Summer update

After talking with a friend the other day I realized that I have not updated my blog this entire summer. I will have to say each day seems to fly by plus we went on two weeks of vacation back to back at the end of July (more on that later). The first part of the summer we headed to the pool a lot. We had to go in the morning because of the crazy hot temperatures but lucky for us our pool opens at 10:00. This summer at the pool Lauren decided that she knows how to swim. It all took place over about three trips to the pool. We started with her wearing a swim vest and I thought that was great. By two days in she was swimming, diving down for dive sticks with out a vest. Now it is like she is a regular swimmer. It totally blows my mind. But of course I am very proud of her! The other major discoveries this summer had to do with Gabe's allergies or rather finding out that he has them. He is allergic to dust mites, milk and eggs. We decided to switch him straight to soy formula and I stopped nursing. The whole time I was nursing I wanted nothing more then to stop but then when it really came down to quitting I was a little sad. Gabe however handled the transition great and now I'm really happy to be done with that phase. I'm not sure if it is b/c we eliminated the milk and eggs from his diet or if it is just part of babies growing up but Gabe is turning out to be an amazing baby. We can just lay him down for his naps and he goes to sleep. Not like with Lauren where we did hours and hours of walking and shushing. At the beach this summer both families made comments that we could not complain about Gabe at all because he was such a great baby. Overall the summer has been good. I'm ready for the 100 degree days to end so we can get back outside more but other then that things are good. Click here to view more pictures from our summer so far.