It seems like all I've been trying to do lately is catch up with things: laundry, emails, cleaning, sleep, etc. We've had two weeks of summer vacation already, but they've been so packed full of things that I haven't had a chance to catch my breath yet. First we went to Rayne for John Daniel's 8th grade graduation.
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| Doesn't he look thrilled? |
I couldn't be prouder of my little brothers. John Daniel won the same citizenship type award that Klein won in eighth grade. He'll be a freshman at Notre Dame in the fall, and Klein has decided to transfer there as well for his junior and senior years. It looks like my parents may actually end up with all four of their children graduating from Catholic high schools, and three of them from the same school.
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| William and Uncle Klein at the graduation |
Next up was a week in Thibodaux for swimming lessons. William did pretty good, he's definitely not afraid of the water. He was so focused on either me or the pool toys the whole time that I'm anxious to get him back in the pool with Patrick to see how he does. It was a great introduction to pool safety, and I learned just as much from Ms. Mary about what to do with William in the water as he did. Thanks Grandy and Ms. Mary for the great opportunity!
After swimming we rushed back to Baton Rouge to cheer on the Tigers in the baseball super regionals. We caught the end of game 1 and games 2 and 3. I really think the weather cost us game 2, but we'll try again for Omaha next year. I've said it before, but William loves baseball. Right now his favorite is the catcher and he'll squat down to catch the ball like he does. He'll hit the ball off his tee and run around the yard to run the bases.
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| Ready to go to the game |
And not to leave her out, baby girl seems to be doing fine. I went to the doctor this week for my check up and she confirmed (which I was pretty certain of) that I am carrying really low. It's funny to me how differently my body has grown with a girl as opposed to how I carried William. Her heart rate was 162 and apparently she really likes my doctor because as soon as she touched my belly the baby wouldn't stop moving and kicking. We could hear it constantly between the heartbeats on the doppler and it made us laugh. She still doesn't have a middle name yet, but her first name will be Elizabeth after my maternal grandmother. It also happens to be my middle name and I have wanted to use it forever. We will call her Elizabeth, too. I feel like I'm following in my mom's no nickname footsteps! As for her middle name, we can't agree on one yet. I'd like to incorporate another family name from either of our grandmothers and Patrick keeps coming up with other random options to complicate things. We have 16 more weeks to decide!
