We finally started feeling some of the heat here in Wyoming, so last week we made our first adventure out to the local KOA campground pool. Needless to say, Addison is a water bug. I was a little nervous about how she would do in a "real" pool, and how
I would do with her in a "real" pool, so we did one day with me
not in the pool with her and one day with me
in the pool with her, and I definitely enjoyed being with her in the pool best.
I have always loved the water, but since my accident, I love it even more. I have more freedom of movement in water than I do in my chair. You wouldn't really know I was paralyzed if you saw me in the water, because I have "floating legs," and my legs naturally follow my body when I swim. It's great exercise as well, and Addison thought being with Momma in the "big pool" was much more fun then being in the kiddie pool.
I found a life vest/floatie thingy at Walmart, and after some intense persuasion, we got her to wear it. Now she loves it because wearing her lady bug = swimming.
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| How cute is she? |
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| Being shy for the camera... |
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| Dollar Store ring and dino floats- best buy ever! |
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| Floating on her back- she thought that was pretty cool! |
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| Staring longingly at the "big pool" |
Russ' cousin is getting married in a few weeks, and I have been helping her with the planning. Her colors are gray and yellow, which inspired one of our downstairs bedrooms- the bunk bed room. Since there will be six twins altogether in the bunks, I wanted to make six different pillows- one for each bed. I gathered up six out-dated throw pillows from storage, went to a few fabric places, and ta-da! Six custom throw pillows! We are also using some of them in the wedding for this idea:
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| Fun times for casual pictures! |
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| Old pillows... |
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| New fabric... |
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| New pillows! |
Now I'm not super great when it comes to running a sewing machine, but I can do straight lines, which is what this project required, so I was able to pull it off. I love how they turned out- fun and much more up to date. I have a few more to do for the khaki/coral room, but I don't need those for the wedding, so I'll worry about those later.
Can't end a post without a few more cute pics of Ms. Addison...
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| Notice the "do-it-myself" headband... |
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| Showing Momma her tongue... |
My family comes in this weekend from Indy/NYC, so I should have some fun pictures to post soon of all of our East meets West adventures. Fun times ahead!
