Whale of a time

For Colin's birthday, Brian and I thought it would be fun to have a fun water toy for him to use. Brian's idea was a "slip n slide", but since the age requirement suggested 5 & up, that was vetoed. We did find this cute whale pool with a slide and Colin just loved it. Of course, he had just as much fun playing in our sprinkler, but oh well. It has been so hot out, we haven't really let Colin play outside for too long. It was nice to have a cool pool to be in and splash around. He just LOVES the water (maybe it is in his genes?!)

Oh, and if you want to pay particular attention to our nicely stained deck in the background...that took FOREVER to do! We were out there at night after work for about 3 weeks, trying to get the darn thing done by Colin's birthday party. It got finished, but since it was over 95 degrees on Sunday, we stayed inside the whole party. Go figure!

Colin has started taking his first steps. I am a little late in posting this, but this past week he has gotten very good at walking. He still does quite a bit of crawling, but is getting more brave and adventurous when wandering around the house. He is so fun to watch right now!

I will post some birthday party pictures once I get some sent from my sister. We were so busy running around with Colin that we didn't get any pictures taken with our camera. Good thing there were other people willing to share the pictures with us. We had a great time and Colin just loved all the balloons and sports balls we had scattered around the house.