Kaelia's 1st Swim

We took Kaelia swimming for the first time today. Taelyn loves to swim in our little pool across the street, and Kaelia loves to participate in anything that Taelyn does. So we got the girls dressed in their little bathing suits and decided to go for a swim since it was a pretty hot day.

Kaelia loved the water! I started her off by sitting her on my lap and dangling her feet in the water. She kept inching forward and trying to lunge right off my lap, so I put her entire body in the cold water (pools are not heated here), and she loved it. I think she especially liked "standing" next to Taelyn while I held her so she could feel like she was just like her big sister. Taelyn loved having Kaelia in the water too. She came over to pat Kaelia's belly from time to time and tried to impress Kaelia by showing her all her "big kid" swim moves. This entailed jumping up in down in the water and splashing. Taelyn even got a little carried away and went under water a couple of times. She is really good at holding her breath when this happens and then thinks it is funny to blow the water out of her mouth and off her face.