Morganne's first day of kindergarten

 

I will post more details of how the day went soon.  Just wanted to share pictures today.  We are so proud of this girl.  We love her to pieces!

Happenings of late

Oh life has been so busy lately.  I feel like things are in a constant fast forward mode.  We just finished another 2 weeks of swim lessons and the girls grew, yet again, leaps and bounds.  Every year we have done both summer sessions for a total of 4 weeks of lessons.  I'm sure people think we are crazy as swim lessons are every night Mon-Fri. for 2 weeks.  By the end of the two weeks, everyone is exhausted.  But, since we don't swim very often, we see the confidence boost in other areas of their lives, the girls love them, and we love the ladies that teach the lessons, this is just something we do, and so far we have reaped the rewards for this committment.  This second session we saw Kaelynn go from barely holding her breath for 2 seconds to a consistent 6-8 seconds and jumping off the diving board, not only without tears, but loving it and asking to try it again.  Morganne was moved up into a harder class where she was the youngest by about a year and a half.  She held her own though and really learned a lot.  She could hold her breath longer than most of the class and she impressed all of us with her diving form and endurance.  It was definitely a proud Mommy and Daddy moment. 

Justin officially started his new job at MacAllister's in Lafayette.  A huge answer to prayer for us.  So far, at the completion of his first week he has come home even more encouraged than the day before.  Such a huge blessing.  Our insurance cost reduction and the benefits from working for a much larger company could not have come at a better time with the new baby approaching.  His position is that of a Utility person.  Basically he will work between rental and sales for the catepillar equipment and do all of the things that he enjoyed at his former job, and seemingly not much of the stuff he didn't like.  The company has already shown us that they tend to take care of their employees and with Justin's hire they met his asked pay and gave him a week of vacation right off the bat instead of waiting for the 6 month mark like normal, since the baby is due in October.  The only down side is that the drive is 3 times the distance to his last place. So, we are looking for a much more fuel efficient car to drive for him..... 

The baby and I are doing well.  Other than some major discomfort at times, which is to be expected, this pregnancy is going pretty well with no major issues.  I've passed 2 kidney stones that I know of.  Luckily, like before I'm not the normal case, and have relatively little pain with the stones.  I'm not looking forward to the stones afterwards however, as those are the ones that usually cause me a little more head ache.  I'm growing in size each day.  My OB thinks the baby is long and I'm measuring big.  I've gained 10lbs. in 4 1/2 weeks.  Such a crazy thing....  Makes me nervous for birth size with this one.  We definitely don't have small babies, I just hope this one isn't trying to beat out her sisters.  We are not telling the name, like the previous two, but I will tell you coming up with a third girl's name is quite difficult. 

We are beginning to get into school mode.  Morganne has transitioned out of naps, we've bought school supplies, and she is officially registered.  I am finding myself more at peace about the situation, though still struggling with the idea that she won't be around during the days that I am home.  Kaelynn and I are going to miss her.  Morganne is excited so far.  I just hope that I can continue feeding this excitement and that her transition is a smooth one.  I can't believe I have a daughter old enough for kindergarten.....

Tonight we are headed out to the fair, yet again.  Oh, how I love fair time.  Morganne and Nana made a few items for the Open Show this year.  We will post soon about how she did! ;c)

 

 Swimming with good friend Abby, from Daycare

 

 

 

 Spring diving off the diving board.

 

 Making a new friend....