Unfortunately, I can't say we have done a whole lot around this household since Eloise's big birthday weekend! Eric has been out of town a couple of times, and I had a couple of days that I either had a training or grade-level planning to do. We did take Eloise and Izzy to the Chattanooga Lookouts baseball game one Sunday afternoon! Once a month, the local shelter hosts a "Dogs on the Diamond" day that allows people to bring their pooches to the park for $5 (which is donated to the shelter) and Izzy gets to enjoy the baseball game! They even give the dogs a little goody bag with a tennis ball and dog treat, plus they fill up a bunch of dog bowls for all the pups! We have taken Izzy a couple of times and she always enjoys it, but Eloise REALLY had a blast! She loves dogs so much, and wanted to pet all of them. She saw a bulldog that she squealed at and got to pet a little bit. The bulldog's mommy was very nice :)! Eloise's teacher, Hannah, brought her doggie too who could do tricks! Eloise laughed hysterically!!!
We also FINALLY got some family pictures taken!! I have only gotten a few pictures from our photographer as a "sneak peek" so far, but they look FANTASTIC!! I have been wanting to get pictures taken of the four of us for a while, but it kept getting put off. First, I wanted to wait until Eloise could sit up on her own, and then I wanted to wait until we had a bit of a tan....I know, I know...but I didn't want to spend all that money and be pale as paper!! Anywho, my dear friend Trinace knew of a photographer in the area, (actually, he was her husband's roommate in college) so we used him and are very excited to see all that he did! He even came out to our house and took pictures of us in our natural setting, so the pictures are very much "us"!
We had to miss fireworks for the 4th of July, but I did manage to find a parade in the area that we were able to go to and let Weeze wave her little American Flag at! The holiday was pretty uneventful for us, but it was nice to have Eric home for the three day weekend!!
The most exciting thing we had happen since Eloise's birthday is that my friend and Eloise's "Auntie" Trinace had her baby!! His name is Townes Edward Henderson, and he was born on July 5 around 4:30 in the afternoon! He was 7 lbs 12 oz and 21 inches long! He is beautiful and even has some hair!!! Eloise and I even got to Skype with him and his mommy and daddy tonight! :)
The rest of the summer is actually fairly booked up for us! We are headed on a beach vacation from Sat-Tues. We are going to Amelia Island, GA which is very dog-friendly so we get to take Iz with us! Then we have a week and weekend off (although I will probably go to school and finish up a few things). Then we are headed back to the QC for a couple of days!! We are coming home for Bix and my 10 year class reunion!!! And that is the end of summer....I have to be back on Monday, Aug. 1st!! :)
Eloise and Eric swimming during her first boat ride on the lake!! She LOVED it!!
Eloise giving her Izzy a hug. She does this everyday, about 20 times a day. She loves her dog.
We read books and sing a song every night before we go to bed. Eric caught us in our ritual :)