All is new with the world...

You know it is amazing how different you see the world when you have a baby you want to show it to. Zack and I hate swimming...well, I don't hate swimming as much as I don't like going into large bodies of water in fear of what is under the water. Zack's case is he really can't swim and also dislikes the water. But here we were Saturday all excited to take Mabel to the lake. Yes us...the lake...beach...sand...sun...swimming. We laugh thinking about this combination and us since this is not our idea of fun. We are not the outdoorsy kind of people. We put that all aside because of our growing excitement to show Mabel the water and swimming.

We found a great little beach only about 40 minutes from our house on a lake. I guess Zack had been there a few times as a kid. Mabel knew exactly what it was when she saw the lake - "Tubby" she said. We got our sun block on and walked her towards the water and she walked right in. She loved it! She went down the little kid slide they had she walked around in the water, on the beach, back in the water, pointed at the kids playing, she was so excited. WE were too. I'm so glad we could do that with her. So now Zack's looking up all the local beaches, apparently this is going to be one of our weekend things now. I'm happy to hear that because it really was fun. I loved swimming as a kid, but as I got older I got more aware of the yucky things in the water and that really sucked all the fun out of swimming. So we are kids again and loving it.

Oh, and Mabel couldn't have looked cuter in her little bathing suit!

So later that day we went to Zack's parents house for Mabel's cousin's 7th birthday party. Mabel enjoyed a little cake and ice cream...we're going to create a monster. I assure you we feed her a very nice balanced diet otherwise. At at home Mabel enjoyed her first big girl tubby. Yes, I was still having her sit in her baby tub...hey there was a toddler side for her to sit on. Well, she now has graduated to sitting in the tub and since we have a nice big cast iron claw foot tub it is like a swimming pool for her. She was so proud and excited!