The Noble Nichols: Lake Powell

These pictures are out of order but you'll get the idea. So at two weeks post-partum we planned a family reunion to go stay on a house boat in Lake Powell. If we didn't have the house boat I wouldn't have gone but at least I had a cool place to take the baby when needed. The biggest downer is that I wasn't allowed to go swimming since I just had a baby. I did get to have a little fun on the jet ski however since there wasn't much risk of getting wet on those if I was careful. However, one day I went out with Danee and when we were coming back in to dock David got on the back of the seadoo to help me and we tried to get Danyka up on the dock first. Unfortunately my key was still locked in place. As David tried to lift her over the key cord the seadoo got tipped to far and started to fill with water. It was like slow motion as we all got dunked in the water. I made sure Danee was okay then proceeded to try and get out of the water as quickly as possible. It was quite funny as there is nothing to hang onto in the dock area and David is behind me saying, "get out, get out, get out!" Needless to say he felt very bad but at least I got to get wet once right?... even if is was by accident.

The fam on the Seadoo. Danyka was a good sport but didn't like going too fast.

I know this is a scary shot. Me in a swimming suit number one and 2 weeks post-partum for another. Not a good combination, but I had to prove I did it.

Daxdyn was about the sweetest baby ever. He slept almost constantly. I think since we were on the water, he felt like he was being rocked constantly. I just felt seasick most of the time.

We had all the grand kids for one night. Here is my crazy girl. She wouldn't put the water game down for pictures.

All the kids. Who has the chubbiest kid? Oh yeah, that would be me.

Daxdyn even caught a few rays. His bili was a little elevated so I thought the sun was a pretty good idea.

Soooo hot and soooo tired.

The view from the back of the house boat.

Danyka was a little fish and wanted to spend the whole trip in the water. Unfortunately I couldn't take her swimming so she had to wait for her dad to come in from playing on the wave runners.

She got so she could swim on her own with the life jacket on.

Sarah was nice to take Danee out while the boys went out and played.

A family game of UNO while eating M&M's.

Danyka was so exhausted she passed out in her suit on the bed watching Scooby-doo.

The one and only time my son will be allowed to find his thumb.

Danyka was mostly ornery when she couldn't be in the water.

And everything was a tragedy.

She tripped and the world ended.

Since Daxdyn was so tiny, my sister went to build-a-bear and bought Dax a swimming suit. Isn't it the cutest thing ever?

The first days Danyka wouldn't let go of her dad while she was swimming. It took her a while to get used to the life jacket, but when she got it, there was no stopping her.