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Silas is Four!

Birthday season in our house kicked off with Silas’ 4th on March 1st. What can I say about our littlest prince? He is so incredibly sweet! He is a cheerful, agreeable, lovable, optimistic little boy. He is loud, boisterous, flirtatious, and confident. He loves doing puzzles, mazes, practicing writing, building legos, playing with cars, and making people laugh. He never meets a stranger, isn’t afraid to ask questions, and likes trying new things.

A few cute things Silas does these days: 1. He likes to sing. His favorite song to belt out is “Stitches”, by Shawn Mendes, specifically the chorus, “I’m without your kisses. I’ll be needing stitches.” He loves the reaction this gets, and he sings it all the time, which means the song is usually stuck in my head. 2. He says “what?” after almost everything we say. When Grammy was visiting she noted that we were constantly repeating ourselves. Since then we’ve been working on this with him, but he had us pretty well trained. Kieron and Avery are so cute, they’ll just kind of shake their heads and roll their eyes when he does this, as if to say, “there he goes again.” 3. Silas gestures with his hands a lot. For instance, he’ll put his finger up in the air and say “wait, I have an idea…” then he’ll move his hand to his chin and explain, “why don’t we…” 4. He loves saying hi to animals. When we’re out on walks, and we approach a person with a dog, he’ll yell out, “can I please pet your dog!?” 5. He likes rearranging furniture. I know he learned this from me. We get into a bit of trouble together. But he actually has a good eye for it. 🙂 6. He is super excited to be a big brother. He talks about Layla a lot and tells nearly everyone we see that he is going to have a baby sister. He asks all sorts of questions, and wants to know how to operate all the baby equipment. He’s excited to sing to her and help care for her.

Potential careers we envision for him at this point: Interior decorator, vet, perhaps doctor. He is not squeamish, and likes to watch us get shots and have our blood drawn. He’s even asked to be present for his sister’s delivery!

Speaking of doctors, at his recent checkup, Silas came in 50% for height and 47% for weight, so he is right there in the middle. Happy birthday little guy. We love you!

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Birthday morning!
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For dinner we went to Zeek’s Pizza, per Silas’ request. Then we came home for cupcakes.
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We celebrated Silas’ birthday at Kidz Bounce the Friday following his birthday.
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With Bode
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With Charlotte
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After the kids were worn out from bouncing, we came back to the house for birthday festivities.
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Silas and Charlotte
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Ethan
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Time for cake!
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At the doctor’s office
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February

Here are a few pics from February. Although it was a leap year, it flew by fast! We were fortunate to have lots of beautiful days to play outside.

Silas used these fort boards to close off the kitchen in the playroom.
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Jonathan started a new job at Health Catalyst, where transforming healthcare is their passion. Here he his with his new hire package which arrived in the mail, and much to Silas’ joy included a Transformer!
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Jonathan and Silas went to Vancouver for a weekend to say goodbye to his PeaceHealth coworkers and visit Nana. On Saturday morning I lured Avery and Kieron out for an early bike ride with the promise of donuts.
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Then for dinner we had a date at Ana’s Mexican Restaurant
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The nursery is progressing quite nicely. I love the way it’s turning out!
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Most notable pregnancy craving: sour kraut
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Followed by Mini Wheats. Unusual pairing, but it’s better than you might expect!
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At the park with Silas
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Digging in the back yard. I need to get them started on a French drain for the side yard!IMG_8680

Kieron with his buddy, Liam
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Avery helping Jonathan clean the gutters. (Not really, we would never send him up that high!)
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Silas the caterpillar, modeling all of his underwear!
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January 2016

Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to since Christmas:

We celebrated Nicole & Andrew’s January birthdays together while they were still at our house after Christmas.
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On the last day of 2015 we took the boys to The Summit at Snoqualmie for their first skiing adventure on the bunny hill. We all had a really fun time.
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Getting the nursery ready!
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January means the start of basketball season. That’s Avery 2nd from the right.
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The boys dressed up to go see Star Wars, The Force Awakens, at the theatre.
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The boys at the breakfast bar
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Silas with his buddy, Ethan
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Doting on Ethan’s baby sister, Clare. They were both oohing and aahing over her – so cute!
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Not the greatest picture, but if you look closely, you can see that Kieron is leading Silas on a jump rope/leash. Silas was more than happy to be the “fire dog” while Kieron ordered him around.
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On a bike ride during a break in the rain
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At the end of the month Avery tried a parkour class. I have never seen him take to an activity like this – he was glowing! We decided to sign him up starting in February. The owner of the gym was a finalist on the first season of American Ninja Warrior. Avery enjoys practicing and learning from him and the other instructors.

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That’s Avery right in the middle in the blue shirt using the rope to climb the wall
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At 20 weeks pregnant, we decided it was time for a bump shot.
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Here’s our little leftie practicing his penmanship. We’re impressed with his fine motor skills and attention to detail.
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Avery and Liam turned the Beyblade Stadium into a worm and beetle sanctuary
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I love sweet moments like this. There was considerable bickering between these cuties earlier in the day, which made this spontaneous moment all the more enjoyable to watch unfold.
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Craigslist score: a shed for Jonathan. Bonus: the guy threw in enough tools to sell them and completely offset the price of the shed!
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We spent a Saturday in Seattle. We ate at Red Mill Burgers, visited the Olympic Sculpture Park, and stopped by the “Up House“, the inspiration for the movie, Up. Here’s a cool article about the owner, Edith Macefield.
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Christmas 2015

The boys were so excited when Christmas morning came, but really missed their cousins. However, the pass opened early in the morning, so they were on their way. We started the morning off with cinnamon rolls and coffee and got straight to opening presents.

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Our Wild Thing
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Look what was in Daddy’s stocking. Santa really does know what’s going on!
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The Avery’s arrived in the early afternoon. Time to visit and open more presents!
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Caught these two under the mistletoe (as usual) 😉
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Time for the dice game
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Yorkshire pudding puffs, anyone?
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Our Christmas Feast
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The kids table
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The kids couldn’t wait to play Mario Kart together
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We didn’t forget to get some cute pictures of the gang before the day was over!
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Christmas Eve

After much preparation and anticipation, Christmas Eve finally arrived. We received disappointing news in the morning that the pass would be closed all day, which meant The Avery’s of Pullman wouldn’t be with us for Christmas Eve. To lift the boys spirits, we let them each open a present in the morning.

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Candy cane pedi!
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Then it was time to prepare hors d’oeuvres for the evening
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Mmmmm, ham dip!
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Then Jonathan had a good idea…
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Our little sausage ball. He can eat his weight in these!
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Recognize this guy?
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Me and the boys with Santa. It’s such a shame Jonathan missed him. 😉
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Kieron with one of his favorite gifts, the card shuffler!
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Forgot to snap a picture before the cookies were eaten…
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