Sunday, Oct 19

This weekend was a big weekend for us. On Saturday, we took Addison to her first swimming lesson. We had a wonderful time. We practiced floating on our back, which was a breeze, then jumping off of the side of the pool into the water. You would think that this would not be a good thing to teach a child that doesn’t know how to swim yet, but I guess those swim instructors know what they are doing. Of course, they also said that we would be completely submerging the children in the pool before the last lesson was completed, so we do have some question on who these folks really are. Oh well, I guess you have to let go and let the kid learn how to drown on their own someday, so it might as well be now. Today was the Buddy Walk for the Down Syndrome Assoc. of Tulsa. We had a wonderful time today, so to all who contributed, thanks for your support. We were able to raise $2200 because of your generosity.

Addison certainly contributed. She walked, well more like rolled, one lap around the track and then won a nice gold medal for coming in 236th place out of 1,240. Finishing in the top 20% as a ten-month-old makes me think she might have a future as an Olympian. She didn’t spend much time celebrating though because she quickly re-discovered the toy attached to her safety harness in the stroller, and immediately started playing again. Now this gal has her priorities straight.
Thanks to Peggy, we were able to get a nice family picture with the Team Addison flag that we made for the event.

For the next picture, I'm not sure if we caught her by surprise, or if she was trying to tell me something. Either way, I thought this was classic.