Swimming lessons

Max has been going swimming for 4 weeks now and is doing great. I wasn't so sure after the first week when he cried every time we dunked him :( But, since then, he's been fine. Colin got to take him last Friday, and I think it was his favorite time so far...

Candice, Lily, Max and Colin

This one is from the second week we went - Candice is holding him and Lily so I can take the picture...

We have also been going for lots of walks and runs this winter and I love this picture of one of our beach walks.

Chili party

Colin, Max and I had about 20 friends over last weekend for a Chili Party (it's getting cold here now!). Most people in Australia don't know what chili is! Or they've heard of it, but have never had it. In fact, when the party was over, several people said "I wasn't expecting to like it, but it was actually really good!" With the help of Jean, we had 5 different kinds of chili and lots of cornbread for everyone to try. I'm not sure how the sombreros came out, but I couldn't resist this picture...

Max loved the party because several of his friends came too...

Max and Emma playing outside

Me & Max, Jean & Emma, Lisa & Joe

My mom's visit

My mom got to come back and visit for 11 days in May, and Max and I were thrilled. We're so happy and fortunate that she has been able to come twice since Max was born. Now we're just counting down the days until we see her in Hawaii in September! We'll probably have some photos similar to this one...Grandma loved feeding Max...And we went on as many walks as we could (if only it didn't rain so much!).And we did get down to the beach a few times, this was after the storms...The airport on the last day is always extremely sad, but we managed to hold out tears until the very end :)
See you in 15 weeks Grandma!!! We love you!!! xoxoxo