On June 8th my youngest brother Tim graduated high school as salutatorian. For this very exciting time the whole family went out to celebrate. This means another long car trip that Eliza handled like a champ. She was a lot more awake this time but still pleasant and happy. Sometimes I think she handles car trips better than I do. This is great because we have another long car trip back to Oregon for my cousin's wedding in July.
The graduation was great and Tim did an amazing job on his speech.
Because Tim was salutatorian we got seats front and center. However we
only got 6 seats and there were seven of us but that just means I got to
sit in the shade with Eliza while everyone else roasted in the sun.
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| During Tim's speech he was photo bombed by a guy with no shirt... |
We also went hiking and Eliza loved being a passenger and just watching where we were going.
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| Eliza hates anything on her head but we needed a hat on her to protect her bald head. She fought it the entire time. |
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On Tuesday Catherine, Nick, and Jacob went back to Provo for work while Karen, Eliza, and I stayed for another week. During this time we had fun playing with family and hanging out. We took Eliza to the swings and the beach. She loved both. I wasn't too afraid of her not liking water since she loves bath time, but I was a little worried it would be too cold for her. I shouldn't have worried she sat right down without any qualms. Her favorite part was putting rocks in her mouth or trying to. It was a fight to keep her from eating them.
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| Eliza also learned how to clap while we were gone. |
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| Tired out after a long day of playing. |
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The rest of this blog are just some cute pictures that my mom snapped while we were there. Now that Eliza can crawl she is everywhere and into everything. She is so inquisitive! Her favorite things are cords, lights, and anything she's not supposed to be getting into.
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| It's a little blurry but here is the tail end of her cheese face where she scrunches up her eyes and nose with mouth right open. |
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| He favorite toy in the tub is the wet washcloth |
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| When she gets sleepy she does this adorable thing where she lays her head down on whatever she is standing on. |
It's getting a lot harder to do the things I supposed to be doing as I have to watch her a lot more carefully. I'm busy adjusting to being a stay at home mom. It still hasn't really hit me that I'm not a teacher anymore but I'm sure it will kick in when school starts up again and I'm not teaching. We'll see how I handle it then. So far I am loving being home and seeing Eliza grow everyday. I know I'm a little biased but she is one smart cookie! She is just so cute and amazing.
