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The boys

Here are some random pictures of the boys around the house. Avery always want to have his picture taken with Kieron these days, so we have many variations of the Avery/Kieron shot.















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Mr. Smiley

Kieron is about 3 1/2 months old now and he changes a little bit everyday. He’s quite talkative and enjoys having conversations by ooohing, aaaahing, and squealing. He grabs onto objects and can switch them from one hand to the other. His legs are very strong and he prefers to be vertical, so last week we put him in the Jumparoo, and now it’s his new favorite thing. What we enjoy most about this age is Kieron’s smile. He’s a really happy little guy and it seems like most of his waking hours he’s smiling at us.








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Back to the Beach

We spent a few days in the beginning of August at Nana and Grandpa’s place on the Oregon coast. Avery was so excited to go, he packed his backpack in the morning all by himself. Of course, all he packed was toys, but Mommy helped him sort it all out. When we got there Avery could hardly contain himself while we unpacked the van. The wait must have seemed like an eternity to him, but it wasn’t long before our feet hit the sand and he was busy building castles and fishing with a small net.


Avery loves to play in this creek that leads to the ocean


Avery had fun demolishing this sand kingdom

Then he started to rebuild his own

Waiting for pizza with Grandpa

Haystack Rock

Avery climbed about halfway up this sand dune and ran down with us


Hugging Nana

Mr. Smiley

Hunting for treasures

On our last evening at the beach, Nana and Grandpa watched Kieron so we could have some time outside with just Avery. The clouds cleared and the sky was so pretty. We ended up taking a ton of pictures. This is the least I could reduce it to:


In front of Proposal Rock


Saying “hello” to the starfish


Waiting for a wave…

Retreat!














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Backyard Fun

We’ve had a mild summer this year, but it hasn’t stopped us from taking advantage of what warm days we’ve had. We BBQ and eat dinner in the backyard as often as possible, and when it’s really hot we break out the kiddie pool or turn on the sprinklers. We even managed to fit in a water balloon fight one day. Here are a few pics of our backyard shenanigans.

















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Kieron Three Months

It’s hard to believe Kieron is already three-months-old. The bleary-eyed nights of waking every several hours to feed, burp, and change him are behind us. He now puts in a good eight-ten hour stretch at night regularly. His waking hours have increased too, and he’s quite a cheerful little guy, full of laughs, squeaks, and coos. He enjoys playing with his hands and grasping rattles or small stuffed animals.
Kieron is not a fan of tummy time yet, but he’s getting stronger, so it probably won’t be long before he enjoys spending quite a bit of time there. He really loves being held and cuddled though, and would likely prefer to spend all of his time in someone’s arms.


He got three shots at his two-month well baby visit

Dr. Avery looking after his little bro


All smiles



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