I am so glad we have been getting to do some fun things as a family of three before our newest little lady is born and shakes things up a bit.
We visited one of Dans best friends from college (he lives in New Jersey). Him and his wife have this beautiful, huge house.. and a boat. Enough said. Let the fun commence.
Friday we went out on the boat and it was a hang out on the boat but not swim sort of thing. Joe has so many cool things on his boat to float around with and such and he and his wife have a bunch of young nieces and nephews so he has little kid life jackets (thankfully, since I forgot Tori's) and plenty of experience boating with little kids.
We told Tori we were going to go on the boat and look for fishies and ducks and she was all about it. That girl and her animals. Seriously. She loves them. We cruised around the boat and anytime it got too fast, Mommy was more scared than Tori lol. She started out sitting on either Mommy or Daddys lap and then got brave and wanted to sit by herself. On her knees of course, looking over the edge to keep an eye out for the animals. We cruised around and attempted to have dinner at a cool place on the water but Tori threw a terrible fit about getting off the boat so we nixed the idea and headed to a place back near Joes house, nowhere near the water or boat. All in an attempt to distract her.
Saturday morning we got up and the weather people had been calling for rain on and off through the day. We were worried about wether or not we should stick around and try for the boat again or not. Around noon (right after lunch) the sun was shining and we decided whatever, we will take the risk and go out on the boat.
We were SO thankful that we did. The day ended up being beautiful and sunny and we got into the water and it was gorgeous! Tori was SO brave and loved the water. Dan and Joe would take turns throwing the ball to each other and jumping from the boat into the water to catch it.. as soon as Daddy did it, Tori looks at me and says "Mommy, I jump!!!" .. "Tori, you want to jump off the boat?!?!"..."YES!!!"... and just like that, she gets on the boat and jumps into Daddys arm while screaming with delight. I was surprised at how easy it actually was to have Tori in the water. Once she had her lifejacket on and Daddy and Mommy were in the water with our little noodles, it was super easy to swim around with her and splash around with her. We had so much fun. I cherish getting to do these fun things with Tori. I don't think I got to get on my first boat until I was 20. Little lady got to at TWO! She is so lucky!!! I am so blessed that we get to have these memories together as a family! Now for the pics:
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