Dear Eleanor,
I haven't been so good about keeping up with the letters recently, sorry. You & I have been busy lately! We took a family road trip last month to Duluth, Bayfield WI and Michigan. On our trip you were able to dip your toes in lake Superior for the first time and ride the ferry over to Madeline Island. The water of lake Superior was a little cold so you didn't really like the experience too much. We hung out on a couple beaches while daddy hunted for rocks and were able to do some hiking to a waterfall. We also stopped at Hawk Ridge in Duluth and saw some of the birds that they trap, band & release. Daddy actually "adopted" a sharp-shinned hawk & was able to release it back into the wild. There was a man from the local tv news station there who interviewed daddy and videotaped you (for just a second) and you both were in his news story on tv!
You also recently started swimming lessons through community education. We go once a week to the pool to help you become comfortable in the water. We sing some songs while we play and splash in the water. You love it! You just started kicking your feet as soon as you got in. You love to splash around and float on your tummy. We have also started going to a mommy & me class through early childhood family education. It is also once a week, we sing songs, have playtime and meet other mommy's & babies. It has been fun to see you interact with the other babies. I hope we will be able to arrange some play-dates from the group! You're growing so quickly, I'm trying to cherish each day with you. I know you're still a baby but you're just getting so much bigger each week, I can't believe it! Very soon you'll be crawling. You're at a point now where you bring your knees up under you and have your hands on the floor in the crawling position and rock back & forth. You're so excited about it that you even pull your knees up under you while you sleep & end up sleeping with your cute little butt in the air! I know one day soon you'll just start going... then watch out!
Love,
Mommy
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