Catching up...

Things have been a little hectic (per usual) here. We've been spending most of our time either chasing Liam around or trying to plan/make decisions regarding our kitchen remodel. We're not changing the layout of the kitchen, or getting new appliances, but we are getting new cabinets and counter tops. I am looking forward to the final product but definitely NOT looking forward to the chaos that not having a functional kitchen will cause during the transition (among other things like re-locating breakables in a house with 2 kids).

I will post before and after pictures when we're done, but until then here are a few other pictures from the past few weeks. Note the bump and bruise on Liam's forehead in the bathtub picture- one of the casualties of cruising...







Liam had a check up yesterday. He is 8 months, 21.7 lbs and just under 28" long. Looks like he'll catch up with Abbi Kate soon.

We've also registered Abbi Kate for pre-school next year. She'll be in the 3 year old class. Here in VA, the cut off date for starting school is September 30th. That means that as long as you're 5 by September 30th, you can start that year. In every other state we've lived in the cut off date has been September 1st. So, Abbi Kate is being "held back" when before it wasn't really something I'd considered since I'd always planned on her starting Kindergarten at the same time (age wise) that I still plan on her starting Kindergarten (her birthday is Sept. 13th). We toured the school last week and she is beyond excited.