...Especially when it is snowing outside and no one else braved the roads to venture out on such a snowy day (school/work was canceled for both Paul and I)
Paul cleared off the superhonda 2.0 and warmed it up while I gathered CC's warm clothing goods, diaper bag and well CC. I bought a whole bumch of different sized suits at the end of the summer when they were on clearance for super cheap as I assume it will be challenging to find them at this time of year. I'm determined to have CC be a strong swimmer. I think swimming is a good lifeskill, especially now that I have a knee injury and it is my only way of exercising at this point...I digress.
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| A little pre-swimming photo shoot. |
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| She's happy and we don't know why...we all just woke up! |
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| Um, I think I'm sliding... |
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| I toppled over! That was fun! |
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| I am a happy baby girl! |
So we got to the Y, me in my flip flops, Paul in his winter coat, CC
in Paul's winter coat. The pool was pretty empty. In fact there were a couple lap swimmers, the guard, and us.
CC didn't really have much of a reaction when we put her in the water. She didn't smile, she didn't cry, she was just kind of curious. Eventually she was interested in looking at her hands and feet in the water. She floated around on her back and on her tummy. She kicked her legs but didn't really ever splash with her hands. She loved it when mom made a little fountain under the water for her to peer at. The guard let us use the kids alphabet letters that float (note to self, bring your own next time so that the little bug can put them in her mouth and we do know where the ones we own have been).
She was intently looking at the surface of the water I'm guessing her perspective was distorted when she looked at the water so we couldn't get her to look up for any of the photos. Oh well.
Did I mention how proud of her I was? She didn't cry once. She let me hold her hands as her body floated behind her. She especially liked it when we bobbed up and down in the water. CC and daddy played chase. Paul acted like a shark and came up and tickled her. It was a glorified version of peek-a-boo. But she still wouldn't smile. Well enough of this jibber jabber I'm sure you all want to see the beautiful baby floating around.
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| First dunk, toes are hitting the water |
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| Here I go! |
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| I love trying to get those letters and that octopus! |
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| They are just out of reach! |
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| more floating |
Getting out was still not a big deal. She didn't cry at all. They have these nice assisted changing rooms that have a shower, bench, etc. So the three of us were able to get cleaned up altogether. As soon as we put her in the shower to rinse off all the chlorine she started talking up a storm making all sorts of noises and smiling away.
What a great way to spend an unexpected day off! This is the first of many pooltime adventures. Snorkling off for now. Leaving you with a few post swimming shots for your enjoyment.
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| Post swimming, warm, happy and very tired |
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| Look at those cheeks! (and those eyelashes!) |
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| Happy Happy |
