Our little waterbug

The wonderful town of Plainfield has recently built a recreation center a little over 2 minutes from our home. To those who don't live around here this facility has pretty much everything. The pictures above are of the childrens play world and the childrens indoor pool. They have an outdoor waterpark called "Splash Island" and I will post pictures of that in the summer. Our little Ally has turned into quite the waterbug and loves the pool. This is a huge change from last year when all she wanted to do was run around the side of the pool. The indoor pool water being about 90 degrees probably helps her get into the water a little easier. The pool water outside in the summertime couldn't have been more than 60 degrees. It was freezing!!

Here is a list of some of Ally's favorite things to do in the pool:

* JUMP, JUMP, JUMP! She loves that she is so light in the water and can jump really high (high to her is like 1 inch off the ground).

* Slide down the water slide.

* Lay on her stomach and kick her legs

* Blow bubbles or actually just blow at the water. She isn't brave enough to put her face all the way in so she just blows at the water.

It always give me a good laugh.

* Turn all of the water pipes on and off and pretend she is taking a shower under the water sprinklers.

* The newest one is her fascination with beach balls so we will have to take one with us next week.

Here are a few pictures of our day in the water

Getting warmed up to the idea of getting in the water.

Finally remembering all of the fun she has in the water. She just can't seem to keep her tongue in her mouth when she is having a good time.

Here she is climbing the stairs up to the water slide and making her way down to the bottom.

As of Saturday I have spent 15 weeks in preggo-ville and I sure am finding joy here. I thought I was out of the clear of my annual sinus infection, but I thought wrong. It passed through quite a few of my family members and friends through church, so I just couldn't dodge it. The only bad part about getting a sinus infection while pregnant is that my body just doesn't seem to want to fight it off as quickly. With Allyson it seemed to linger around for about 6 weeks. I pray that this one doesn't take on that same longevity. Within a week I have had a couple of changes with my body. First, I can say that I actually feel the baby kicking. It started last week, but I wanted to feel a couple more of the same kicks before I confirmed it. I didn't feel Allyson kick until 21 weeks. My doctor said I would feel this one much earlier because I now have knowledge of the feeling when a baby kicks. When I was pregnant with Allyson she stretched out all of my stomach muscles which have weakened the lining between this baby and my stomach. I also have a vein in the back of my left leg that is starting to pain me when I walk. It started slightly in the last few weeks of my pregnancy with Allyson, but with this baby it has started earlier. Not sure what to do for it yet so in the mean time I try to keep my leg elavated whenever I am sitting down. I am definatley getting into my favorite part of pregnancy. This is the time when I start to look a little pregnant, but am not so big I am uncomfortable. I have most of my energy, and have a better grasp of the life forming inside my body everytime I feel that little flutter. Brian can't wait until he can feel his little one kicking. Hopefully sometime within the next 4 weeks. Here is a picture of my baby bump at 15 weeks weeks.

Take Care

The Bostons