Swimming!

As of tonight, Evan made a major swimming breakthrough! We've been doing parent-child swim plus some "open swim" at the YMCA for a few months and Evan has always been pretty comfortable in the water. He jumps right in and can more or less get himself to the surface but then he pretty much wants to hang on to me. We've been working on using one of the foam "noodles" across his chest and under his arms for buoyancy but up until tonight, he's preferred to just smack the thing on the water. Tonight he figured it out and spent 30 minutes independently kicking his way around the pool, happily babbling to himself. I was amazed how quickly he could move through the water and how well he could steer. Of course, Evan is not exactly swimming but this was a huge step in that direction.