We have a swimmer!

So my Mom decided for some reason the other morning to take Dylan swimming without his vest floatie thing....and he can swim!! Just like that! I told you in another post that you could take pads out of this vest one by one, and I had only taken out two of the 10. With my Mom the other day he was mostly dog paddling and treading water, but today my friend Kaley and I were swimming with him and he was swimming like 1/3 of the pool length underwater! I'm so proud of him, I really thought it would take most of the summer for him to get the hang of it. Just a month ago I tried to get him to swim a couple times without assistance and he would just go under immediatly. It's hard to say if the switch from floaties to the vest was a real help, but it did free up his arms so that he could learn to use them, and it didn't keep him up quite as well, which forced him to try a little harder. Here is a video of him with my Mom the first day. It takes him awhile to get off the steps but eventually he swims to her. Sorry, for some reason when I upload off my camera I lose the sound.

Our Anniversary

Kevin and I just celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary yesterday (June 22nd) and we had a really great time. My awesome sister volunteered to take Dylan for the night so we decided to have a fake escape and get a room at the new Agua Caliente hotel. Those rooms are awesome! The standard room is very large with a flat screen tv, comfortable bed and a great view! The bathroom has a huge tub, separate shower and even a small flat screen. If anyone is looking for a little escape, or somewhere for relatives to stay when they come visit, this is a great place! We relaxed for awhile when we got there and then had dinner at the Steakhouse, which was really good. We have only done maybe one other overnight without Dylan so this was really great for our relationship to have some alone time together. I highly recommend it! Here are a couple reasons why my husband is so awesome:

1. He works SO hard for our family so that I only have to work minimal and I get to stay home and take care of Dylan. He will never know how thankful I am for this.

2. He is the most awesome father to Dylan. He misses that kid so much while he is working it is so cute to see them together. He is a hands-on father with whatever Dylan wants to do: playing blocks and puzzles on the floor, dancing to the wiggles, coloring, singing, going down the slides together at the park, and playing silly games in the pool. He even asks me to have Dylan call him at work every night so that they can talk about his day.

3. He loves me unconditionally: and trust me, I can be a pain in the butt! Ever since we were dating he has treated me with so much love and respect, I knew right away that he was different than anyone else I had dated. Now I know that he was a gift from God because he fits me so perfectly. I just recently told him that I wanted to start to go and see more shows, and he just got me awesome seats to go see Wicked in L.A., which I have wanted to see forever. He is so great!

Here are a couple pictures from our getaway:

First thing we do when we get there: relax in bed and watch tv

Here's us right before we went down to have dinner

Our waitress took this picture at dinner

The Boys Camping Trip

As promised I am posting pictures of the Boys camping trip. They had a really good time. Kevin said it really gave them a good chance to bond a little bit, which is great because they don't get a whole lot of alone time. Dylan really liked it, but didn't want to go in the water, he thought the waves were scary. And he's not a big fan of sand getting on him so he mostly stayed on his towel, lol. Next month the three of us will be going on a camping trip with my parents to the beach so hopefully we will get him to overcome his fears on that trip because I know he would have a really good time.

Sitting on the beach (on his towel I'm sure)

Uncle Eric working with him on his scooter techniques

Warming his hands by the fire

A night time self portrait

Daddy and Dylan on the Beach

Mommy's Day off

I only saw Kevin briefly yesterday on Father's Day because he left yesterday morning to take Dylan camping with his family at the beach. I couldn't go because I had to work lunch yesterday, but I think it's actually really good for them to occasionally spend some extended alone time together (and I got a break too!). Don't get me wrong, I miss them both A LOT, but I had a really great night last night playing my dads choice of games- Boggle, and texas hold 'em. They are coming back later this afternoon and when I get pictures (he better have taken some!) I will post them on here.