Water breakthroughs!

Wow! We had an amazing evening at the pool!! First of all, Sophie actually got in the pool!!! She started out on daddy's lap (screaming at the top of her lungs at first, of course;) ) and then was so proud of herself that she even wanted to wear the water wings to "jump" into Will's arms. Take a look:

Onto the next amazing order of breakthrough business: Lily swam without her water wings on in 3.5 feet deep water for the first time ever! Though she has been able to swim in very shallow water, until today she was too afraid to attempt this in the 3.5 feet deep water at our pool. BTW- Bebop you were right, peer pressure did the trick!- Cousin Paige visited yesterday and her fearlessness in the water totally inspired Lily (more pictures of their day to come soon). Here she is swimming from ledge to ledge in the 3.5 feet deep:)

This is one very determined little girl! Not 10 minutes later, here she is jumping into the water and swimming back to daddy:) *notice how she breaks into a little doggy paddling briefly during her swim- you have no idea how hard that has been for her to get, in terms of coordination(remember that one legged kick from last summer:) )