11 months...closing in on a year!

Greetings to everyone, and happy fall. It is extremely hard to believe that the Phillips family's youngest member is almost one year old. Next month's blog will hopefully detail the exciting snake-themed birthday party that I am planning for Dylan (there is still room for discussion on the theme, another contender with a lot more familial support is cookie monster), complete with theme cake pictures! For now, the biggest news we have to share is that Casey passed all four parts of the CPA on his first try! What a proud moment for him and all of his hard work! Good thing he has a wife that likes to brag, otherwise, you might never hear this news:-) We are trying to enjoy the fall before the beginning of another accounting busy season, and Dylan's early birthday present zoo pass from Nana and Grandpa has allowed us to spend these beautiful fall weekends hanging out in the reptile house and big cat corral. If you come visit, you can even come along as our free guest!

It was a tough October for Dylan, as he battled a cold, his first fever, ring worm, yeast rash, strep throat, and another cold, in that order. I think he's finally better. A bright spot was Halloween, when he took the neighborhood by force as cookie monster. We had to cancel our trip to Penn State because of his illness, and now that's just a whole other story that has had way too much media interference already, and so I will not share any comments on that. What's coming up? A trip to Pittsburgh over Thanksgiving, my first round of conferences, and some serious party planning are on the agenda. We miss all of you!