What's Great???

NOT BEING PREGNANT!

Even Tim commented, "You are moving sooo quickly. Haven't seen you move this fast in awhile."

I feel great. I love not being pregnant. I pee only three or four times a day, I almost feel like I'm jumping up from the floor every time I get up, I can sit on the ground, I can cross my legs, I can lay on my tummy, I can crack my back, I can eat a full meal, I can sit in the car without reclining and turn around to look out the back window, I can breathe normal people breaths, I can touch the ground, I can jump, I can run, I can skip...hip hip hooray!!

Maybe it also helps that I have a pretty sweet new baby boy to waste away my days with :)

He's GROWING!!!

Today Mason had his two week well-check at the drs. AND HE IS GROWING!!!! We started our visit with the nurse who asked me how long we are feeding and how frequently.

A - 5-10 minutes on one side...and he stops and is done.

Nurse - So a total of 10-20 minutes with both sides.

A - Nope, only one side. 5-10 minutes nursing per feeding. And we are feeding every 2-3 hours.

Nurse - Okay, we usually like to see longer than that, we want him back up to his birth weight by 2 weeks. Let's go check his weight.

WEIGHT - 8 pounds 7 ounces!!!!!!!!!!!! (25-50%)

A - (in my head) What's up NOW nurse????

(the "I'm full" face)

That's right. He has almost gained a WHOLE POUND over his birth weight (7 pound 8 ounces), and has already gained more than a pound from when he left the hospital (7 pounds 4 ounces). Goodness Mason Wayne...we knew you were growing...but this is IMPRESSIVE, and soooo different from your sister!!!

The nurse then checks his length.

HEIGHT - 21.25 inches!!!!!!!!!! (50-75%)

In this hospital they measured him at 20 inches....so that's a growth of 1.25 inches!!! No wonder those sweet, tiny newborn clothes aren't really fitting anymore.

When the dr came in she commented on how proud she is of his weight gain. She also mentioned that she thought he still looked yellow :( Enough of the yellowness!!! So we'll be doing some "in house" sunbathing....(placing him by the window in just a diaper). She also said that it looks like he is getting some baby acne :( and that it will go away in 2-4 months :( boooooo!!! We'll just hope that it doesn't get too bad.

However, everything else checked out just great. We go back in 6 weeks for his 2 month appointment and first round of vaccines....eeeewww!!!

(OH, Olivia went with us and did a great job. She sat in her stroller and watched "elmo's greatest hits" on the iphone. LOVE the iphone!)

Technique

What????

How do you go down the slide?

Fantasy Football - Draft Party

aaahhh...the season begins...and we are EXCITED!!!

Brian and Jen graciously hosted the annual fantasy football draft party for Tim's work. It was a good time, delicious food, and great friends. Olivia had a blast running around and playing with all the older kiddos. And she was up LATE...11pm before her head found the pillow!!! Mason did a great job on his first big adventure out. It was over an hour drive, and he slept the whole way...good boy!!

For the actual drafting, most people congregated around the dining room table, but Tim and Olivia decided they needed their own space to create the best teams possible :)

(notice Mrs. Chris holding Mason in the top photo)

Our Week

We did it and we survived and I feel good! (Granted, my one child sleeps all the time.)

Monday - this was our first day just me and the kids. haha...i said kids, two kids. my kids. this is still a novel idea. I thought it was important for me to get out of the house with both of them, alone. So we did. Off to Target (gotta love that store). Mason was placed in my sling and Olivia was in the shopping cart. And it wasn't bad! We spent money (sorry Daddy) and got back home...check. Later that day Miss Rachel came over to play with Olivia while Mason and I had some of "our" time.

Tuesday - Swim practice in the morning and we were planning to go to Wendy's for story time. However, after having three people tell me over the course of two days that Mason still looks yellow (a sign of jaundice), I decided to contact the pediatrician and ask them their thoughts. They asked me what I thought about Mason's coloring. My reply was that he didn't look any different from the other day when we got his levels checked. He didn't look better and he didn't look worse. The Dr. said that it's unlikely that once bilirubin levels are normal for them to suddenly get high. But that being said, we should recheck his blood. Okay - off we go, Olivia and Mason and I, in the car to the hospital for another heel prick :( And the results came in two hours later - and he's fine :)

Wednesday - After swim practice we just hung around the house and played. Tiff graciously brought over some lunch...Chris joined us. Later that night Jude brought us dinner.

