Father's Day 2009

Howdy to all...Today we drove up to Fannin County to see my Dad and spend the afternoon with him. We decided to go swimming down on the Taccoa River. My siblings and I grew up playing on the banks and rocks of that river (along with the shores of Lake Blue Ridge) so it was nice to take my little Lily to a place we enjoyed so much as kids. She did not get quite as much out of it as we did back then, but she's young yet.

We picked up a life vest for her since it IS the river and all. You just never know what can happen so we felt it best to be on the safe side of course.
She had a really good time glopping her feet in the sandy mud at the bank and plopping rocks down into the water a few feet out. She fell over a few times but, thats what the vest was for! Only one scary moment when she took off out from the bank and got past watchful eyes before we realized what she was doing and then launched herself out into deeper water to follow me and her Uncle Adrian who were swimming across to the other side. She got a mouthful or two of water but she was ok.

You may notice in other pictures/videos that I neglected to put a swim diaper on her- she has not gained a massive amount of weight in the bottom- its just absorbent gel doing its job. Actually, it started to look as though her bathing suit was stretching out badly, so I took it off after a little while!

*see album 2 for photos

Happy Father's Day to all the dads and dad-like folks out there....