Getting her swimming legs

On May 31, Willa got to play in a swimming pool for the first time.

Seen here, getting her sniffer zinc-ed

My friend Audrey's mom, Karlan, who takes Willa for us sometimes, invited us over for a baby pool party at her townhouse complex' pool.  It was a perfect pool for little ones, 3 ft deep at either end and just 4 feet deep in the middle.  I was very excited to start her in the water at a young age, in the hopes that she will be comfortable in the water for life.  So I dressed her in the ridiculously cute suit and hat I got at a recent church consignment sale

Pictured: ridiculousness

bought her a yellow floaty thing for the water,

of which she was very skeptical

and set off with hopes of getting lots of cute pictures!  As you can see below, I think we achieved our goal!

She was the happiest swimming around with me holding her

By the end of the day she was relaxed in her floaty rings, playing with her chain link toy as happily as she would on her playmat.  Karlan took pictures of that time, so hopefully I will get copies soon so that I can share them here.  For now Willa is geared up for a long, swimmy summer!