Thursday - Swim practice and then first grocery store visit with two kids. Again, Mason was in the sling and Olivia sat in the shopping cart. Check...we did it! Chris invited us over for lunch and Leah brought us dinner. When Tim came home and opened our fridge...he was impressed with the amount of food we had in it :) Next week Erin and Leslie are helping out with two dinners. I'm SOOOO lucky to have such great friends bringing over meals. Thank you VERY much for all your help and support. GOODNESS...I'll look 9 months pregnant again in no time at all :)

Friday - TGIF...unfortunately it's Tim's first weekend with school. It's okay though...every weekend he has school is one less weekend of school :) It was a lazy Friday morning and then we went off to run a couple of errands (aka...get ourselves out of the house for a bit). Mason was in the bjorn. Love that carrier and my sling. I wish I had used it more with Olivia when we were in public places. No one bothers to touch babies when they are in those carriers...in a stroller...and it's an invitation for all sorts of germy people to come up and touch :/

Just a cute picture of a little girl exploring.

Big Sister

Olivia loooooves Mason. She wants to hold him and pat his back and give him hugs and kisses. She finds his pacifier and assumes he always wants it. She points to his nose...at least 100 times a day. The nose is pretty close to the eyes, so it makes me nervous every time she goes for it...but only identifies the nose. We've discussed being "gentle" and then she wants to practice being "gentle" by touching Mason's limbs. We point to toes and fingers ... but the "black" belly button is still a little scary. She can get Mason a diaper or throw away his dirty diapers. If Mason is in the swing, she likes to give him an extra push...wheeeeeee...so we've had to put the swing in the "no touch - similar to electrical outlet" category. When Mason is on his floor play mat, she changes the song that's playing after only listening to 5 seconds of it. And she's only "almost" dropped something on Mason at least 15 times. Thankfully we've not had direct contact yet...but I know that day is coming. She's learning to LOVE when Mason is nursing...as she gets to watch Sesame Street. When we wake up in the morning, Olivia wants to peek over the edge of the pack n play to see Mr. Sleepy. She usually replies with "aaaaahhhh" and waves her little fingers at him. She's laid on the bed and shared an iphone movie with him. And late at night when it's bedtime, she scoots over and allow him to lay his head on her pillow while we read books. The books are completely ignored while she focuses on what her baby brother is doing...I think that's okay for now.

Oh...how Tim and I love our siblings sooo much and we are really excited about the relationship that's just beginning between Olivia and Mason.

Infant Aquatics

We've enrolled Olivia in a swim program :) After watching Tiffini take her two girls through Infant Aquatics and hearing amazing reviews about Mrs. Gail (the instructor), we decided to see how Olivia would do. She goes every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

And the video we've attached below, we think, speaks volumes about this program and our particular instructor. Mrs. Gail was a Montessori teacher and she knows exactly how to speak and work with children. She is consistent, has expectations, and is firm...yet TONS of fun!!! She plays games and has toys. She works with the child's comfort level, encouraging them and showing them what they can do without ignoring their fears.

Olivia is doing AMAZING. She has always been very comfortable in the water and enjoyed it. Mrs. Gail is building upon that and showing her additional skills. I'm probably the most impressed with her floating. Olivia definitely resisted floating before we came here...and now, it's absolutely nothing for her to rest on the water. She loves her lessons. We talk about it on the drive over and she starts kicking her legs in the car.

It's a private lesson and we can later move to small group...but at this age and ability level...it is better for Olivia to have the one-on-one instruction. The lesson is only 15 minutes. At first, I thought 15 minutes wouldn't be long enough. However, now, we know that 15 minutes is plenty long. In fact, usually around the 10-13 minute mark Olivia starts asking for the lollipop that she knows Mrs. Gail will give her at the end of the lesson :)

Olivia works on kicking, swimming, floating, rolling. The end result of this program is for Olivia to be able to be in the water and swim, then roll and float (to breathe), then swim again.

Check out our little girl!!!

Due Date

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Today was your due date. There is a full moon tonight. Early in the pregnancy, I thought for sure you would come today. However, as the pregnancy neared the end...I wanted you earlier (like most 9 month pregnant mothers).

BUT...

