Hello from Atlanta!
dIt has been quite a while since our last family update but life has been a bit crazy since May. The kids and I have been back in Atlanta since May 2nd and life is moving along smoothly. Paul is still in Italy but will coming back stateside on August 13th, when he will out-process from the Navy. It has definitely been an adjustment getting used to life with our dad but we are counting down the days until we can be together again! In the meantime, the kids and I are having a great time with their grandparents!
The biggest news that we have to share is that the newest member of our family with be Claire Elizabeth Duval...yup, IT'S A GIRL! I am now almost 20 weeks along and we had the big ultrasound yesterday. My mom went with me and Paul was able to skype in to watch as we found out. It was a lot of fun! She was kicking away in there and it looked like she was chewing on something...she must take after her sister who LOVES to eat! We're really excited to have the two little girls together. I hope they grow up to be great friends. I just feel bad for Paul as he will have to watch after both of them in high school! He'll have his hands full!
Anywho, on to other news. Catherine is walking EVERYWHERE! She turned one on July 11th and has turned into quite the ham of a little girl! She has her daddy's STRAIGHT hair that leaves me with few options for cute hair styles. She also has about 12 teeth now so eating everything in sight has become much easier! Catherine and Paul have become the cutest of friends and I am thoroughly enjoying watching them grow up together. Paul is also doing very well. He is officially a big boy! He now sleeps in a big boy bed (without railings) and is potty training as we speak! He has done remarkably well with our three day boot-camp (of which we are on day 3). With this program, once the last diaper came off that was it...even for naptime and bedtime! Surprisingly, it has worked extremely well and he is well on his way to being fully potty trained. Unfortunately, he found my stash of reward matchbox cars so that didn't work out so well! Besides all of these very important big boy changes he keeps busy helping my dad with any and all 'manly' chores and pointing out every boat that he happens to see (or thinks he sees).
Lastly, an update on what is next for our family. As of today, we have no idea! We found out at the beginning of July that companies cannot offer Paul anything offical until August 1 because he is still active duty military. So, we are patiently waiting for Sunday to roll around and then hopefully we will be off and running figuring out the next chapter. 7 out of every 10 applications are located in and around the D.C. area but we are praying that we will be going elsewhere. We will keep you updated as find out our plans!
I think that is all for now. I am attaching a few pictures of the kiddos to hold you over until I decide what to do about Phanfare (they want $99 for the year). Hopefully, I will figure something out soon and we will be sending more pictures more often!
Have a good one!
Jeanne
