For this appointment, Lucy decided to feel OK so I got to attend.  The doctor was very pleased to report that Ro had gained nearly a pound in the 10 days since his last visit.  He is now a portly 8 lbs, 5 oz.  His length was measured at 20.5 inches.  His umbilical stump fell off a few days ago, so he has a nice round belly.

During the time I have been home with the new baby, I have been in charge of getting Lucy and Max to swim lessons at the Carpinteria Community Pool.  Toby works on getting a nap while we are out for an hour and a half.

Lucy is in the Step 1 – Beginning class and has made great progress towards being water safe.  She loves jumping into the water from the dive platform.

Max is in Step 4 – Advanced and is learning to dive and swim with particular strokes:  Freestyle, Butterfly, Breaststroke and Backstroke.

While waiting during Max’s lessons, Lucy decided that she wanted to be a lifeguard.  On a many days, she went right up to the lifeguards and asked to sit in their chair.  Since only the Advanced swimm ers were in the pool, most granted Lucy her wish.

Max is a member of the Coldstone Creamery Brithday Club, so he received a coupon via email for a free ice cream.  The coupon has only a 2 week life, and since Max will be at Victory Ranch for a week of summer camp during this time, we went for an early celebration.  Max got mint ice cream with Reese’s peanut butter cups and Lucy’s choice was chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips.

And since every semi-serious posed shot must be followed by a ‘crazy’ photo: