A fish out of water

Chasen had his first swimming lesson this Saturday, and just like we thought - he's a fish! My friend Lisa had us over to the lake for a birthday party and was kind enough to take Chase out for a swim. We were worried that he would get a little upset since it wasn't mommy swimming with him. But he loved it! He first got in this float and just laughed! Then, Lisa took him out and swam with him. He splashed and splashed - a little more than my friend had bargained for. He had such a great time! Then, he went on his first boat ride. He giggled and thought it was a blast - then the excitement was too much and he took a nap while we toured the lake.

Later on, another friend of ours and his 3 year old son came over to visit us at home. I was amazed at how Chasen responded to him. He was a big-kid stalker! He followed the other boy around, did what he did, wanted to share everything and just talked his ears off. Chase normally ignores babies his age, but obviously not older kids! He was in love! We will have to have our friend Jason and his son over more often!

Crazy thing that happened later on, our Bradford pear tree lost another limb - into the middle of the street! Luckily our friend was still here, so at 11pm we were sawing limbs and getting the huge thing out of the road. This is the 2nd time a limb has fallen. This tree looks horrible now! It's just falling apart one piece at a time!