Bikini Baby

"She wore an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka-dot bikini..." Here is Ella in her new bikini that Grandma bought for her. So cute. Little girl bathing suits are adorable! She's not quite big enough for it so we will have to put it away for now. Most women spend most of their lives trying to get into a bikini, and Ella needs to fatten up to have it stay on! She's getting there, she's getting some chunky thighs and we love it!

Amy and Nolan came over this afternoon for a swim and it was so good to see them! Nolan is such a big boy, he was flirting and talking - just such a happy baby. It was fun to play with the babies in the pool. I am trying to get Ella to float or at least not drown for a few seconds if I let her go. Once she seemed to hold her breath, but the other two times she just coughed up water. I don't really let her go mind you (I'm waaaaay too scared to do that) but I let her get her head in the water. Apparently you can let them go in the water and they adjust quite well. You show me a parent that can do that, and I'll call them outta their mind! I'm going to look into a water babies class so we can learn the proper way.
She is very comfortable in the water, so comfortable in fact that she fell asleep in the pool. She had her hat on for protection and I was holding her so she could watch the other kids over my shoulder....she fell fast asleep! I laid her on a lounge chair and covered her with a towel, sopping wet diaper and all. She was zonked out! Here's the new one-piece from Grandma as well...pretty pretty.