Baby's First Swim

When we started house hunting four years ago I knew I wanted to live in a neighborhood with a pool. I grew up at the pool. From early morning swim practices to lazy afternoons floating around-the pool was the place to be. One of the things we will miss most about leaving is the stellar pool and the friendships that have grown there. We knew we had to introduce baby girl to it all before we set off!

All smiles with Daddy

Ooooo it's so cold

Wheeeeee!

Who is that flat-haired baby? We don't know her ;-)

It was a great first introduction and she only tried to drink the pool water a handful of times. We were able to go back the next day and she seemed to love it just as much. Hooray for having a water baby!

Fun With Friends

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

-Elbert Hubbard

A few weeks ago I posted about attending my sweet friend Kelsey's wedding in Raleigh and what a great time we all had there. Since our graduation and move to the Charlotte area we haven't gotten much of a chance to see them, so any time we do we make the most of it! So you can imagine my excitement when she texted me to let me know they would making a trip to IKEA and wanted to stop by for a visit!

They came bearing gifts for the pup and flowers and food for us-talk about great friends! We headed to the pool for a few hours before the precious newlyweds insisted on cooking supper for us. I mean honestly, how awesome is that?! And boy were we hungry after swimming around and heading down the water slides a few times. That's right, folks, water slides. A bunch of adults flying down water slides? You bet! Every adult swim we would scurry over there to beat the other adults:-) A few pictures from our stellar afternoon:

Then we headed back to the house for a fabulous summer meal. They made us homemade burgers with bacon and barbeque sauce-nom nom nom. We also feasted on salad and grilled corn. We wrapped up the meal with homemade Nutella Brownies warmed up with vanilla ice cream. Needless to say we were all pleasantly full following supper!

It was a wonderful afternoon/evening spent relaxing and catching up with friends. I cannot wait to have many more of these times once summer officially begins!