Swimming and Company

A few weeks ago we were blessed with a preview of summer. The temperature reached the mid 90's, no wind, crystal blue skies. It was beautiful. This will be Abbey's first summer (since she was born in fall of last year) and she has no idea what she is in for. We thought the warm weather would be a perfect opportunity to take Abbey out to the lake and let her swim for the first time and cool off. Very excited for out outing, we load up the car with towels and tennis balls, and Abbey of course. She is absolutely thrilled to be going somewhere, and she is pretty convinced the "somewhere" will be fun. We find the perfect isolated beach at Whiskeytown, I get the camera ready, and Jer throws the inaugural tennis ball in the water. Abbey bolts from the rocks to the shoreline, eye on the ball..... and comes to a dead stop when the water reaches her elbows.




Anxiously running up and down the shore, trying to figure out how to get to the ball, and crying to Jer that she can't get it, we realize the poor puppy doesn't understand she can swim!




Now Jeremy, being the amazing daddy that he is, braves the ice cold water in an effort to demonstrate to the puppy that the water is safe and fun.



It took a lot of convincing (and a little shoving) but Abbey finally figured out she could swim! We were beaming parents :)

Part II:

Anytime that Jeremy and I have to leave Abbey, she goes and stays with her real mommy. She absolutely loves it over there, and always comes home exhausted. This past weekend, we were lucky enough to return the favor by hosting Abbey's mommy Ruby at our house. They had so much fun playing together and Abbey was happy to share her bed. On Sunday afternoon we decided to take them both out for a hike at Whisketown. The girls did so well and really had a great time. Abbey was so honored that all those people would come out to Whiskeytown just to see her!



I actually have an update on the house, if you can believe it! Look back soon for another post.