A Day of Firsts

Today was a good day of new adventures in the Siler household.

Ed and I agreed on a house! We went to look at houses for the umpteenth time in the past month and Ed & I agreed that we loved two houses. That's a good thing. The bad thing is that I liked one house more, and, of course, Ed liked the other one more. The struggle goes on.

Izzi hit her first tennis ball! Pop-Pop Bill finally got Izzi out with the little tennis racket he made for her. It took many attempts, a little cajoling, and a lot of instructions, but she knocked one clear over Ed's head and got a piece of a handful of others. She said she's ready to get to the courts tomorrow to give it another whirl. We'll see how long this attention span lasts.

Izzi swam un-assisted in the deep end tonight! After a sweaty tennis lesson, Izzi asked Ed to take her into the deep end of the pool tonight so she could "really try to swim for real this time" (her words, not mine). And she did it! She asked Ed to let go of her, which he did completely. And she did a crazy doggy paddle thing from where they were over to the love seat. It wasn't far, and it could hardly be called "swimming" or even a doggy paddle but we all had a very proud moment...most of all, Isabelle. She starts an intense three-times-a-week swim lesson program in two weeks. We think she is more than ready.

We have lots of firsts ahead of us on this new Florida adventure, and we're only getting started!