Memories

We had a great weekend.  We spent the whole weekend in the pool, I bet you can't guess where at either, at Cy and Nichole's house.  Hayden and Gracie love going over there and swimming.

We spent all day Saturday in the pool, it was too hot to even get out, and then had some yummy hamburgers for dinner.  Gracie is doing so good, she now will put her face in the water if you tell her to go underwater.  When she does it she keeps her eyes open so all you can see are those big brown eyes just looking around under the water. We started telling her to kick her feet while she was swimming underwater and she tries really hard and it is so funny because her little hiney comes right up out of the water...I can remember when Hayden's little hiney would come right up too.  It seems like just yesterday we were teaching Hayden how to swim and now she is a little fish.  She is all over the pool and she can dive and even swim on the bottom of the pool.   She was diving really well this weekend, she would make Cy get out and dive with her.  I think he had fun too!  We were all like little kids in the pool...It was so much FUN!  Cy also took a video of Gracie going underwater but I forgot to tell him to email it, so I will have to post it later. 

It was so hot on Sunday we decided to go back to Cy and Nichole's and swim some more, which made Hayden and Gracie very excited.  They were even more excited when they found out that Bella, Kierstin and Mark Brantley were coming also.  Hayden and Kierstin stayed in the pool the whole day.  Bella did a great job jumping in the pool and learning to swim. Gracie showed off all of her new swimming skills, and Mark Brantley had a good time splashing around on the steps. They all had such a good time, it made me think back to when I was little and just how much fun it was to swim all day with friends.  I enjoyed watching Hayden and Kierstin play some of the same things that I did when I was little...like racing across the pool and seeing who could do something first and my favorite thing jumping in and then swimming to the ladder to get out just to jump right back in. 

I also compare Hayden and Gracie all the time, not in a bad way.  I am always pulling out pictures to see if they look alike at this age.  I guess most of you know that Hayden looks just like her Daddy and I personally think Gracie looks like me, even though for the last couple of weeks I kind of think she is starting to look more like her Daddy too!  Although Hayden doesn't look like me, I think she acts more like me, which could be a good or bad thing, I'm not sure!  Gracie acts more like her Daddy, she is outgoing and likes the entertain people, well that is after she warms up sometimes she can be a little shy at first.   It is so much fun going back and looking at all of Hayden's baby pictures.  I could sit for hours just looking at all my pictures and let me tell you we have thousands of them. 

I thought everyone would enjoy some old pictures...

Teaching Hayden how to swim, Hayden is 18 months old in this picture, I swear it seems like it was just yesterday...

Teaching Gracie how to swim, she is 21 months old in this picture...

This is Hayden, showing off how well she can float.  I can hear Mimi now..."Just look at that girl":

This will always be one of my favorite pictures of Hayden, and I am hoping to get one just like it of Gracie this year!!!  We leave for the beach in one more week and then I will really have lots of pictures to share and compare.