Water Baby!

Our swim lesson at the YMCA last night went really well! Actually, you can't really call it a lesson - it was mostly just hanging out in the pool and letting Jackson get used to the water. We were a bit nervous about how J would do, as the lesson was in the evening right around his bedtime, but he was really happy. The water was pretty warm, but the building could have been a little warmer - he was shivering by the time we were done. Phil and I don't have our swim suits with us yet (Jackson is wearing a Wal-Mart special suit), so we both had to wear gym shorts and I wore a sports bra and tank top, too. Here we are before the lesson:



Some of these pictures came out a little dark (I didn't bring our best camera to the pool), but I think you can see from his face that he was a little bit nervous at first:


But then a few seconds later he was back to his old gummy-grinning self!



The instructor grabbed him and bobbed around in the water with him before Phil had a chance to get in there with him first and that scared him a bit. I had to get in the water to help calm him down after that. I think he would have been fine if Phil had been able to ease him in himself.


He loved spinning around in the water. He would even stick his face in the water and try to slurp it up. I had to do some back-whacking after he gulped a bit too much! It didn't seem to bother him, though.