Timeline

By one year old, he had already spoken his first words and was ahead of the curve for every major milestone.

We signed him up for ISR (Infant Swimming Resource) classes around 1 year old. This was a safety measure due to the many pools in our area. 

One year and 8 months old. We come from a family of water polo players...little did we know when we took this picture, what an important part of his life the sport would become.

Sometime before 2 years old, we don't know exactly when, his language stopped progressing. His social engagement started to fade, and eventually, he began to lose words he had already learned. 

Favorite pastime: tossing coins into a fountain. He used to ask for pennies, and I'd happily hand them over. Then one day...he didn't. Or more accurately...couldn't. I remember begging him--just say 'pennies' and you can have them all. But the words just wouldn't come.