried to see if Kevin was behind the pillows or under the covers. Other than that, I don't think he noticed much that Kevin was missing. Our dog Oreo definitely waited for Kevin to come home the entire 4 days. She wouldn't even sleep in our bed like she normally does and had to sleep downstairs waiting to see if Kevin would come home. I'm hoping to make a habit of her sleeping downstairs.