Internet! I haven’t been this excited about summer since the summer of 98, before I went to college and took full advantage of sleeping in until noon, working at MickeyD’s and drinking beers camping in the woods.
If you read the Twitter Home Tour post from a while back, you saw that when we built a house, we put in a pool. Now, you should know that this pool is sort of silly. I live in a town where it’s warm enough to swim about 3 months out of the year. But Craig’s happy place is in the sun, so we put one in. And, guys? It’s so worth it. Even if it doesn’t add $5 of value to our house. Because this weekend, we put my daughter in the pool and SHE. LOVED. IT.
We were hoping to give her a little bit of pool time on Saturday but a late nap combined with a picnic that we were headed to and a mom who forgot to buy swim diapers meant that she only got to dip in her toes. She stuck in her little toe and looked up at Craig with wide eyes. When he smiled at her, she giggled and kicked her right foot while keeping her left leg way up in the air out of the water.
On Sunday, we decide to go for it. We lathered her up with suncreen, blew up the baby raft and wiggled C into her swim diaper and suit. (side note: do you know how hard it is to get a baby girl into a swim suit? I think it’s a little like trying to put two weeks of clothes into an overnight bag.) Once she was properly dressed with a hat that she was willing to keep on her still sparsely covered noggin, we headed outside.
As soon as she saw the water, she was kicking her feet and flailing her arms. We lowered her into the water and into the baby raft and with only a slight moment of hesitation, she leaned back and soaked it in. She grined and giggled, kicked her feet and splashed with her arms. She chewed on the toys attached to the raft (does anyone know if this is a bad thing, by the way?) and just thoroughly loved being in the water.
I joked with Craig this weekend that if it hadn’t taken him six years to marry me and build me a house, that perhaps I could have enjoyed the pool with a pre-baby body for a year or two before we decided to procreate. But this? Watching my little girl as she plays in the water and gets excited to be outside. This is so much better.
She is such her father’s daughter already, but I love that she loves being outside and I can’t wait to spend my summer chashing her around with the camera. ::sigh:: Even if it means I have to suck in my post-baby belly as I do it.
How did you kick off your summer this weekend?
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Pool looks GREAT! I may have to come over and use it sometime
I *just* bought Nolan that raft thingy! Can’t wait to try him out in it!!! :0)
Looks like a fun time! Hehe.
we have a similar float, except it doesn’t have the cool frog on it. i love that b loves the water too! it’s a blast. =) enjoy your summer!!
She looks like a little water baby! So adorable…I can’t wait to take Parker to the pool…we just got a little bathing suit in the mail as a gift this morning and I can’t wait to get her in it (although the getting her in it seems a little challenging from what you said…so wish us luck!).
Have a wonderful summer by the pool!
Having a pool is definitely worth every penny. We spend a lot less money finding ways to keep cool and entertain ourselves in the summer, and it wears the kids out which makes naps and bedtime easier. We’ll look forward to seeing oodles and oodles of swim pics from you this summer!
Oh man, SO JEALOUS!! I want a pool! And a little swim raft for me
YAY! Now we can have a skype pool party!!!! Woohoo!
And the three months of glorious weather in the midwest absolutely justifies having a pool. I was so happy when my parents put one in. Just sitting out there at night with the pool light on makes me smile.
C looks SO happy in the water! You guys are going to make so many great memories in the backyard
Love the idea that you have a pool. I’m jealous. Or I would be if I lived where I’d enjoy it. It rained all weekend here in Seattle. Pathetic, wet and cold. We ran errands, went to the mall, visited the children’s museum and did housework. Sooooo, exiting I know. Please contain your deep desire to be me.
Love the shots of your little on in the pool. That’s just too dang cute!
Jen
She’s a water natural!! Looks like she had a lot of fun
We took the twins in my sister’s pool for the first time…Ms. L loved it and Ms. M hated it! We thought it would’ve been the opposite way.
Great pics!
she is so cute! I could just squish her!! Can’t wait to get my wee little guy into his granny’s pool this summer! Awe!
love the new pool girl. we spend time at our community one, but wish we had a kick ass back yard like you guys! I haven’t been keeping up, is she in swim lessons yet?
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