This past weekend we decided to take the opportunity of a free Saturday and Sunday where neither Robert nor I had to work and take Nicklas to the lake house with Nana and Papa. They just got the boat out of the shop (for some expensive repairs) and were ready to put it back in the water for the summer. The weather was rainy off and on but we were determined to get out. Sunday morning Nicklas slept past 7am, which he hasn't done in quite awhile except when he's at the lake house. I don't know what it is about the place, but he sleeps so well up there. Maybe we should just move...for the sake of our sleep!
The community where our house is in South Carolina has an indoor pool for residents and guests, so Sunday morning we played hooky from church (oops!) and took Nicklas for his first swim in the pool. Our first hurdle was trying to figure out a swim diaper, which reminds me a lot like underwear. Try putting that on a squirmy 9 month-old, which he promptly wet out the leg holes. They are not absorbent at all, which is good for in the pool, but bad for anywhere else! N wasn't too sure about the water at first, but once we discovered the baby pool he had the time of his life! Nana went along and took some great pictures. He kept trying to put his face in and then would freak out when he swallowed pool water...
Here N is flirting with this little girl who kept wanting to show us her scraped up knee from where "she didn't listen"...per her daddy. 
We also decided to take N for his first ride on the boat. Law states that all riders must have a life jacket, including babies and kids, so we had to find one beforehand. They are not easy to find! (We got an extra one for Luke). Sorry to say we forgot the camera on the boat. Once Nicklas got over the fact that he HAD to wear the life jacket, which rode right up under his chin and he couldn't move his head around much, he seemed to like it. Me...I was terrified! I kept haven't visions of him falling overboard. But I wanted him to ride with us just bad enough that I decided to get over it. 
N is just learned how to feed himself, which is cute to watch b/c most of the time the food misses his mouth and he just ends up eating his hands instead. I'm trying to faze out the baby food and give him mostly appropriate people food. His favorites are cheese, breads, pasta, graham crackers, Cheerios, peas and diced, cooked carrots. It's nice to plop some food on his tray and be like "here, entertain yourself while I cook mommy and daddy's dinner!"
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