Wish you were here

Sorry, it's been a while since our last post (we'll play catch up later). For now, we have a few cute pics of Thomas that we wanted to share. Warning: for those of you in the Northeast (or other cold places) these might be painful to view. Anyhow, we're in the Cayman Islands staying with Mandy's aunt Sara and uncle Peter and have been introducing Thomas to water other than that which fills our bath tub.

As you can see from the first picture, his initial impression was not positive. To be fair to the little guy, a) this picture was taken the same day that we left Ottawa (which required waking him at 3:30 a.m.), b) he was standing on a beach which was probably the largest open space he had ever seen, c) he was next to more water than he knew existed, and d) it was brighter than Ottawa ever is. The good news is - as the subsequent pictures show - he gained some confidence after some "training" in the pool and is now happy to plunge into the ocean (that is, with Mom or Dad right near by).