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After 15 months of swim lessons and countless swimming practices with mom at both the beach and pool, my son swam by himself in the deep end of the pool for the first time yesterday. Mind you, he swam unaided for maybe 60 seconds at a time, but he did it all on his own. It absolutely blew me away. All at once, I was bursting with pride and sadly nostalgic that he had crossed yet another developmental milestone. He had a look of pure joy when he realized that he was doing it on his own.
Just to give you a mental picture of this event, imagine a scrawny, tow-headed little guy flapping about the deep end like a bird while I, his enormously huge 39 week pregnant mommy donning an oh-so-attractive maternity swimsuit, beamed and teared up at the same time. Clearly, Motherhood has changed my priorities.
When I think about my reaction to all of this, which admittedly is a normal developmental milestone, I can't help but imagine how braggy I would be if he ever accomplished something truly extraordinary. Look out!
Kelly
Just to give you a mental picture of this event, imagine a scrawny, tow-headed little guy flapping about the deep end like a bird while I, his enormously huge 39 week pregnant mommy donning an oh-so-attractive maternity swimsuit, beamed and teared up at the same time. Clearly, Motherhood has changed my priorities.
When I think about my reaction to all of this, which admittedly is a normal developmental milestone, I can't help but imagine how braggy I would be if he ever accomplished something truly extraordinary. Look out!
Kelly
Several times, I have looked outside the window only to find that my child is playing on the deck buck naked because "he didn't want to get his clothes dirty or wet". 8O This, of course, happened right under a big ol' University of Kentucky flag. Insert panoply of redneck jokes here. 
Otherwise it's a free for all. She has the rest of her life to learn body shame, right?
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