Last Official Day of Summer

Its kind of hard to believe that we are in the middle/end of September, have already gotten a few teaser Fall days and yet TODAY is the final day of summer. I wouldn't have even known this factoid if my mom hadn't told me as summer basically ended for us at the end of July. Plus the only reason she knows this is because apparently TODAY is setting record heat indexes in Hoosierland.


That always happens...we are gung ho ready for nice weather by the time June arrives, pissed off if it even thinks about getting chilly or raining...and then a whole month later we are all burnt out of pool days and overwhelming heat and humidity that we can't WAIT for Fall to get here! Which is ridiculous because I HATE WINTER! Except for the month of December of course. Apparently I like my seasons to last a month and then I am over them. HA! Anyway, I am sure as JD gets older this will change as activities will keep us busy all summer long but for now this is our story.



Plus I LOVE (understatement) Fall. I love the smell, the wonderful temperature, the colors, the clothes (new jeans, sweatshirts), the decorations, Thanksgiving...well you name it I love it. If Fall could last all year I would be in heaven (side note: it does, you just have to move to Southern California...and in that case you do miss out on the fall colors but you DO get the wonderful temperatures!!)


But alas, I realized that I did not do ONE pool post this year...which is ridiculous because Mr. JD is quite the fish! This season brought some swimming with no floaties which is a far cry from LAST YEAR, holding our breath under water, swimming down to get sticks at the bottom of the shallow end AND jumping off the diving board for the first time (WITH floaties!). So on this last day of summer I thought I would share some of our highlights...

Happy Last Day of Summer everyone!! Fall 2010 HERE WE COME!!

Gushing...

...over our little swimmer! I know, you are sick and tired of being sick and tired of me and my summer swim talk but SERIOUSLY I am so proud of my brave (ahem and very well "suited") little boy. LITTLE BOY...not LITTLE BABY (sorry, that is me having a moment).

Its that time again! {25}

Pool time!! We are so excited to help JD learn how to swim this summer! Last year, lets be honest, we were pool rats. And because we are completely fine with this title, we will be going for that again this year! :)

Over Memorial Day weekend we went to the pool several times and tried out some of our new "floatie" gear. We didn't get pictures of JD's new outfit, namely the all spandex garb that has a floatation device that resembles a kickboard built inside of it. Don't worry...we will get some pics next time! Needless to say he doesn't heart that outfit and its kind of awkward in the water.

So we went straight for the water wings which he has taken a liking to. Its amazing to us how confident he is in the baby pool this year. Last year he was barely walking in the summer and used his floatie as a walker in the baby pool. This year he is so freaking tall and walking all around and using his water wings to leverage himself (or his face) above the water. So fun!

I can't believe its summer already! Hallelujah! I feel like last winter went by soo much slower. Probably due to the fact that I was sleeping about 2 hours a day then! Crazy how fast things change.

PS-I am only five days in and this is already HARD!

Can't Get Enough...

...Of the pool that is! We had another fun weekend enjoying this hot hot hot Indiana weather. Lots of pool time, some fun outdoor adult time, and some great grilled food prepared by P-Daddy!

On Friday night P-Daddy and I went out for a bit while one of my greatest friends, Godmom babysat for JD! Thanks again Godmom...we love you! We had friends in town and there was a get together for their arrival. It was a baby friendly event since 4 of the 7 married couples have children but it was just too late for JD. So, adult time it was! BUT we did get to see the newest arrival and she is ADORABLE! Baby Kaelyn, daughter of Nikki and Ryan was born a bit early and was 5lbs 13oz...she now weighs 9lbs and some odd ounces and looks like she weighs 5lbs (to me). I think this is the trick our brains play on us to have more children (no friends I am not prego AND no we are not trying...I'm just sayin jeez!). JD weighed 6lbs 13oz when he was born and although I do feel like I remember him that small, seeing Kaelyn made me realize that I really don't. It makes you want a peanut again! They just grow up so fast (sniff, sniff!)

P-Daddy and Peanut JD (still sniff sniffing)

We spent Saturday at the pool with Max, E and JD playing. Max is our friends the Walker's (who were in town for the weekend) babe and he is a year and 3 mo. old. E was born exactly one week before JD. We don't get to hang out with either of JD's friends much so this was a fun time!

Jacob and Eli in the pool

Today my Papa President and VP came into town and we had a blast at the pool and grilled out for dinner. It was a wonderful end to a great weekend! VP and I were what P-Daddy likes to call "pool rats" growing up and my Papa President loves to tell stories and reminisce about the "good old days." Papa President was not afraid to throw us in the deep end and tell us to swim. VP and I joke now that we should be traumatized by the pool because of the antics Papa President would pull. But instead we are grateful for our swimming skills! :)

VP and JD

We also visited a new church today. We have been searching for the right church for us and haven't quite found it. The church we went to today was nice but the service was a bit too contemporary for our taste. We did randomly run into an old neighbor of ours who happens to be one of their head pastors (which we totally forgot). It was fun to catch up with him and here about the old neighborhood.

Papa President and JD (Papa is no doubt telling him all about how to swim)

In JD news...he is officially becoming a walker. Right now is a half and half man. He crawls half the time and walks the other half. Its amazing to watch. He started waving at Papa President and VP and saying "hi" today which is odd because I have been trying to teach him that for (literally) months and have got nothing in return and VP walks in the room today and he waves and says "hi." Good job him! We shall see if this was just a fluke or if he really does have it down! :)

He also loves playing with anything and everything "kitchen." We have completely baby proofed at this point because our Great Room and Kitchen are one big area so thats where we hang out most of the time. But I promise you his has radar and knows if I have unlatched one of the cabinets for just a moment. He is there faster than a speed of light and ripping everything out as fast as he can. I let him, because I am a sucker for his cuteness. Its just one of those funny things about being a mom that I never realized I would love (and yes that includes the cleaning up part after he is bored with the kitchen gadgets).

Mr. JD man also HATES shoes. And I need some help on this front from any and all mother's that have gone through this or have the magical wonder shoe to share with me! He literally curles his toes so bad I most of the time can't even get them on and when I do actually succeed he rips at least one of them off before I can even get it tied! All the while in any of these situations he is balling crying like I am torturing him. Its pretty awful. But I know I need to break him in of this shoe business because of the walking adventures. Help?!