This is the first time I have gotten on here to post anything and I thought I would give my perspective on our trip to Gulf Shores with the Bedenbaughs. I thought I would start by explaining what really happened with my dramatic rescue of Noah. So, I was standing in about 3 and 1/2 feet of water and Noah was walking from the edge of the pool into the water. When he reached about 1 foot of water he slipped and fell backwards. Everything blurred and began to go into slow motion. Kelly was sitting a mere 3 feet from Noah and Jeremy was about 4 feet in the other direction. I watched as Noah's head bobbed in and out of the water...no reaction at all from Kelly or Jeremy. I was left with no choice. Like superman leaving a telephone booth, I ran to my son and rescued him from drowning. In the process he might have gotten a little water on his face from a wave I sent in his direction, but he thanked me for my cat-like reflexes!
Anyways, we had an excellent time with Jeremy, Amy, and Jude. It was the first time we had seen them in exactly a year. Kelly and I are constantly amazed how easy it is to reconnect with our good friends from college and their families. Jeremy and I had a great time watching college football, watching the kids play together, and reminiscing about days in Charleston and our hope to get the Shealy, Bedenbaugh, and McKee families back in Charleston and together again!
One of the things I love about both Noah and Jude is how happy they are (most of the time)! Here are a few more pictures.
2 comments:
First of all, I just love seeing my son in his Gamecock pants, rooting on Spurrier and crew as a beat down was laid upon the Kentucky WildRats.
Second, as an eyewitness, I must speak to the events in question regarding Noah's fall into the pool. Wes' account, though very favorable toward himself, must be contradicted by sound reason and accurate truthtelling. First, let us note the clear Biblical injunction that a man cannot be convicted on the testimony of just one person. Rather, he can only be convicted when at least two witnesses agree on the account (see Deut. 17.6, 19.15, II Cor. 13.1, I Tim. 5.19, and Heb. 10.28). Since Kelly has provided one account, I will be the convicting second witness to indict Wes on attempting drowning of his son!
Before I get to the real facts, we must dispute part of Wes's account. Wes claims that he was in 3.5 feet of water when the incident in question occurred. All of us who have stood beside Wes know that he could not be 'standing' in that depth of water. Instead, due to his height, he would have had to be 'treading,' meaning that he would have been unable to 'run' to Noah's rescue; rather, he would have been swimming and thus not getting the water on his face frequently caused by running in a pool. Also, one point must be clarified. Even Wes acknowledges in his post that Noah was in only one foot of water (it was actually more like 9 inches) and then fell "backwards," meaning that he fell into less shallow water, and thus proving Kelly's description correct.
As to the facts of said incident, here we go...Unlike Wes, I was actually paying attention to my son, and thus preventing the drowning on the front end rather than Wes' method of somehow coming to a rescue while simultaneously engulfing your son with waves of water. But, as Wes indicated, I was only 4-6 feet away when the near drowning occurred. I saw Noah do a "Wes Waddle" into about 9 inches of water when he slipped and fell backwards. However, he actually did have the cat-like reflexes to catch himself on his elbows and keep his head from being submerged. You'll note that Kelly (the mother) and myself (adopted uncle) did not get alarmed by this situation, as there was no need for alarm. We watched to see if he would sit up and we readied ourselves for calm, non-water drenching assistance IF the need arose. Suddenly from the corner of my eye, I see Wes with a panicked look on his face rushing toward Noah as if he were in slow motion in a bad Chinese movie (his mouth was moving but different sounds were coming out). This unabashed rush to Noah's side led to a wave, the kind which has not been seen since the intro to Hawaii 5-0. In other words, I looked on as poor little Noah, just about to rise to the occasion and sit up was suddenly overtaken by a Tsunami. His head plunged under the title wave and he began to take in water. After three more waves from Wes' high-knee adventure washed over him, Wes finally reached him and pulled him from the water. At this point, we all waited with baited breath to see if Noah was still alive after such a barage of water. Somehow, the crying which was unleashed by the wave attack, allowed him to breath again, much like the doctor smacking a newborn on the rear end. He was alive, but his face was covered with water, bringing about the much heralded look of consternation seen below! Those are the facts Wes!
Jeremy
Like fathers like sons....at least when it comes to tanning!
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