On Friday, we decided to go to the pool, since our beach trip on Wednesday, didn't allow Gavin to get into the water. We played in the baby pool for a while just to get him adjusted to the water. In the beginning, he was very timid and held on to me tightly, but after a while he was splashing and playing in the water.
I bought him this spring loaded raft for him to sit in while playing in the big pool. I spent a lot of time at Wal-Mart choosing which raft to get for him and ultimately decided on the one that did not require any blowing up. I thought it would save time to just pop open the raft versus blowing up some crab shaped raft. Well, I opened the spring bound raft and put it in the pool and then placed Gavin in the little holder.... and he sunk!! I panicked. Gavin just stared really confused. So, I repositioned him and tried it again... and he sunk again. I was very frustrated seeing as how I spent a lot of time choosing this raft in particular. So, Anna, my sister-in-law, went and got the package it came in and read the directions for me. Yea, it's a spring bound raft that has 2 blow up floatation devices. I didn't know that. So, once we blew up the 2 little blow up parts to it and put him back in it for a third try, he stayed a float and moved around in the water. He LOVED it.
I also decided to see how Gavin would do if I blew in his face and placed him under water for a second. He did pretty good. He never complained about it, but I think he was shocked to be covered in water. I've been trying to upload a video to show you his reactions and how he did-- but I haven't been successful at it!
2 comments:
toooo cute
He is getting so big. What a sweetie!
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