On Saturday we joined our Colombian friends, Carlos and Uxoa, for some fun in the sun at a local hotel swimming pool and beach front. I had not seen them and their two girls since I left Accra in January so it was great to see how much the girls had grown and for them to meet Eli for the first time. Their girls were quite taken with Eli and loved to pat his head and to swing his toys in front of him as he tried to grasp them. We've been determined to take Eli swimming but the last few weeks have been cloudy and cool so finally we got a warm and sunny day weekend. We put him in his floater and cruised him around the pool. He did not seem to mind it but was also not as amused as we thought he'd be. Maybe it is a confusing experience that he was just trying to figure out. I would say he had neutral feelings about his first water excursion but we certainly loved seeing him in the water and just kept our fingers crossed that he wouldn't poop. I brought everything but the kitchen sink and the swim diapers to the pool. Somehow, although it may seem strange to spend the day at a hotel pool, it was a little escape for us and the chaos of life in Accra.
Carlos and Eli showing off their shades...
And what seemed like a near perfect day, of course could only be topped off with a case of food poisoning. Alan unfortunately stayed up most of the night at war with his lunch from the hotel, but it seemed to be finished in the morning luckily. So determined again to hit the water, we spent Sunday at our apartment complex's pool for another sunny day. We soaked up some rays while Eli finished his nap in the shade of his stroller and then after he woke we took him for a cool dip in our pool which he now seems a little more used to.
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