Yes, we're still here.

I know it's been a really long time...not so sure anyone is even checking our site these days, but here's an update.

Kevin is in his fourth and final year of dental school. He's doing a couple of internships this summer. The first was at a hospital and REALLY intense. Right now he's working with kids at a public health clinic and enjoying it. The work is good and the hours are great. We're enjoying the extra time he's had at home.

I've cut back my hours at work...just by 10% (which is 4 hours per week), so nothing drastic. It will help me have more time at home in mornings a couple of days a week.

Malachi is making some developmental jumps right now. He's saying a lot more. Still single words, but his vocabulary is growing, especially now that he is mimicking us. The other day I told Malachi that we were going to get in the car after I grabbed him a snack and sippy. When I turned my back to walk in the kitchen I heard, "snackandsippy?" :) I was so excited!!!

Some other new tricks/skills:

-He can jump.

-He can climb up on his little chairs (much to my dismay he giggles in delight that he can do this).

-He can wave bye-bye now. On a recent trip we were getting our shoes on after going through security. He didn't want to stand up, so I took a couple steps away and said, "OK. Bye-bye." To which he smiled really big and waved bye-bye...and remained seated.)

-He is scribbling with crayons now. He insists on having one crayon in each hand. At school, the rule is one crayon at a time, unless you're Malachi.

-He's learing to play duck-duck-goose. He has the duck, duck, duck part down, but he just laughs really hard if you call him goose (he doesn't run around the circle).

-At red lights he signs and says "stop," and at green lights he points forward and says "go." He's so into it that in the car now he just waits for the next light. Very cute.

-He loves to help Daddy make coffee in the morning. He brings the ground coffee from the fridge to the counter, puts the filter in, and fills the carafe with water. He LOVES helping Daddy.

-He is close to being able to catch a ball, much to Kevin's delight, and he's learning to use a hockey stick. Yes, we bought him a hockey stick. He loves basketball and hockey. He can say: base for baseball, golf, hockey, hockey puck, basketball. We're working on tennis. Daddy and Malachi "read" the sports page almost every day. So cute.

-Malachi can point to his body parts, with elbow being the newest fascination.

-He is riding a bike now (not with the pedals, but walking/running on it instead of pushing it from behind). Such a big boy!

Just happened upon this pic. My poor baby had a bad fever, I still up late getting work done, so to keep an eye on him while I was working away on the computer, I laid Malachi down in the living room. Foster joined him. I think Foster appreciates it when Malachi sleeps--no louds squeals of delight, chasing around the room, pulling tail--although Malachi is very generous with the cat treats, which Foster definitely takes advantage of!

Hunting for Easter eggs. Wow, I really haven't posted in a while!

Hopefully more to come, more often. Our little guy's PASSION for the camera prevents a lot of the picture taking we used to do, but we'll do our best.