Swimming and Bed Head

This was Sweet Pea's reaction to swimming...do I even need to tell a story? She loved it! She takes after her mom and dad with her new found love for water. We had a wonderful time in the pool, and I got to enjoy some time with Leslie while her family enjoyed taking care of Sweet Pea. It was so nice to be cool for one, and spend some time having girl talk. I think that Sweet Pea and I need to take some baby swim classes so that she can have some fun in a pool again. If that can't happen I need to get a kiddy pool with a cover to put on our little apartment deck so that we can all cool down on these hot August days.

I took this picture right after she got out of bed. I think her look and hair explain it all.

This little girl makes the best faces I have ever seen. She is so cute I could just eat her up. Well, until she is screaming or fussing over nothing at all. Sweet Pea is just learning how to give "kisses." A kiss from her is an open mouth attack to the face which is then followed by a lick. Sometimes there will be no lick, but you will get a wonderful slime from the drool that is always on her face. Coming from someone this cute you really can't complain.

Since I have nothing to do at work currently I pick a topic a day to research. Today's topic was cloth diapers. I had started to look into this before Sweet Pea was born and decided that I didn't want to go that way. Then I found g-diapers which are flushable diapers. These are ok, but I think are more of a hassle than cloth diapers would be and they are more expensive than disposable which does not help the financial situation. Thankfully I can use the g-diaper liners and covers if I try cloth diapers which will save some money and make me feel better for trying them. I think that I just need to order a sample pack and try a few cloth diapers out and see what Mr. Man thinks of them. I do have to report that I was able to pick up a Diaper Champ last night and I am quite happy with the new diaper holder purchase.

I really need to start a hobby of sorts so that I can have something else to talk about other than the wonderful world of baby. I love my Sweet Pea, but I need to find time do remember the things I liked to do before she was around. Not that I had a lot of time to do anything before.

I have also decided that next spring I am going to try to plant some vegetables in pots on our deck. One of our old neighbors did this on the sidewalk out side of our apartments. I really like veggies but produce is so expensive. I don't know if I'll have any success with this, but thanks to google I have all of the resources to start my garden in a pot next year.