Thank Yous In Our House

I've noticed that we are a lot more thankful in our V house lately. Here are a few of them for the record:
1. Thank you for taking care of A in the morning and letting me sleep for another hour
2. Thank you for feeding A at 4 or 6am
3. Thank you for keeping an eye on A and letting me use a restroom
4. Thank you for diner
5. Thank you for getting me a fork
6. Thank you for getting up and getting the remote
7. Thank you for placing your plate into the sink (double thank you points for washing the dishes)
8. Thank you for buying new windshields
9. Thank you for helping me get A to sleep when she refuses
10. Thank you for poopy diaper (that is for you miss A, after scaring mommy for not going for 3 days straight)
11. Thank you miss A for not crying and letting me make diner
12. Thank you miss A for your smile and giggles

That is all I remember from last week... I hope we'll continue to be thankful and appreciate everything we do for each other.

Swimming

Yesterday, we had our first swim class and Ariela did great. There were two other babies in the class who were a bit older and more "experienced". We did some exercises in the water with a teacher and had some free time to play. It was hard to read my girl's face. Did she like it or not? She seemed a bit at lost first. After all it was a new environment for her. Then all of a sudden she would smile and make other parents and the teacher smile. She also got a few compliments from the teacher

I felt so unprepared at the end of the class. I didn't take the body wash, so A and I smelled like chlorine until we got home. Mental note for next time!

Mr. V took some pics of us. His words were "it looked like you were having more fun then Ariela". Duh...I tried to be happy for her, so that she wouldn't be afraid and would enjoy this new experience.

We'll go for another three weeks and will decide if it is something we want to continue doing :)