She's getting so big!!!

On Tuesday, I was a little bored and wanted to get out of the house so JoAnn and I went swimming. For the longest time she would have nothing to do with the water wings we have for her, but the last couple times I've taken her out I've finally gotten her to keep them on longer than 2 minutes. The only problem is that I haven't been able to show her that they can help you float because she won't get in the water. She only wants to sit on the edge and play or pick the flowers around the pool. So, on Tuesday we were outside for a little over an hour and it wasn't until about the last 10 minutes that I convinced her to actually get in the water. Once I got her in though, she did so great! She quickly figured out how to float using the wings and after a little coaching was able to figure out how to kick her legs in order to get where ever she wanted to go in the pool. It will still be a while before I will let her swim without me in the water, but I'm so excited that we are on our way to that point, especially with hot season right around the corner. I think this year she might be able to play with the bigger girls instead of staying on the steps with the babies. It is a little crazy for me to think that she is getting old enough to start (and I stress start) learning how to swim though.

On another totally unrelated event, for the last week or so I have been trying to get things together so we are ready for the baby around the house. I cleaned out a drawer and washed his clothes. I set up the swing and washed the cover. I'm having a new carseat cover made. A couple months ago, we moved JoAnn to a big bed and put the crib where we are going to have him sleep and yesterday we finally got the curtains hung so the sun won't be shinning in his eyes whenever he sleeps. I absolutely love the fabric I got to make the curtains out of. When I first found out we were having a boy I wasn't sure if I would have as much fun picking out blue things as I had with pink, but I've come to the conclusion that it's just fun to pick out anything for a baby. Anyway, since our entire place is nothing but cement, they had to drill in order to hang the curtain rods, which meant we had a thick layer of dust all over the entire house by the time they were done. So, immediately I started cleaning up and evidently JoAnn decided she was going to help. She looked so cute I had to put a picture up...

(I'm not sure what she was doing with the tea cup in her hand???) I can't believe the little guy is due to arrive in 4 weeks, but I will say getting everything together makes me much less anxious and just leaves more excitement than anything else.