Water Baby...

Ava is our water baby.  If we'd let her, she'd be in the water 24/7.  She has no problems jumping in, splashing, flipping, or swimming, and she enjoys every second of it.  Even when the water is cold.  Then again, I don't know too many kids who care what the water temp. is!

Ava is also the queen of making friends... she doesn't know a stranger! Young or old, everyone is her friend.  Thinking maybe we should have the stranger talk yet again.  

 This is Slade, Ava met him within 30 seconds of walking into the pool.  They were roughly 9 months apart in age, but had a blast together.

Check out that grin!

 Our Water Baby

 All she wanted to do was go into the deep end with the big kids.  

I don't think Momma was the "big kid" she was hoping for.

 After bath, she wanted her hair tied up like Momma's

 This little one was Ava's second friend, her name was Lydia.  She was much younger than Ava, but that didn't matter to Miss A. 

 CANNONBALL!

She couldn't have been happier when she figured out how to do a cannonball, and the mask allowed her to jump without holding her nose.

 Since Ava's swim lessons this past year were a joke, at least in my mind, we've been doing our best to teach her on our own.  Learning to float hasn't been easy, but she's slowly getting the hang of it.

 Although Ava's favorite friend in the pool is anyone but me, she did have fun when she realized she could pull me around on the noodle.  I found it quite funny, obviously.

Diving for rings

Ava, as well as some of her new friends were quite impressed that I could still do flips in the pool, I'm so old and all.  (Ha!) I spared you the pictures of that and instead here is one of Ava learning to do a flip.  She was able to do both front and back with help and then front flips by herself. 

Ava's last friend of the week was Harley.  They played for hours and were inseparable.  Exactly the same age, and well matched in almost every way.  Thank goodness for little friends at the pool!

It's summer time and for a lot of people that means carnivals.  Ava loves rides; the faster the better.  Thankfully I had a little help, otherwise the poor thing would have been stuck on the kiddie rides or carousel all night.  (Pregnant Momma problems.) 

The Caterpillar

The Swings  

A girl after my own heart... I LOVE the swings, only second to roller coasters, but there weren't any to ride this time. 
 

back to the swings for one last ride... 

she rode the swings about 4 times.  I can't blame her!