Following the Achilles rupture at the end of June, July wasn’t quite the month we envisioned. Each week I either had a doctor’s appointment or a physical therapy session, sometimes both. Sarah was managing everything at home – especially in those early weeks. It wasn’t the easiest month, but it wasn’t all bad either.

We kicked off the month on the 4th of July with some new friends in town. Their son is the same age as Harvey and they had fun hanging out. We tried for a photo at the end of the day and this was the best we got. We’ll try again next year!

Florence is growing and changing every day. She had her two-month birthday and checkup and all is well! Here are some photos of our favorite little girl.

Harvey is undoubtedly in his “terrible twos” era. He’s growing and learning so much and wants to get into everything. He’s cute (check out the haircut), but man, there are days that he tests our patience.

The grandparents were super helpful this month. Grammy and Grandad came over weekly and helped with whatever was needed. Their biggest contribution was watching wild man Harvey overnight, giving Mommy and Daddy a much needed Saturday night/Sunday morning to themselves. They took him to the beach and a playground which led to a great night’s sleep. Gram (Lynn) was also a big help, coming over a couple days and giving Sarah much-needed shopping support and watching Florence while also supplying some cool clothes for Harvey.

We managed to squeeze in an impromptu beach trip one evening.

We rounded out the month celebrating Matthews’ birthday at our apartment because of my bum ankle, and had a great time catching up over ramen and drinks. Everyone left a little too full, but isn’t that kind of the goal?

Until next month…