You are already here! And we couldn't be happier!!

Happy ONE WEEK Mason!

I can not believe it's already been a week!!! Happy one week my sweet son. I am LOVING you. Absolutely loving you. Cherishing every second. Finding lots of cuddling and snuggling time. Can't kiss you enough.

What have we been up too this past week????

We came home from the hospital late Tuesday night. Tim picked up my pain meds. WOW, those nurses and friends weren't joking about the after labor pains being worse with each child. The nurses said it's because my uterus has to work harder to get back to size. Well, they are some serious cramps...and definitely was taking meds every hour I could. I can't imagine what the Duggar Lady's after-labor cramps were like after child 19!!!!

Oh, and I weighed myself. I will spare everyone my actual number. But let's just say I was "X" before I went into the hospital. When I stepped on the scale Tuesday night I was "X" minus 2 pounds. 2 POUNDS?!?! My son was 7 pounds!!! Needless to say I went out and had a bowl of ice cream.

Wednesday was our first day with Olivia and Jerry back. Olivia was/is still learning her new role as big sister. She is sooo sweet with Mason. She loves to point to his nose and give him his pacifier. Jerry has chosen to ignore the fact that there is another crier in the house. He is spending more and more time outdoors (his choosing...but on some days, I don't blame him and wonder if I can crawl out the doggie door after him). That night, the Outten family brought over a delicious dinner and amazing chocolate cake...thank you!!!

Thursday we all got out of the house together. We went to Olivia's swim lesson and then to Target. GUESS WHAT? There are TWO KIDS IN MY BACKSEAT. And they have the same last name as me. They are my children....not my friends. I have them forever. Mine.

SERIOUSLY????

We also had a follow up appointment with Mason's pediatrician. I am trying out a new doctor and practice. Hoping for more information, better communication, and an office staff that's organized and technology forward. The appointment went well. He was measured 1/4 of an inch longer...so 20.25 inches long (50-75%) and was already regaining weight at 7 pounds 5 ounces (25-50%) (he left the hospital at 7 lb 4 oz). However, the doctor was concerned about his coloring...she, and we agreed, thought he looked a little yellow. So we were sent over to the hospital for a bilirubin test (to check for jaundice). Definitely wasn't fun watching little man get his heel pricked and blood taken :( Later that night, the dr called back and said that his levels were within the normal range and there was no need to worry.

Thursday night was a little drama. Mason has been sleeping a lot! But it's normal newborn sleep. Eat and sleep. That's it. The only time Mason has been awake is between 10pm-2am...but even that was kind-of normal. He was always awake those hours in my belly.

But tonight Mason was SUPER sad. Lots of crying and fussing. My milk was just starting to come in and looking back...he might have just been hungry. At midnight I was getting ready to do another diaper change when I opened his sleeper and there was blood on his tummy around his umbilical cord. I screamed. Really screamed. Like crazy lady scream. Tim is completely startled and wondering what's going on. I'm already on the phone calling the doctor. And I'm sobbing. I blubber to the nurse that there is blood around Mason's tummy and she says the doctor will call back immediately. I tell Tim that I can't talk to the dr because I'm too upset.

Tim tells me to calm down....

lol

I didn't like the idea of calming down at that moment and told him as much.

The dr calls and Tim very calmly explains how there is a small amount of blood surrounding the umbilical cord. It's not hemorrhaging like his hysterical wife made it seem. The dr and Tim continued their very calm conversation while I'm still sobbing cradling Mason... Dr said the cord was probably getting ready to fall off and that everything will be fine. Tim went to sleep and that was my first major post-baby meltdown.

HELLO HORMONES!!!!

Friday - I made an appointment with a lactation consultant. I am sore. very sore. Not happy, uncomfortable and wanting to do something about it. I was also concerned because the pediatrician wants me to be feeding 10-15 minutes from each breast and Mason is averaging 8-15 minutes on one. The lady there was able to help me out some and I did a feeding. She weighed Mason beforehand and I fed him until he was done...which was 12 minutes. We weighed Mason again and he gained 2.2 ounces. The lactation consultant reassured me that he was getting plenty to eat and was just a fast feeder. Going to continue to work on our positioning and latch...

Oh did you know the iphone has an app that can track feedings, diapers, sleep!?!?

