'I cried tears of hope then tears of sadness': Bode Miller's wife weeps as they teach their new baby how to swim almost a year after their toddler daughter drowned in a neighbor's pool
- Morgan Beck shared the video of their six-month-old son Easton on Instagram on Monday
- It showed him learning how to float on his back with the help of a swimming coach
- Beck said she cried 'tears of hope for him' then 'tears of sadness' over their daughter
- Emmeline Miller died in June 2018 after falling into a neighbor's pool and drowning
- Ever since, Beck and her Olympic gold medalist skier husband Bode have shared their grief openly
- Beck was five months pregnant with Easton when Emmy drowned
Bode Miller's wife Morgan Beck has shared a heart-wrenching video of their new baby son learning how to swim almost a year after their toddler daughter Emmy drowned in a neighbor's swimming pool.
Beck shared the video on her Instagram story on Monday. It showed their six-month-old son Easton being held up in a swimming pool by a coach, learning how to float on his back.
She captioned it: 'I cried tears of hope watching my baby boy learn this life saving skill... and then tears of sadness because it was all I had to do to keep my baby girl here.'
Morgan Beck, seen left with her husband Bode Miller, shared a video of their six-month-old son learning how to float on his back on Instagram on Monday (right). She said it brought her both tears of 'hope' for him then tears of 'sadness' for their daughter Emmy who drowned last year
Emmy, whose full name was Emmeline, drowned in June 2018 after toddling into a neighbor's swimming pool.
Beck was five months pregnant with Easton at the time.
The 19-month-old had managed to get out of the house, into the friend's yard and slipped into the swimming pool within a matter of minutes.
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She was rushed to the hospital but could not be revived and was pronounced dead the following day.
Beck, a professional beach volleyball player and Miller, a former Olympic gold medalist skier, have shared their grief openly in an attempt to prevent other children's drowning deaths ever since.
They welcomed Easton in October. He is Beck's third baby and Miller's fifth.
In February, Beck shared a touching tribute to the baby on Instagram.
Emmeline Miller, who was known as Emmy to friends and family, drowned in June 2018, aged 19 months, after toddling into a neighbor's pool while her mother was in the neighbor's kitchen
Beck was five months pregnant with Easton when Emmy died. They are shown not long before the toddler's death
Easton Vaughn Rek Miller was born in October, four months after his sister's death
She said her death and his birth has brought her closer to 'the heavens and earth'.
'He is so special and has brought so much healing and hope.
'Our baby Emmy will never be replaced but man, has this little bundle allowed us to feel a small sense of peace and in a weird way, a connection between the heavens and earth,' she said.
In an interview last year, Beck told how her daughter's death changed her view of swimming pools and the dangers of water.
'It is 100 per cent preventable. You need to think of water completely differently. [It's] sort of like sitting here and I am looking outside at my pool and that is a lion.
In an interview last year, when Beck was still pregnant, she and Miller shared their grief and urged other parents to take more care when their children are around water
'That is a lion, that is a kidnapper. That is something that could take my child in 30 seconds.
'And the moment those 30 seconds is up, the likelihood of you getting your child back is pretty close to zero,' she said.
Bode, who retired from skiing in 2017, is also trying to raise awareness.
'It's the number one way that you could potentially lose your kid. And if it's number one for me, I want to know about it,' Bode said in the same interview last year.
He said he had an 'obligation' to help educate other parents, which in turn was healing for them.
'I've been to all the pediatrician's meetings and check-ups on our kids.
'And I can't say it's come up one time. Not a single time.'
