The Phelan Family Adventures: The pool is open!

Well last week summer arrived in Columbus! It was in the 80's-90's almost everyday. Everyone at our house was dying! The bright spot in that is that our pool opened on Memorial Day weekend. Charlotte is a water loving lady! She and I went for the first time on Sunday and then Kevin joined us on Monday. She was in heaven! Splashing, playing, smiling and just loving the water. Over the fall our pool upgraded the baby pool and added a water play feature. It is awesome. Charlotte is the perfect height and loves to play with the water as it flows through the tubes. Almost the whole time we were at the pool she would say "weeeee weeee weeee" while she was in the baby pool. It was precious to see how much joy and fun she was having.

Kevin has been working super hard on our yard and landscaping and it is looking great. He has literally been working since March (since we had almost no winter this year) on everything. I will try and post pictures but it will not do all his hard work justice. Charlotte of course loves to "help" Daddy pull weeds and mulch. She prefers to play with the mulch and not keep it in the beds but o well:)

Milestone Update
Points to ears consistently--points to eyes, mouth, nose, hair, belly button and toes....sometimes:)
Obsessed with Asa-unfortunately Asa wants nothing to do with Charlotte but it doesn't seem to deter her
Starting to use fork and spoon--she loves them and is learning
Loves playing outside and going on walks
Runs...everywhere!
Very independent...wants to do most things herself
When an airplane flies by she points up to the sky
Climbing

A few photos from our recent trip to Oregon. It was our first time away from Charlotte for any extended period of time. We had a great time. Lots of fun memories and a great time to reconnect as a couple. A big huge thanks to my parents for keeping Charlotte. Kevin's mom was also able to come down for a couple days as well. Charlotte got lots of grandparent time and we got lots of time for ourselves!