More Firsts for Maddy!

Today was a fun day with Maddyson. This morning Steve and I decided to take her to the wading pool in Tippecanoe Park. The weather has been humid and hot for the past couple days (finally) and I just bought her swimming diapers and baby sunblock so we were all set. We dressed her in her mathcing swimsuit, skirt and hat. Then loaded her into the stroller with our cameras and set off for the park. The pool is actually free which surprised me because it costs money to run and you'd think they'd be charging with the way things are nowadays. Steve videotaped us as I carefully lowered Maddy into the water - just her feet at first. She didn't really react so we slowly moved a little deeper. She really liked it. We got a few smiles and one loud shriek. I swished her around in the water and Steve sat with her for a while. We only stayed for about 30 minutes, but that was long enough. We loaded her back into the stroller and started for home. She was asleep before we were even out of the park. I want to take her again because it was really fun to watch her quietly enjoying that experience.

The other first happened later this afternoon after her nap (1 hour 15 minutes). Steve had Maddy playing on the floor on her blankets when she pulled her feet up to her mouth and started sucking on her toes. Loudly! So of course Steve grabbed the camera and now we have that on film as well. For the past couple weeks she has been grabbing her feet and holding on to them, but today she finally put them into her mouth. Too cute!