On October 23, Kieron had his first taste of food. We fed him rice cereal, and it went pretty well. In fact, it really didn’t seem to take much getting used to at all. Since then he’s had bananas and apple sauce, which appear to be a little sweet for his taste right now. He also tried carrots, which got a so-so response, and sweet potatoes, which he loved!

Hanging out with Grammy, visiting from Texas

In early October, Issaquah holds it’s annual Salmon Days Festival. The last time I went, I was marching in a parade back in high school. Every year we say we should go, but for one reason or another, we just don’t seem to make it. We finally made it this year, and had a great time. The weather cooperated, and Jonathan’s family was in town for the weekend. Avery loved watching the salmon in the stream. He also enjoyed the firetruck parked nearby.

We visited the Pacific Science Center with my parents the other weekend. It was a pretty fun place to take a toddler, though some of the exhibits will be more fun when Avery is a little older. The butterfly house was our favorite. It’s a big solarium filled with tropical plants and lots of butterflies.

A few pictures of our little leprechaun….

This weekend Lindsey and I left Avery with my parents and had a night out together. It was great. We haven’t ever been more than a few miles away from Avery, and going to Seattle by ourselves was liberating. After dinnenr & beer at the Pyramid Ale House, we went to the Matchbox Twenty and Alanis Morissette concert at the Key Arena.


At the coffee shop.