Swimming, round 2

addy sitting pretty

addy & grandma sue

lifeguard looking for addy's poop in pool

wes' mom was visiting for a few days this week...it seems whenever there is a grandparent in the house, addy laughs almost constantly for at least the first day & this trip was no exception. addy showed gma sue all of her fun new toys, her new 'big girl' bedroom (which we will post about eventually!), & also enjoyed showing off her playground skills. the first morning sue was here, i slept in until about 9:15 & oh my was it glorious! i also was able to get my hair trimmed & even had some highlights put in! wowee, talk about pampering.

anyway, on to addy. on day two (tuesday) of sue's visit, we decided to go swimming in the afternoon & early evening. addy was having an exceptionally crabby morning, so she took a long nap & wes took a few hours off of work & off we all went to highland's pool. addy played & even swam a bit (well, floated) with her daddy & gma sue played with her in the water & chased her around b/c addy loves to get in & out. this time, we took many fun toys & kids were stealing our toys! it felt good to be on the other end; although, wes did have to track down the kid & parent who took our all-important plastic 'watering can' that is vital for bath time success... things we can't just let walk away! as wes & sue played with addy, i lounged in the shade under a pergola, reading my book club book ("beautiful boy" by david sheff...i found it insightful & agonizing, a good read), then we all snacked on watermelon & potato "thingies" (they're from trader joe's, the potato & veggie crisps or whatever. they're very good)...then addy & gma got back in the water.

THEN...when sue was doing 'motorboat addy' in the water, she noticed some brown water & chunks coming out of addy's diaper...YES. egads. addy had diarrhea in the pool! sue quickly took addy out of the pool & over to me & as she laid her down on the towel, all of this brown stuff (to be a little less descriptive & gross, we'll call it "stuff") literally flowed out of her diaper & onto the towel. yuck. wes was in shock for some reason...it may be b/c he was once a lifeguard & it just irked him when kids lost a turd in the pool & they had to clean it, etc etc. so he asked if i thought he should tell the lifeguard that addy had some diarrhea in the pool & sue & i both said 'YES!' off he went, head hung low...& then the lifeguards blew the whistle & yelled 'everyone out!' & there was wes looking MORTIFIED! other lifeguards came over to help search through the pool, looking for addy's little 'stuff' floating (or does it not float?? hhmm?). as for me, i thought it was pretty funny in general & the worst part was getting her out of poopy clothes. it was fairly obvious that it was our daughter who caused the problem, the poop in the pool problem (no one else was quickly changing their kid out of the swim suit & into regular clothes...no other father was standing by with a humiliated look on his face, FRANTICALLY packing up our belongings. sue & i seemed to get addy dressed & attempted to calm wes down. i mean, come on, she had a swim diaper on, she didn't have diarrhea in the morning...there's just no way to predict when addy will get diarrhea anymore.

soon enough, an entire group of kids (maybe in 2 or 3rd grades??) came over from their swim lesson the next pool over & helped the lifeguards search for addy's poop. all the other kids who could understand what was going on were thoroughly enjoying it all. we kept hearing boys pointing & shouting "there's a piece of poop! there is is!" (most likely it wasn't, we're pretty sure the poop lost in the pool was picked up immediately by the first lifeguard notified). but it seemed to make the day of many many kids. before leaving, i snapped a few pictures of a lifeguard walking through the kiddy pool, with a net & blue gloves...searching for addy's poop, with kids excitedly yelling all around 'i see the poop!' ... overall, pretty humorous.