8 months, Wowz!

Lots of new and exciting things to report from the Phillips family as Dylan Grant celebrates his 2/3 of a year birthday! We'll start with the star of the show. Dylan is on the verge of crawling forward, although he'd like everyone to know that he's quite competent at crawling backwards, thank you very much. He's got lots of ba's, ma's, da's, and ga's to share with the world, although no first words quite yet. I love this age with him, as his little personality (a bit mischievous!) and sense of humor have emerged, and it's going to be very difficult to go back to work next month and leave him with someone who is not me:-( So, my exciting news is that I'll be teaching second grade next year in a Title 1 school in Bensalem, and I am very pumped about this (although it will take a bit of re-learning to adjust to 7 year olds when I'm used to the 10-11 range). Casey is gearing up for his 3rd CPA test, Financial Reporting, and the Phillips family will be jubilant when this chapter of Casey's professional life is over. And the best news of all...it looks like a basement move-out date is finally in sight! After an eternal wait on an ironically named "short" sale deal, we should be homeowners by the end of September. WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!! Upcoming events include traveling to Minnesota to visit Rachel and meet Noah, and Pittsburgh to celebrate Grandpa Gene's 100th birthday. We are looking forward to seeing many of you there; as for the rest of you, we miss you!