Swimming Lessons...and other stuff!

*Sorry I've been absent for the last few weeks, but now that summer has come I'm not finding a lot of free time to blog with three little ones to entertain all the time. We are having a lot of fun so far this summer, but don't expect quite as many updates as we have been busy, busy, busy!

You know it's officially summer when swimming lessons get under way & that's just what we have been doing for the last two weeks! Today we completed our accelerated two week swimming courses at the "Y" & the kids loved every minute of it! They went 4 days a week for two weeks straight & boy am I tired! On top of the swimming lessons Chandler has been going to summer school every day & to a special "social skills" group once a week-whew! I know that sounds like a lot, but come July we will slow down quite a bit. However, one thing is for sure, I'm certainly not slowing down in the "growth" department. I think I wake up a little bigger every day.

Here are a few pictures from the kids swimming lessons:

Awww, what a cute brother and sister picture!

















Chandler learning to float on his back in a life vest (part of boating safety day).













Chandler waiting his turn.














McKenna was SO excited to go to her lessons all week.

















Working hard on that side stroke.













Here is just a *bonus* picture of the kids from last weekends "camping in the backyard" adventure!


Mmmmmm, S'mores in the backyard!














































Oh, and just in case you were wondering....yes, I'm only 5 months pregnant. Please, say that to my face in a really shocked and surprised tone that seems to insinuate "Geez, you look more like 7 or 8 months along". I just LOVE that!


The classic side/headless view.













Chandler thought he needed to be in this picture with "his baby". How cute is that?
















*On a little more serious note, I wanted to let you all know that your prayers would be much appreciated concerning a little "bump" in my pregnancy journey. On Tuesday I had a regular prenatal visit with my midwife & she detected an irregular heartbeat/skipped heartbeat in the baby. She quickly assured me that this may not be something to be too overly concerned with, but that we did need to try and figure out if there was something that is causing it. Soooo, I'll be going in for a Level II sonogram with a perinatologist on Monday. At that appointment they will do a more detailed sonogram of the baby's heart (called a fetal echocardiogram) to determine if there is any obvious reason for the irregular/skipped heartbeat. This could just be something that will clear up on it's own before (or shortly after) the birth.

All in all, that's pretty reassuring to know that this is most likely not something to be super concerned with. However.....it's certainly not the kind of thing you want to hear halfway through your pregnancy. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't just a tad concerned after hearing such a funky heartbeat on the doppler this last Tuesday, but that's kind of my job as a Mom to worry a little (it comes naturally to us Mom's).

I'll keep you all (all two of you that read this blog-ha!) posted on the ultrasound results after Monday's appointment :-).