Independence

Emma and Tyson swam today with life jackets for the first time. This was only their 2nd or 3rd time in water and prior today, one of us would obviously hold on to them and encourage them to do the basics.

Today was a whole new day for independence though for both of them. Isabelle still wants nothing to do with the water, so we just let her be - keep her around to get comfortable, but overall, just leave her be.

Emma has really proven, so far, to be the water baby. She LOVES the water, she can kick, crawl, float on her back, turn around and go to where she intends. It's amazing and scary all at the same time.

Tyson loves the water too, but is not as fearless as his little sister. He too can turn around and float on his back, but he doesn't have the movement down yet and he is still a bit scared. In time he will be my little merman.