summertime

Summer has arrived...it was almost 90 degrees today here. Yesterday we tried the little pool again. She still wasn't too excited about it, but she did get braver in the grass. When I first put her down she stood on her toes and just stayed in one place. She's not a girl who likes to be still for long, though, so she ventured out into the yard a bit, tentatively taking a few steps, lifting her knees up really high. Eventually she walked the full length of the yard, back to the swingset. I couldn't believe she was willing to go that far! Then she walked back to bring Mommy the ball (which, incidentally, she calls a "daw.")

She got in the pool briefly, but wanted out almost immediately. Because she was wet and I didn't want to get myself too wet, I sat her on my leg (I was sitting on the ground outside the pool). From there she could dangle her feet into the pool, which she discovered was GREAT fun because she could kick and splash her feet. I think she's deciding maybe the pool isn't so bad after all!

After her "swim," I changed her out of her swimsuit. The outfit she had been wearing was covered with her mess from lunch, so I put a clean outfit on her--a new sunsuit/dress Grandma got her the last time she was here. I just couldn't help taking pictures because it was too funny and cute.

You can't really see it all that well, but you get the idea--plus I think the expression on her face is priceless. And these next pictures I'm including just because she smiled so well for the camera, which she doesn't often do.

Thanks to those of you who wrote a comment or emailed me in support of my last post! It was kind of hard to write those things when I don't know who reads this, but it was nice to get those feelings out, too. I'm feeling better. It was just a rough couple of days there last week.

This weekend is my little brother, Jack's wedding. I'm a bit nervous about the travel, being up late with lots of new people, staying in the same hotel room with our little one (Will she go to sleep in a totally new place with her two favorite people still awake in the room with her???? It's questionable.)..... I'm thinking that I'll probably stay at the reception with my extended family and Daddy will bring her back to the hotel and put her to bed, since the wedding is rather late. We'll see. I'm excited about seeing my family, especially my older brother and his family who have been in North Carolina on sabbatical all year (but are moving back in-state next month! Hooray!).

That's what's going on here in my world. Happy wedding day to Jack and Megan!!!