Our little tadpole is now a guppy!

Fearless...  That was the word that several people used to describe Dane during his last set of swim lessons...  Jumping off of things and going down the "big slide" were his favorite parts!  He had a great instructor named Zach who was super patient and let Dane have some fun.  When he started out he was a "tadpole" now he is a "guppy"!  Here are some pictures of the fun!

You will see he has two little squares on him...  they are called butter cubes and give him just enough floatation to help a little.  If he doesn't paddle and kick, he will still sink, but if he works a little they help him out.

 Look at those muscles!

 Last week we were on a drive and I saw this...  I didn't realize that there were Hauptmanns in Montana! :)

 Last Friday was Dane's eye surgery.  The procedure was pretty simple, they just put a stint into his tear duct to keep it open.  In 3 months they will pull it out and the issue should be resolved.  We took him to Missoula to have it done, and he did have to go under General Anesthesia.  I must say, he did great with the whole "you can't eat after midnight" part.  We thought he would complain a lot since his check in time was 12:45, but we talked to him a lot about it and he was great.  He didn't complain about being hungry once, even when it got delayed another 1.5 hours.  Of course Clint and I were both starving because we couldn't eat or drink in front of him!   

Here he is enjoying a movie on the way over.  Holy cow, when did my baby become such a big boy?????? 

 Dane was pretty nervous when we got there and was more than happy to just relax with Dad while we waited.  (He did hate the "tiger pajamas"!)

 Then they came and gave him the "silly juice".  We could really tell when it kicked in.  Our quiet, nervous boy started giggling and thought he was so funny!  They said it makes the separation part a lot easier so he doesn't get super upset when they take him, and it did seem to help.

 Coming out of the anesthesia was pretty awful.  He wanted the IV out and we had to physically hold him, which made him more angry, upset, and combative.  The nurses kept saying, "this is normal"...  well, a kicking, crying, inconsolable boy is not normal to us!  But, eventually he calmed down and they let us go home.  The nurses were all really great though and helped us as much as possible!

Then we all went to McDonalds for some chow!  Holy cow, Dane made up for missed meals!  (I think we all did!)

 Sunday my mom came over and showed us this cool trick with a broom.  I just had to post the picture!  It is literally standing up on its own and stayed that way for a while until one of the kids knocked it down.