No more carnivals - for a while.

We started today with swim lesson #3.  Lily has learned to jump, or scoot, off the side into the water.  We are very proud.  Then we went to the school carnival.  Lily was afraid of the horses and the train.  Things in the past she has loved.  We may stop going until she is older.  She did love fishing, which made Daddy proud.  We end today's photos with a shot of my leg and the rash.  It is all over my leg and we have no clue what it is - and luckily it came 7 days ago with a horrible cough.  I am super lucky that way. 

Easter Egg Hunt and Party at School

Looks like the practicing paid off.  Lily was a machine during the hunt at school today.  Billy is pretty sure he saw her throw a few elbows to get to the eggs first.  We also learned that we should have taught her that you don't look for eggs in other people's baskets.   You'll see from the party shots, that sitting like a polite little girl is another area were we should do a few practice sessions.

BB has a name

After careful consideration and a trip or two to check the genealogy charts, Billy and I have settled on a name for Baby Boy Earle.  

His name will be William Tate Earle.  He will go by Tate.

Just a brief history on the name.  I think you all know where we came up with William.  Tate is my middle name.  We really liked having a combination of our two names in his.  Tate originally comes from my great-grandfather's (Gaston Patout) mother - who was Claire Emelie Tate - with an accent mark over the "e."   

We are one week away from the halfway point - so we should all be able to meet Tate in about 20 weeks.  

Swim day 2

We think Lily is scared of her swim teacher. So after being assured by her father that he was not going to give her to the teacher man, another great day was had in the pool.

The biter is back.

We are so happy that Lily has moved up to a new class. Well, we were. The biter from 7 months ago is in this class, and you can see, she is still biting. We have been told the biter will only be in this new class for one more week. Good thing cause daddy is non too happy.