Lake Buchanan

We spent the weekend at the lakehouse at Lake Buchanan. The lake is down pretty low, but my parents keep moving the dock out farther and farther so it can stay floating and we can still play in the water around it! It was a wonderfully relaxing weekend.

Blake swam for the first time. She squealed when her feet first hit the water, but I kept bobbing up and down while holding her so she could adjust to the water. It was a little cool when you first get in, but with it being so HOT outside (really really hot!), the water felt great!!
Here's Aunt Katie floating with us... we didn't get a picture with Santiago swimming too. :(

I won't go so far to say that Blake loved it... but she wasn't unhappy either, so I'd say she liked swimming. I didn't keep her in for very long because I didn't want her to burn from the sun or get too pruny from the water. I couldn't find a swimsuit to fit her this late in the season and she's already outgrown her other swimsuit, so she swam topless (ha ha) in just a Little Swimmers diaper. After she dried off, and took a nap in the playpen down on the dock, Blake was sitting on Daddy's lap when he felt warm and wet....
Little Swimmers diapers are great for keeping water out while swimming, but not great at absorbing pee! Oops, sorry Daddy!

Grandma Karen watched Blake and Santiago while the two new mommies floated on rafts, relaxed, got a little suntan, and caught up with each other. Here's the two cuties napping together! They slept for 2 hours thanks to Grandma who kept them soothed when they tried to stir themselves awake. Blake likes to spit her daddoo out and shake her head side to side to try to stay awake. If you catch her quickly before her eyes open and put the daddoo back in, she'll sleep longer!
And a special thanks to my Grandma Hazel, Blake's great Grandma, who kept her entertained on the ride back home on Sunday!!