Wow, I cannot believe it's been months, literally, months, since my last post--shall we pause while I hang my head in shame?!

Quick recap of where we've been the past few months......

We took our yearly pilgrimage to the Outer Banks in May, and it was a blast! We spent a week in Duck at a gorgeous house with my side of the family. We had beautiful weather for the most part, and the girls loved spending time with their cousins!

Half of June was spent in Ohio--we started out with a weekend in Cleveland to celebrate Scott's parent's 40th wedding anniversary--WOW!!! We had a lovely party for them and it was really special to be able to celebrate such a significant milestone in their lives. We're both so lucky to have parents that are still together and still in love after decades and decades of marriage!

We then headed down to West Chester and split our time between my sister's house and my parent's house. The girls attended camp with Jack (my gorgeous 2.5 year old nephew), and they loved it! Their hero worship of Olivia continues, and it was so precious to watch the four kids interact and play. Olivia continues to melt my heart with her nurturing manner--she is so good with all of the kids, and I only wish we lived closer so Kate and Julia could spend more time with Livvy and Jack.

Our trip to Ohio ended with a surprise birthday party for my dad, who turns 60 next week (holy shit, Dad!). It was a GREAT party, and I think my dad was truly surprised.

The girls, of course, are starting to wake up from their nap, so I should run. I went and visited a possible preschool this morning, and it was a HUGE disappointment--that's really a whole 'nother post, though. So, it's back to the drawing board in that area.

The girls are talking so much I can't believe it--Kate almost always speaks in sentences, and Julia isn't far behind. They continue to delight and amaze Scott and I, and we had a pretty significant "proud parent" moment this weekend when we took them to a friend's house for dinner. They were perfect little ladies and I was so impressed with the way they conducted themselves.

Of course, my ego was put in check by their behavior the past two days--it's whine central station here. They have been fighting a lot and we've had more time outs in the past two days than I could have possibly imagined.

Must run, but if anyone's still reading, just wanted to a quick post to let you know that I am somewhat trying to maintain this blog!

Heart hug!