Name Game...

I guess the first big news to announce is that our lovely daughter has a name. Kelly and I intended to name our baby girl, and then let it be a surprise for all of our friends and family...but we were really torn between two names so we decided to let the GWU swim team take a vote. The two names being voted on were "Riley" and "Avery". Since all 60 swimmers know our baby girl's name it seems only fair to let everyone in on the fun. In the end, Riley won by 3 votes. We're still trying to pick a middle name, but Riley Elizabeth and Riley Kate seem to be the two names we keep coming back to.

Riley seems to be growing very rapidly. As one of my swimmers announced during

practice on Saturday, "Ashley's belly seems to have doubled in size over night." It might be true. I had my first melt down on Saturday trying to get ready to go to the Clemson game. It was 90 degrees outside and I couldn't find anything to wear. None of my clothes fit me anymore. I have one pair of jeans and one pair of black pants, but nothing in the way of shorts (at least none that can button). After trying on about 8 different things that looked horrible, I just sat down on the bed and cried. After having a moment, and accepting the fact that I didn't have a a cute summer-y outfit wear to the game, I threw on a football jersey and a pair of shorts that wouldn't quite button, and we were off :) By the way, there are very few places that

make me quite as happy as Death Valley on gameday. I truly love Tiger football!

The other exciting news is that my mama is coming up from FL to visit for a long weekend this Friday-Sunday. We're really looking forward to spending some time w/ her.

For those of you that have been asking. Here is a belly shot...22 weeks.