As soon as we arrived, Finley discovered why kitchens are so much fun. He was able to pull himself up and find all the tupperware treasures inside!
We had a delicious Shabbat dinner for five: me, Dan, GG, GM, and Aunt Ellie while Finley was in bed. We got to watch an exciting Yankees game on TV (too bad I fell asleep before the exciting 9th inning) and then slept wonderfully.
On Saturday afternoon, as the temperature rose close to 90, we drove over to Bella and Benny's house to enjoy a BBQ lunch and a swim in their pool. The timing worked out so that about 10 minutes after our arrival, we put Finley down for a nap in his trusty travel crib in a spare bedroom. Bella encouraged Dan and I to take advantage of a sleeping baby and get in the pool before lunch. What an experienced Grandma! She was right on and we had fun swimming around sans baby. Lunch was great--steak, chicken, hot dogs, asparagus, salad, etc.--and we were able to enjoy it from start to finish since Finley continued to snooze away. As we cleared the table, we thought maybe it was time to wake up Fin so he'd have a chance to swim since he's already been sleeping for nearly 2 hours. We peeked in on him and saw our little guy sleeping curled up on his side tightly hugging his owl lovey aka Owly. Adorable! We thought we'd give him a little more time and about 20 minutes later, he was up and ready to get wet.
This was Finley's fourth swimming adventure in a big pool and each time he's gotten more and more comfortable but not quite to the point of completely enjoying himself. This time was different! He didn't need to be eased in and didn't have a death grip on us while in the water. We passed him back and forth between us and to his GG, no problem. He even splashed with his hands quite a bit. He enjoyed being on his tummy in the pool and it was hard to keep his face out of the water because he kept trying to drink it!
The water temperature was excellent and the pool had plenty of semi-shallow space to walk and bounce around in. Finley was so much more "into it" than any of our other pool adventures and it made Dan and me really happy to know that we'll have lots of water adventures in our family's future. Phew! It had been well over an hour when I realized, hm--how long should we keep him in the water? I knew he was having fun, but I suspected he was also getting pretty worn out. We pulled him out and let him air dry in the warm sun. I spotted his very pruny feet and realized it was probably a good idea we got him out!
GG and I sat with him in the sun and he was occupied not only by his own feet, but his GG's as well.
When the sun got to be too much, we moved Finley into the shade and he got to sit in Bella's very nice patio chair. We were keeping our eye on him, so he wouldn't fall off the chair, but we didn't expect him to try to climb up and out!
Finley may not be crawling yet, but he certainly is mobile!
It was a wonderful, dare I say perfect, afternoon full of great friends, tasty food, and fantastic swimming! Thank you to Bella and Benny for hosting us!
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