Saturday - Today we went and had some newborn pictures taken. It was looooong!!! We were there from 11:30am - 3:00pm!!! Olivia and Mason (and Tim)did great. The photographer had the heat on Mason was all toasty (even though he was completely naked!). Olivia showed her Taz-Self again and wasn't very cooperative...it will be interesting to see the pictures we attempted of her and Mason. Later that evening the Johnson family provided us (Mike and Chris were there too) with a glorious lasagna meal....and A CARVEL ICE CREAM CAKE (blog post on this to come later). Another highlight of this evening was MY FIRST BEER!!!!!!! It was great. Definitely missed it.

PHEW...what a week. We are almost caught up. The past week has flown by!!! On Sunday Tim and I looked at each other...sad that the week was over. He is going back to work tomorrow and it was going to be my first day alone with the two kids. And it's going to be a long week for Tim. He has work everyday. Group meetings at night. Class on Wednesday night and classes Friday and Saturday. mmmmmrrr......

One Week Ago...

...you weren't here.

However, I knew you were coming.
(warning: details of a labor story are below)

It started Friday, August 13th. The day I wanted you to come...but was doing nothing about it but mope. Until...Joyful sent me an email reminding me it was the 13th and asking if I was walking in circles around the neighborhood.

No...I wasn't. In fact, I wasn't doing anything but waking up from my nap. So she motivated me. If I want to have this baby...then do something about it. I got Olivia all ready for the pool, packed my backpack full of supplies and snacks, got the stroller and headed off for our walk to the pool (about one mile away). It was pretty hot out and I probably looked pretty interesting considering I'm HUGE and wearing a backpack and pushing a stroller and it's 97+ degrees out. But, when you are 38+weeks pregnant....this isn't considered crazy, just D.O.N.E. being pregnant.

After our walk to and from the pool we were exhausted. And later that night I lost some of my mucus plug. Great...we would be walking. The next day (Saturday), we walked to walmart (also about one mile away) and after this two mile round-trip event...I lost more of my MP. Surely there couldn't be anything left. And I felt pretty crummy. That night we had a neighborhood event to attend and I was a grump. Wasn't happy. Wasn't comfortable.

Sunday - woke up at 4am to regular (every 10 minutes) contractions. They were about a 3 pain-level (on the ten point scale) and not getting stronger or closer together. So at 930am, I wanted to help this process along and asked my family to come on a walk with me... (may I remind everyone it's 99+ degrees out). And I almost killed my whole family. Olivia was crying, Jerry was barely walking and Tim & I were STRUGGLING. Then, to make everything worse, my contractions stopped!!! When we got home, I promised everyone that I would never subject them to that torture again.

Later that day, we went to the mall to do some indoor walking :) And the contractions started again...it was 4pm. They continued ranging from 3-6 on the pain scale...and were anywhere from 5-10 minutes apart. By 10pm, Tim was packing his stuff for work and I was going through Olivia's overnight bag. I knew this was it :)

Tim went to bed at 11pm and I woke him at midnight telling him that I thought we should start getting things ready. Contractions were definitely a lot stronger. I couldn't walk or talk through them. Definitely a pain level 7+ and were coming anywhere from 3-5 minutes apart. By 1:30am we were pulling into the Johnson driveway where Olivia would spend the next couple of days. I was VERY anxious about going to the hospital. With Olivia, my water had broken, so I knew we needed to go in...however, this time...we were just hoping that my labor was far enough along to be admitted. I didn't want to be sent home...

It was 1:45am on Monday, August 16th.
I am 38 weeks 5 days into my pregnancy.

We were taken back to triage, put on the ugly gown and waited. The nurse asked me lots of questions and FINALLY checked me.
5 FREAKIN' CENTIMETERS!!!!

Andrea - "That means we are admitted, right?"

Nurse - "Yes"

Tim & I - HIGH FIVE and pull out the phones. We were THRILLED. Today was the day and this was the real deal. It was 2am.

Next we were moved into our room (241) and I said that I wanted an epidural. The monitors were showing contractions every 2-3 minutes and THEY WERE NOT FUN! I say 8+. Felt like I was going to get sick and my whole legs were aching. Finally by 3-330ish I had my epidural. They checked me again and I was 7 centimeters.

