All by myself!

Cora learned how to swim "on her own" today! We have a suit with floatation chambers but we only use it sometimes because in the past it would put her flat on her face in the water or flat on her back and she couldn't seem to maneuver herself very well in it. Today I thought I'd try it again since she's been getting so brave in the water and tries really hard to swim. Another thing we encourage her to do in the pool is to move along the side of the pool by herself using her hands. I was trying to get her to move along the wall/side to the ladder and she started doing it with just one hand on the side, rather than both. Then all of a sudden she let go with both hands and started swimming! She was ecstatic and just kept swimming and swimming. Brad came home from work just a little while later and got to see her swimming and take a video of it, too. We could see that she was so excited about this new discovery - it was all she wanted to do! She seemed to be so proud of herself and her new ability! We are so proud of her too!

She also learned two new words today while swimming: splash ("spash") and down ("don"). Every time I witness her learning something new - a new word, a new discovery, a new ability - I feel like I'm witnessing a little miracle! It's so amazing how God has made us!