Baby Proofing Outside

Well it came time to come up with a solution to baby proofing outside.  We have a lovely deck with a porch underneath that we use a lot.  BUT it is quite dangerous.  Since we moved in 8 years ago we have made some improvements to make the backyard not so dangerous, because off the porch is a hill that goes down to the pool.  A few years ago we had steps put in that go to the pool- much easier to get down to the pool.  Now we had the problem of Olivia walking and we are so afraid she will step off the porch and roll down the hill.  So we spent today working on the solution.  We didn't want to put anything too permanent in.  So we got some lattice, cut it in half lengthwise and stained it today to match the deck.  I am not sure why we always end up painting on days where it is 90 degrees but we do.  It took 3 hours to stain 4 pieces of lattice- front and back.  I never want to paint lattice again.  I thought our Adirondack chairs were bad last year but this may have been worse. Thankfully Olivia slept the whole time we painted.  Brendon even had time before dinner to install it! We have a few minor things to do but it is mostly done!

We also went swimming today and Olivia wore her life jacket for a bit.  But she liked to be in her floaty today.  After dinner we went on a special trip for ice cream! The whole family- Jake included went to Brusters for ice cream.  Jake got a doggie scoop with a bone and Olivia got a baby cone.  She loved it! It was fun to bring her for her first official ice cream!

Olivia left us a message on top of the garbage can this morning... P U

Floating in the life jacket

Loves to use the skimmer

Ice cream time!

Baby proofed porch