The nurse said she thought I would have the baby around 630am. After receiving the epidural, I felt MUCH better. We attempted to sleep...but I was too excited and anxious. The nurse said to call her if I felt my water break or lots of pressure. Around 530 I was feeling the pressure, but nothing too bad. But by 6, I was looking at the clock thinking that Mason was ready. Called the nurse and said that there was a lot of pressure. She checked me...and YUP, water had already broken...don't know when....and I was 10 centimeters and at a +3 station. WOW.

Needless to say, our nurse was on the phone immediately and people were coming into the room, bringing all the equipment and setting up all the supplies. By 615 Dr Everson was in the room (she was the dr on-call that night). It was one push. I was told to stop...the head was out. Another very soft push and done. Mason was born at 6:23am on Monday, August 16, 2010.

He was 7 pounds 8 ounces and 20 inches long. PERFECT.

Mason got a 9/9 on his APGAR tests, but had some extra fluid in his lungs. The nurses had to stick a long tube down his throat and suctioned out a lot of "stuff". Other than that, everything was great. His feet are really long...they don't even fit in the space provided on the birth certificate.

The time in the hospital was very nice. All our nurses were wonderful and helpful. Tim went out that night and got us Macaroni Grill for dinner and toasted our Cokes to the newest member of our family (we had macaroni grill the night after Olivia was born too). We could have stayed in the hospital until Wednesday, but were ready to head home. Tiffini and Justin were gracious enough to keep Jerry and Olivia for another night for us. So we came home on Tuesday to an empty house.
Just Mason, Tim and I.

Life is good!

1st Bath

a sweet sleeping baby :) .............. rude awakenings :(

Wrinkles

Gifts

To the big sister, from baby brother

And to the baby brother, from big sister

PICTURES!

Oh My...

We have two kids!!! Yesterday, Olivia got to meet Mason for the first time. When Tim left the hospital room to go get her, I started feeling the tears coming. It surprised me...I didn't expect to feel such emotion so quickly and strong. Then I heard the pitter-patter of her feet outside of the door and the flood gates were opened. She's walking in the door and I'm a complete sobbing mess. Olivia is looking at me like a complete stranger. My baby girl is no longer the baby. She has her forever friend, her sibling. And it was just too much for my postpartum self to handle. Olivia was sweet with Mason. She looked at him, gave his foot a kiss, and was then ready to get down and play in the room. We expected this reaction from Olivia...for her to acknowledge Mason but not want to dwell on the situation and wanted to get back to exploring things. Tim and I will forever cherish that moment when they met for the first time.

Today, however, I got slightly overwhelmed by the thought of having two kids. Tiffini brought back over our lovely 20 month old daughter to visit her baby brother and when her visit was over, I had tears in my eyes. Olivia was acting just like the Tazmanian Devil (the cartoon character that spins and leaves in its trail a disaster).

She was excited and not listening and busy and screaming and indecisive and happy and twirling and wanting up then down and jumping and out of control. I did not know who that little girl was and it was scaring me. What did I just do....that I can't undo?

Take a step back Andrea. Her world has just been COMPLETELY rocked! She has never spent the night away from us....and has now spent two days/nights away from us. Everything is very different for her and she is doing her best to adjust (or at least that's what I'm telling myself). But, as she was leaving the hospital room today...I got overwhelmed and scared. I'm much better now and realized that the glimpse of Olivia in the hospital room was not going to be "our normal", but wanted to leave everyone with our first family picture (do you see the cartoon character I was talking about?).

Oh My.

The new man in the house!

Well as pretty much everyone knows the blue side of Team Hertel gained a new member today, Jerry and I were pretty excited to get back to even ground after a tough 2 years. Mason and Andrea are doing great, the vital stats:

Time: 0623

Weight: 7lbs 8oz

Height: 20in

Andrea "One Push Wonder" Hertel showed up true to form, we have now had two babies with two pushes, don't hate... appreciate! Most importantly below are some pics of our new man:

We all love Mason very much, even Olivia!

Thanks so much to the Johnson's for watching Olivia for us so we can enjoy the moment! More pics to come (of course)

I'm going to be a BIG SISTER!

Mommy's in the hospital!!!

Our Toes...

...are ready!!

Hey Hon...

...remember this girl?

She'll be back...I promise.

Her Frustrated Noise

When Olivia gets really frustrated...she does this "rattling" noise that's rather unique.
We kept the video short, as it can get annoying.

