Blake went to his first MLB game on Father's Day and a week later he is in Arizona watching a Diamondbacks game. Now first of all, here's the truth about how the Mets game came to be. I was looking at things to do while we were in Arizona. I knew we would have to head back to Phoenix from the Tucson area for our flight home and I knew that I didn't want to make the two hour drive and 5 hour flight happen the same day. I asked Keith if he would want to go to a Diamondbacks game and he was all in. He had never been to Chase Field and he loves visiting new stadiums. It was a little while later that he realized Blake's first MLB game had to be a Mets game. We decided Father's Day would be perfect.
Here's the funny thing. We watched about 14 seconds of the Mets game. Maybe. I'm not complaining...neither is Keith. We had a blast. The fact remains, we did not get to watch the game. See Keith's post. The Diamondbacks game though...we watched the entire thing. Including extra innings. Typical Blake made friends with everyone in our row. The funniest part of the day came when I was trying to find Blake something to eat. I ended up grabbing a personal pizza because I knew he would eat it and there weren't really many options. I bring it back to our seats and I'm holding it. I look at Blake and I say, "Blake, this is your very own pizza. It's just for you." And Blake smiles the biggest smile and laughs his little chubby laugh. He knew exactly what I was saying. If you've seen the video Keith has on Facebook and Instagram you'll see what I'm talking about. If not, look it up. If you're not friends with him, sorry, you should be, he's pretty awesome.
We spent the entire day today in the pool. Blake cries when you try to take him out. We swim with Blake so much and he just loves being in the pool. Last summer after we knew Blake loved the water we decided to enroll him in swim lessons. We both thought it was really important. We looked at a lot of places but ultimately decided to enroll Blake at Goldfish Swim School. The pool was brand new and there wasn't a specific session we were enrolling him in. Lessons keep going all year. Blake has been in swim lessons since he was 4 months old--since September. We see how comfortable he is in the pool and it's so important. I don't remember not knowing how to swim and that's what I want for Blake. We are so used to the way Blake swims that we don't always realize how far he's come or how much swim lessons have helped. SO many parents of kids Blake's age came up to us in the pool today completely blown away with how comfortable he was in the water. The pool had a gradual entry and Blake could stand. The further he walked in the less he was able to stand. He just didn't care though. He would walk until he was going under and we were grabbing him. He still didn't care. Blake has no fear. We realize this will probably land us in the hospital a few times but he's a tough kid. People just couldn't believe that Blake was so comfortable running around in the pool on his own. I am SO thankful we found Goldfish and Blake loves the water. I'm also thankful because we made some awesome friends who happen to be the parents of Blake's adorable little girlfriend.
That photo has nothing to do with anything. That's just Blake's typical, "I'm about to eat!" face and it's my favorite. So anyway, after a week all three of us have finally adjusted to the time change and we are headed home tomorrow. Of course. Blake has been so good. Aunt Allison is in love with him. Blake is in love with Aunt Allison as well. Back to reality tomorrow. I'm not complaining--my reality is spending the next two weeks at the lake with my little family before heading to St. Maarten. We are SO very lucky.
Now wish us luck on the flight home!
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