Waterslides and Baseball Games

So much has been happening lately! We have lots of pictures to share. Caroline keeps doing well at the pool. And, despite having a bad experience on her first trip down a waterslide, she still enjoys being in the water. We have a little video of the waterslide fiasco. Greg took her down, and at the end hit his feet on the bottom when he went into the water...which sent him tumbling forward...and sent both he and Caroline under water....and then when he emerged from the water with a startled baby, his forward momentum launched him into some dude that was there. Anyway, check out the video. We watched it in slow motion once, and our friend Audra was at the bottom and her mom-instinct kicked in...she immediately started going for the baby when things went awry! Thanks Audra! :-) The camera work is a little like the Blair Witch Project at the end because when I saw what was happening I stopped focusing on filming it!





Caroline is also taking baths in the big tub now, which she really seems to enjoy. She splashes a lot and plays with her little squirty toys. We have a few funny pictures of her eating her toys, and with a nice bath-mohawk.

We also got to take Caroline to her first Giants game on Sunday! It was a lot of fun. The Giants were in town playing the Rockies, so we got tickets. She did awesome....she wore her Giants outfit with pride, and was such a good girl the whole time. There were so many people to look at, and all of the music and stuff kept her quite interested. She has recently learned to clap as well, and practiced that new skill quite a few times at the ballpark.

In other big news, she's officially learned to crawl. She was very close last week, and then started moving one "step" at a time, but now she's totally crawling. Her movements are very deliberate right now, so it's kind of funny to watch, but she's doing it! And she gets better every time she tries. I posted a short video below...I was using the remote to try to bribe her, but honestly she just likes to go to Greg or I, so bribery isn't actually necessary! Soon she'll be zooming all over the house. Yikes. She's also able to get back to a sitting position if she's laying down, so that's nice. She's figured out how to do quite a few things lately! She likes to stand up too, and I think soon she'll start pulling herself up. Right now she likes to stand with Greg or I holding her. She's learning so much!

Caroline Goes to the Pool

It's been awhile since my last post, but things have been kinda busy! Caroline's been going to the pool for her swim lessons. Here's a little video of her "swimming"...and luckily she seems to like the water just fine. Right now, her favorite thing to do is splash. :-)

As for new tricks, she can totally sit up on her own now for however long she wants. So we can check the box on that milestone. She's also trying so hard to crawl. She can get up on all fours and will rock back and forth, and I know it's just a matter of time before we're chasing her around the house. We really need to start baby proofing! As it is, she can go almost anywhere she wants to go by rolling and scooting.

We had a good trip to PA for the 4th of July. Well, we all ended up sick and I spent most nights up a lot with Caroline so that part was not so good. But she did really well on the airplane and I'm sure she had fun with the family and enjoyed all of the attention. So besides us all getting sick, it was a good trip. Caroline also got to meet her cousin Nolan for the first time, and despite what LJ predicted, he didn't hit or bite her. :-) They were nice to each other. Here are some pictures from that trip and other things recently. And that's all I have time for, for now!