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Things have been a bit "heavy" around the board lately, so I figured I'd bring you all up to speed on the little one to lighten things up a bit.

This morning Baby Sounder began his dive training. We started with a gear orientation and proper finning techniques...
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Then we covered some basic marine life identification...
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Next it was time for his first open water experience where he saw lots of cool things including a yellow fish and a blue octopus...
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After his discovery of the blue octopus, Baby Sounder flooded his suit so we thumbed the dive and headed for the changing table.

He still has a lot to learn, but I'm confident Grateful Diver and BDub will rise to the occasion. His first PNW dive site orientation will be the morning of the 16th at Redondo.
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That's awesome! It fits! Looks like I may have made the straps a little too short huh?
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Nwbrewer wrote:That's awesome! It fits! Looks like I may have made the straps a little too short huh?
Aaah the beauty of the bp/w - we can easily replace the harness. \:D/ The plate is great bud - next up is a tank. My argon bottle is a bit large though, but I've got other ideas as I'm sure you do too.
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I think I can obtain a Paintball CO2 tank that may fit. Otherwise it's time to shape some 2" pvc with the heatgun again... That may be better anyway from a weighting/trim standpoint. :fish:
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Nwbrewer wrote:I think I can obtain a Paintball CO2 tank that may fit. Otherwise it's time to shape some 2" pvc with the heatgun again... That may be better anyway from a weighting/trim standpoint. :fish:
Very true - trim could become a serious issue with an appropriately sized CO2 tank. I think the PVC is something to explore... I've even got a VIP tag for it.
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Sounder wrote:The plate is great bud - next up is a tank. My argon bottle is a bit large though, but I've got other ideas as I'm sure you do too.
how about a baby bottle?

funny stuff, sounder! keep the pics coming!
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Try one of the water reservoirs for a Super Soaker squirt gun! Holy smoke! It's like Sounder has own Real live "GI JOE" Complete with all the accessories!..............................Poor Dylan!
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paint a 1 liter soda bottle silver?
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spatman wrote:paint a 1 liter soda bottle silver?
Actually it's small enough, a 20oz bottle would probably work really well. Hmmmmm....
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Pez7378 wrote:Try one of the water reservoirs for a Super Soaker squirt gun! Holy smoke! It's like Sounder has own Real live "GI JOE" Complete with all the accessories!..............................Poor Dylan!
Never would I ever have admitted to wanting to play "dress up" and "make believe" as an adult... this parenting thing is weird stuff.

This was just an orientation to his bp/w in the dive simulator. Next we'll be adding a Liquivision X1 and a tank... baby steps, you know?
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spatman wrote:paint a 1 liter soda bottle silver?
Actually it's small enough, a 20oz bottle would probably work really well. Hmmmmm....
Could work, as could PVC pipe... and I bet we could fit two bottles of PVC pipe on him. :dontknow: \:D/
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Don't you think we should get him used to singles before we jump in to doubles?
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I think he should at least be potty trained...............you get a lot of bottom time out of those twins and I think he's a bit too small for a P-valve yet.......... :dontknow: :evil4:
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He could always borrow his dad's p- valve. :bootyshake:
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Nah, he's just rocking it old school tech diver style with the huggies!
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cardiver wrote:He could always borrow his dad's p- valve. :bootyshake:
The door was open - you got there before I could. Well played my friend. =D> :notworthy:
Nwbrewer wrote:Nah, he's just rocking it old school tech diver style with the huggies!
Yeah, he's definitely rocking it old-school for a while. The great part is, he's totally cool with the diaper thing! That way he's good for #1 AND #2 for those REALLY long training sessions. :toimonster:


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Sounder wrote:
Nwbrewer wrote:That's awesome! It fits! Looks like I may have made the straps a little too short huh?
Aaah the beauty of the bp/w - we can easily replace the harness. \:D/ The plate is great bud - next up is a tank. My argon bottle is a bit large though, but I've got other ideas as I'm sure you do too.
I'm thinking a can of Dust-Off (compressed air) and some aquarium tubing with a pacifier second stage would be just about perfect ...

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Pez7378 wrote:...............you get a lot of bottom time out of those twins ......... :dontknow: :evil4:
Well, thankfully this one's a single ... I think Doug's getting about all the bottom time he can handle right now ... :bootyshake:

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Grateful Diver wrote:
Pez7378 wrote:...............you get a lot of bottom time out of those twins ......... :dontknow: :evil4:
Well, thankfully this one's a single ... I think Doug's getting about all the bottom time he can handle right now ... :bootyshake:

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Very true - I'm getting LOADS of bottom-time right now... and the vis stinks!
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Okay, Doug. I got you on the p- valve thing, but I wont touch the, "Dylan really likes the twins" line at all......... #-o
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cardiver wrote:Okay, Doug. I got you on the p- valve thing, but I wont touch the, "Dylan really likes the twins" line at all......... #-o
Ha! You just did! :bootyshake:
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Kids got me beat on critter sitings. His first dive and he's got hammerheads, seahorses and turtles!
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Doug, I have an old hottub that you can have when he's ready to upgade to confined water training.....
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Nwbrewer wrote:Doug, I have an old hottub that you can have when he's ready to upgade to confined water training.....
Thanks for the offer, but I don't know that Mrs. Sounder would allow "an old hot tub" at the house. [-X

We'll start with confined water training in the master bathroom (very large tub) and then may graduate to the TSandM Aquatic Center (but L&P don't know that yet :evil4: ).
Pez7378 wrote:Kids got me beat on critter sitings. His first dive and he's got hammerheads, seahorses and turtles!
Unfair, isn't it? And the vis was incredible too! :fish:
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Aqualung saw you coming...

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to funny! the wife says he's cute and keep the pics rolling. what is he using for an s.p.g. (analog or computer) and a what kind of dive light for those dives he's already done?
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