Afloat in Lake Monticello

Finley and I flew down to Richmond last Thursday (Dan arrived Friday night). My parents picked us up and we drove an hour to their lake house on Lake Monticello. The temperatures were reaching into the triple digits, so it was the perfect week to be on the water. Since Finley's comfort in the water has been steadily rising, I was feeling confident that he would enjoy the warm, relaxing waters of the lake. My mom got him a neat floatie that he could be in so that we could take him out further and he could explore the water on his own.

He loved it! He kicked his legs underneath and splashed around up top. Plus, there was a little inflatable toy attached to the top of the float and Finley loved chewing on it while enjoying the breeze off the lake.

There was another baby float in their garage, so tried that later on.

He didn't love this one nearly as much, because he was able to dunk his face in the water--which he probably thought was a good idea, but it ended up scaring him a bit. Finley enjoyed floating around, but after twenty or thirty minutes he wanted to be held so he got some swim lessons from Dan.

Since it was so warm, after each swim, Finley enjoying sitting on my dad's boat to dry off (and goof off).

We can't wait to go back next summer, we'll certainly have our hands full!