Swimming

We went swimming one night. Casen hadn't gone swimming since last summer, but he did pretty well. He only wanted me to hold him so I was tired by the end of the night. He wore floaties but doesn't know how to use them yet. He has to learn how to kick so he can stay up. He wouldn't panic though when he would go under so I guess that's good. Well until the slide incident. There's a kiddie slide there, and he kept asking to go down it. I knew I couldn't take him. A few years back, I went down the slide with Tana and learned my lesson! I hit the water so hard and it's so shallow there (shallow for an adult) that I hit the bottom of the pool hard. My knee was black for a month. It's a wonder I didn't break my kneecap. So I knew I couldn't take him down the slide. Well, Jaci went down the slide in a lifejacket. So I decided to let Case try it. As I waited for Jessi to let him go at the top, I was standing in the pool waiting - nervous. Jeremy was making fun of me - but it was my baby! Case came down the slide, went under the water, and popped back up. I think he was in shock for about a minute. Then he started crying. He didn't ask to go down the slide again. Hopefully, he will go down the slide in the park though. Case got upset when it was time to get out of the pool. I was running on empty, and it was getting near to closing time. Well, he and Jaci went and ran around in the grassy area watching the birds. Then I look over, and he was taking off for the pool. Of course, it was the deep end. Jeremy told me he didn't know I could move that fast. I caught Case right before he got to the edge. He might have just stopped at the edge and looked in, but he probably would've just stepped into the pool. Just like he does when he walks off the couch or bed. I know he probably would've been fine. Between the lifeguards and all of us right there, but it still scared me. I'm sure I gave everyone a laugh by running to the pool to catch my baby - I'm already showing. Hopefully, I won't have to do that again. I don't know if I'll be able to move so fast by the end of the summer.