Today was our final day of Mira's swim lessons. I wish we could do it again, but it messed with Isaiah's morning nap too much, and Mira seemed to have less fun and be less brave with her brother also in my arms, that I just don't think we'd get much out of it. I'm thankful for the 8 lessons we had and look forward to enrolling her again next year when she can take lessons without me having to be in the class with her. Today at the end of our lesson, they let us go down one of the two giant water slides. Can I express my intense anxiety about going down a water slide that I've never been on before while holding a toddler on my lap?? My friend, Tara, was also in the class with us and was nice enough to hold Isaiah (even though her sweet little Malak was none too fond of it) while I took Mira down the slide. We're talking a regular sized water slide people.
We marched ourselves up the truckload of stairs (luckily Mira loves stairs. and luckily she isn't old enough to realize that truckload of stairs = REALLY tall water slide), with my heart beating a million miles an hour. I mean, I love water slides. But to go down for the first time with my sweet girl made me a weeeee bit anxious. The top of the slide had water blasting out in two places. I thought Mira might panic but I told her I would hold her up. We got past that and I worked my darndest to stay sitting up. At one point, I just couldn't hold myself up and ended up on my back. But, I was able to make sure Mira was still sitting up, and I was able to get back up after a few seconds. Once we whooshed out of the bottom, I exclaimed how much fun it was...and Mira followed my sentiment. However, she did NOT want to go down again. All she cared about was playing on the stairs leading into the water slide pool. And was bummed that she couldn't play there. Whew. Another day, another time in life and that water slide would have been AWESOME!!
Isaiah has had an upset tummy for the past week. And by upset, I mean...you know...things are a little runnier than usual. (Is it ok to swim in a public pool with a baby who has the runs? Hope so!) Runny-ness means diaper rash, which he is NOT a fan of. In the last two point five years, we've gone through only ONE tube of diaper rash cream (thank you, Pampers for protecting our kids hineys!), but with Isaiah's rash I had to purchase tube numero dose. Maybe I chose the wrong brand (generic Target), but every time I changed his diaper and put more cream on, my poor little guy cried and cried. He's not much of a crier, so I knew he meant business. Luckily, upon April's suggestion I bought Aquaphor and applied that instead. No crying. Just a happy, smiley baby boy. Thank you Jesus! (and April!) Things have been less runny today, and the redness seems less wide-spread, so I'm hoping he's on the mend.
I may not have mentioned that Isaiah got his first tooth! Woot! It popped in (finally!) on his six month birthday (July 8th). He's now working on tooth number two. I'm not sure if it's the teething or the upset tummy, but his eating habits have been all out of wack. He won't eat after three hours sometimes, but then wants to eat after only an hour, and I'm completely confused! I'm officially weaning him :( I know it's the right decision, it's just a bummer that I don't make more milk. However, I'm ever so thankful that he LIKES formula and that he TOLERATES it well.
We've planned an evening of swimming so Mira can show off her sweet skills to her daddy. I'm not sure who's more excited. Maybe we'll get some sweet pics.
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