Melanie Taking Care of Me and the Kids

A couple of weeks ago, Melanie traveled up to our house to take care of me and Cole for a few days since I was on bedrest. She was taking care of her 10 month old and my 17 month old at the same time. She even made us a large batch of yummy pasta salad and bought extra ingredients for us to make more later. Um, can you say "sent from heaven????"

story time...


Noah-pants ;)

Swim Test

Cole had his swim test a few weeks ago and he did great. The test was that he had to do all of his skills with summer clothes (tshirt, shorts, shoes, diaper) then winter clothes (long pants, long shirt, shoes, diaper). I was only able to get pics of the summer clothes test because I was put on bedrest that week and Chris had to go with him for the winter clothes test.

Here, Cole had to be floating on his own and remove the tshirt that was placed on his face by the instructor and maintain the float.


Had to float for 1 minute.


Had to roll over and swim to find a ledge.


Was flipped over and had to orient himself and roll to a float.


Had to swim to find a ledge and push self up.


Found the ledge!

Cole

These were taken a few weeks ago before I was on bedrest. Since I broke both mine and Chris computer (the part that uploads pics), I had to use the office computer which I could not justify at the time. Now, doc says ok to more upright, walking around, and not being entirely tied to the bed/couch, so Im taking this opportunity to show some pics. I was trying to take pictures of the items we wanted to sell on craigslist and cole apparently wanted to be involved :)