Virginia is for lawyers

You may have heard our big news, but if not, we're moving to Charlottesville, Virginia! Our original plan was for Taylor to attend law school this fall at BYU. The day before we planned to move to Provo, Taylor received a call from the dean of admissions at the University of Virginia (which is the #8 law school in the country) and Taylor was accepted to UVA from their wait list. Since it was an acceptance off the wait list, we only had one week to decide if Taylor should accept. UVA was Taylor's top choice of law schools because of prestige and location, and after a lot of prayer, research, and discussion we felt strongly that Virginia is where we need to be! We sold our Provo apartment contract, paid the seat deposit for UVA, paid a deposit for an apartment in Charlottesville, and we will move mid-August after Taylor's graduation from BYU.

I'm so proud of Taylor and how hard he has worked to prepare for law school. He spent hundreds of hours studying for the LSAT and his hard work truly paid off! While we're so excited for the opportunities that will be available to Taylor because of UVA and the adventure it will be to live in Charlottesville, it will be hard to leave Utah and our amazing family and friends. We can't wait for visitors in VA and we hope to visit Utah often!

11 Months!

Since Cooper turns 1 next week, I figured I should do a quick 11 month update. ;)

Cooper turned 11 months old on June 7th (8 months adjusted) and he's in such a fun stage! At the beginning of the month he weighed about 16.5 pounds, and he's finally on the chart for weight!! 37 percentile. I was absolutely shocked when the nurse told us, because Cooper has barely been on the chart for his adjusted age, let alone for his actual age! So proud of him!

Cooper is very mobile, and does a combination of crawling/scooting to get around. He is starting to pull himself up onto things, and basically nothing is safe from his curiosity. :) His first two bottom teeth have popped through, and Cooper is a good little eater! He loves Cheerios, mangoes, green beans and eggs. Giving him a bottle is still difficult, and he will only take a bottle from Taylor or me. We have to be holding him and walking around while he eats, or he'll refuse the bottle. We're not sure why bottles are so difficult, but hopefully soon he'll learn to drink the bottle on his own or take a sippy cup.

Cooper is a great sleeper, and takes two long naps every day, and then sleeps at least an 8 hour stretch every night! He will only sleep on his stomach.

We love Cooper so much and continue to feel so grateful for the tremendous progress he is making developmentally and health-wise!