Another swimming day

The rain, thunder, and lightning subsided for a few days and let us get out and enjoy some sunshine. We went with a few others to an outdoor pool near by. It was so much fun! Jacob was very scared in the beginning. Every time his feet touched the water he would take a really deep breath in and start to whimper. I held him on my lap for about 45 minutes while he snuggled on me. A big colorful ball came rolling up and really caught his attention. He just hit it with his hand for about 5 minutes, then I let him stand up holding onto it for about 10 minutes, and then we were able to start walking around the 1 inch deep water for awhile. After he seemed comfortable with that we went to the kiddie pool and hung out in all the different depths of water for a bit until he was comfortable in the deepest part of the kiddie pool. Once he was comfortable it was so much fun. He was walking all around, splashing the water, smiling and laughing at the other kids. We are looking forward to more days like this, this summer!