Sleepless Nights

aarrgg...for many reasons I'm not sleeping well at all.

I think the number one reason is my curse of going into labor with Olivia at night... Therefore, every night I think I'm going into labor. With Olivia, it was midnight that I officially KNEW. So, I'm awake until at least midnight waiting to see if this is

THE NIGHT.

Not tonight Andrea.

Maybe tomorrow.

But since I'm awake, I might as well give a quick update. Had another drs appointment today...no change in progress. BLA! I would have loved her to say,

"HOLY MOLY, the baby is coming out right now."

Not-so-much.

It's okay...he can't stay in there forever.

We are all just really excited/anxious/ready!!!!

Comfy

while watching some TV

School is Back in Session

School starts for Tim today. One full week of classes and then back to his weekend routine. It's okay though. We are both very anxious for this to start and get it over with. May 2011 looks really REALLY good to us right now!!

The picture below is "some" of Tim's school materials from the first year. It's stored under our bathroom sink. Gonna have to make some room for all the new material...

Is it May yet?

Our Family

Our family of three is growing. There are parts of us that are sad about it. It's been a great start.

What's been wonderful about our family of three???

*a sweet little girl - we are enjoying the girlie things that happen in our lives because of her

*with only one child we can tag team, pass off, and still get some alone time

*one child = less toys

*one child can easily fit in almost any sedan

*one child is cheaper to pay the babysitter for

*Tim and I both get to give Olivia our undivided attention

*we are a small family

Our family of three is growing,
and we're really excited.

What's exciting about our soon-to-be family of four?

*our family will consist of one awesome girl and one incredible boy

*man-on-man coverage (one adult per child)

*boy toys!

*the satisfaction that our family is complete (yes...things can always change in the future...but we are pretty excited about our family of four)

*giving our only child the gift that will last her whole life...a sibling

*the differences...the differences between boys and girls, the differences between 1st child and 2nd child, the differences in us as parents

*reusing all the baby stuff

*all the bedrooms in our house will be used by people

Skydiving

Today we traveled just south of Houston to watch Tiffini skydive for her 35th birthday!!! And I can say that before I went, I was definitely hesitant about the whole thing. BUT NOW...I will be jumping (maybe for my 35th)!!!!!!!

It was cool. Way super cool.

Tiff said she loved it and would do it again.
We're all looking forward to it!!!!

cereal w/milk

yum yum...big girl eats her cereal (cheerios) with milk

Jammerz Don't Hurt 'Em

Anyone who has hung out with the Hertel's in the vicinity of 8pm recently has probably heard the Jammerz song. What most people DON'T know is that I (Tim ... and yes I am actually writing a post) wrote this song about Andrea, it just sounds cuter when I sing it to Olivia. Olivia also likes to help sing the song, like everyone else she is particularly fond of the ending

MC Hammer truly was 2 legit 2 quit, his legacy lives on

A Silhouette

Oh look at this lovely little lady.

The silhouette was created from the top left picture in this blog post....such a cutie with her little piggie-tail!!!

This piece of art will also appear in Olivia's "big girl" room...
WHO IS GETTING EXCITED FOR THE REVEAL!??!?!

I found a wonderful etsy shop that created this from a picture I took (and only $15!!!). If you decide to get a silhouette too...I highly recommend this lady. She was quick, very professional and worked with a bossy 37 week pregnant lady!! You can search on etsy for her... PetitDesignCo and definitely tell her I referred you (I will get a free silhouette!!)

The Evolution of a Wire Lady

First you buy a wire lady from Hobby Lobby.

Second you prime her.

Third you paint her pink!

(Goooo me! I'm not the #1 do-it-yourselver...so this is a big deal in my books. Wire lady will appear in Olivia's "big girl" room. Reveal coming soon....hopefully!)

Buddies

A couple days ago we had the Outtens over to play some games. We switched things up some (we normally hang out on Friday or Saturday nights after the kiddos are in bed), and instead decided to play while the kids napped on a Sunday afternoon.

Didn't work. Both babies only slept for 45 minutes and were then up.

So we set up the pack-n-play and gave Olivia and Cameron some toys...and attempted to finish our game. Although the kids had fun, I don't believe we were able to really enjoy the rest of our game.

Lesson Learned: Save game nights for night-time!

Goggles!

All great swimmers need a pair of goggles.