Water Baby

Today we took Kamdyn to my friend Suzanne's pool, just as we did last summer. You can imagine how much more Kamdyn enjoyed the pool this year. First of all, at the mere mention of going to the pool Kamdyn started throwing a fit because she wanted to be in the pool at the very second that I mentioned it (I'll never do that again!). Secondly, she thought she was going swimming in her tiny plastic pool outside of our house. When we put her in the car, she really started throwing a fit because she knew that the pool has never required a car ride. We didn't really catch on to what all her crying and carrying on was about until we actually reach Suzanne's pool, which thankfully is only about 2 minutes away, and her fit halted. She ignored the dog which she has always been scared of, a big greyhound, I might add. All she said was "dog" and "hush dog" and was ready to jump right in to the pool all by herself. Luckily, we were able to get her coverup and shoes off quickly enough to suit her. Patience is not a virtue of hers so far!!! She definitely proved that tonight!

So, she swam around with Richard for a while. Put her face in the water. Swam around with me for a while. She kicked, drank some salty pool water, slid down Suzanne's legs, and swam around some more. Until......she discovered the steps in the pool. Then, it was all over. All she wanted to do was climb up and down two stairs, sit down on the top step, and do it all over again. She didn't do this slowly either. Richard and I had to be on "high alert" so she didn't fall. She has ABSOLUTELY NO FEAR of the water which is good in some ways, but bad in others. After playing her "game" relentlessly for about 30 minutes. We gave up!! Richard even tried throwing her up and down in the water for a while, but that couldn't keep her away from the steps. Remember my previous post about her learning to climb steps??? Turns out she doesn't just like climbing steps, she is truly obsessed with it!!

So, here is our little water baby enjoying swimming in Suzanne's pool.

This was our little roly poly this time last year!

Putting her face in the water!

Clapping for herself as she made it to the top of the steps saying "yay!"