The Richardsons: Memorial Day Excitement

For Ryleigh's first Memorial Day we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than to take her to the pool for the first time. She had experienced the pool from the entrance steps in California, but the water was way too cold to actually go in it, but lucky for us, North Carolina delivered the heat this weekend! We were able to spend the day with friends at their apartment complex pool, that way we didn't have to deal with the crazy crowds at the local community pools. Also, we didn't have to worry about ill-behaving children splashing unnecessarily around my child therefore ruining her first pool experience causing pool trauma for the rest of her life. A little too dramatic? OK, fine. Regardless, it was nice to not have to worry about crazy amounts of people.

Ryleigh really seemed to enjoy the water, which isn't shocking since she will sit in her bath for about an hour just splashing around. We bought her a little floaty that she could sit in and she really seemed to like just floating around watching everyone else play. All she needed to complete her pool day was her bottle with a little umbrella in it : )

Thanks to Bruce and Steph for allowing us to come use their pool and for keeping Ryleigh company. And thank you random lady at the pool for taking it upon yourself to be Ryleigh's "little voice" and tell my husband "you need to get your baby out of the sun, she is going to burn out there!" and then proceed to glare at us from behind cars in the parking lot for 15 minutes because we didn't heed your advice.

Now enjoy some pictures and videos of Ryleigh enjoying her time in the smoldering sun (gasp!).