Progress

Our kitchen is moving along better than we anticipated. There's still a lot left to do, but we're happy things are moving in the right direction! Marc and Katie have helped SO much, and Scott's mom has been keeping us well fed!

Moving On

I love that Matthew is such a happy little boy, and - in case you couldn't tell - I'm quite captivated whenever he laughs. I took these pictures the other day, and it shows another fun side of Matthew - his fascination with his hands. Who needs a pacifier when there are hands to suck on? He hardly even realized he had Mickey Mouse ears on!


This may be one of those pictures that Matthew is embarrassed of when he's older, so I think I better share it now before he can protest. Isn't he so cute?


In other news, we had the electrician come over yesterday and now we have some extra lighting in the kitchen and a LOT of new outlets. Before we only had one outlet for all of our counter space and it (like most of the outlets in our house) was one of those old-school, two-prong outlets. I can only imagine the luxury of being able to plug in more than two appliances at a time, and I'm glad that we won't have to hunt down the two- to three-prong adapter the next time Scott uses the mixer to make his delicious chocolate chip cookies!

Now What?

Grandpa Caught a Big Fish

I was telling Scott about my parents' cruise to Alaska, and Matthew loved hearing about the 40 lb. King Salmon my dad caught.

Matthew Laughs Again

Isn't it so cute when babies laugh? Matthew's only really gotten the giggles a couple of times, and I get so excited every time it happens. Today was another one of those times:

We've been busy little bees . . .

Before:


After:


And we weren't the only ones:



We found this basketball-sized beehive in our backyard.

Marc and Katie are Coming?!

This is the most I've ever heard Matthew laugh. It was so cute and totally unexpected: