Finally, here's some pictures of Parkes at his swim lessons. He is able to keep himself afloat on his stomach now by himself, but he likes to swim with his head out of the water which causes his legs to sink and therefore he does. His swim teacher, Kelsey, got him some goggles so he could search the bottom of the pool to help him keep his head in the water, and said to go ahead and let him try on his own so he realizes that he has to keep kicking or he'll sink. My brother, Jim, was swimming and going off the diving boards on his own by the time he was three so I think Parkes is taking after him in his swimming. So, hopefully, by the time we go to the beach in October he will be swimming for the most part on his own...since we have a pool at the house we are renting I was a little worried about him jumping in whenever he felt like it and me with a big ole belly jumping in after him.
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