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| Science experiments... |
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| Changing flower colors with food color! |
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| Kieran's new favorite play place is in the rocks in the front of our house. |
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| Helping water the plants... |
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| Helping daddy mow. |
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| A little music out front... |
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| Enjoying a little skinny dipping in our backyard pool ;) |
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| Making jewelry (for friends and cats) from beads and pipe cleaners. |
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| Spelling! |
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| "Sciencing"! Making moon dough. |
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| Stirring... |
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| Playing! |
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| Mom gets in on the action ;) |
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| More "sciencing"- making... |
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| Crystals! |
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| Making slime! |
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| It's stretchy! |
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| Smile! |
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| At Lowes Grow and Build... |
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| Sheep trap from How to Train Your Dragon |
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| Working on the wing |
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| "Done!" Toothless! |
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| Hammering... |
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| Turbo Snail! |
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| Kieran's first day of pre-kindergarten summer school at Belair! Such a big boy! He did great all month and we couldn't be prouder! |
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| Last day of school special lunch... |
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| With dad! |
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| Kieran in his new Gi... Karate starts at the end of the month and he can't wait! |
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| A drawing Kieran made of me (with my breasts ;) and him! |
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| Look mom- no guardrails! Kieran was finally ready to sleep in his big boy bed sans rails to keep him in... maybe he wasn't quite ready ;) |
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| Sleeping in the sling |
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| For a moment I thought we might have a thumb-sucker... but this was the first and last time she figured this out ;) |
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| So sleepy! |
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| Sweet, sleeping Emerald |
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| Sleeping baby in her co-sleeper as viewed through the monitor. |
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| Sleeping on her boppy... |
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| Sleeping is hard work! |
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| Enjoying some summer weather on the front porch with mommy :) |
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| Passed out for a nap in her swing- the same one big brother used that we borrowed from Erin |
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| Emme's first tutu ;) |
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| Figuring out her little hands ;) |
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| Thanks Lisa Maloney for the cute monogrammed onesie! |
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| Four weeks old! |
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| All smiles! |
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| Play time on her sensory mat! |
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| Checking out her hand-me-down toys. |
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| Passed out waiting on the doctor at her two month exam ;p |
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| Hey there ;) |
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| Big brother loves his little sister :) |
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| Bath time fun! Later, when Emerald pooped in her tub Kieran kept saying, "You're killing me Emerald, your killing me!" |
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| Emerald's first trip to a pool- the Arc in Columbia. |
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| She really enjoyed the water and all the activities. |
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| Mommy and her babies enjoying some Mexican food downtown Columbia |
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| Hamming it up in downtown JC! |
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| Emerald's first trip to Runge- Kieran was very entertaining ;) |
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| Testing out the Runge bull frog ;) |
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| Runge craft time. |
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| Spending time at one of our new favorite hangouts... Chic Filet. |
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| Another favorite dining establishment (with play place)- BK ;) |
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| Chilling out at the park ;) |
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| Gearing up on the fourth of July for a little boat trip with Papa on the Daugherty pond |
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| The brave sailors ;) |
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| A few July 4th sparklers to mark the occasion |
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| He loved them. |
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| Playing in the sand on Madison street before heading over to the carnival |
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| Satruday, July 5th, Kieran had a great time at the carnival in downtown Jeff! |
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| Ring the bell! |
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| On the big slide! |
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| Trying out the train again, this time with Livy! |
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| Riding the zebra! |
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| The dads and their babies ;) |
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| Silly big brother and Emme ;) |
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| Sweet girl smiles! |
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| Kieran helps out at an MDC turtle round up out at Eagle Bluffs |
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| Holding a turtle waiting to have it drilled to mark it |
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| Releasing turtles |
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| He loved throwing the turtles in and having them race to the water! |
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| All tuckered out after a morning of turtle fun and some Shakespeare's pizza |
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| Even took a little cat nap after his busy day ;) |
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| Big cousin fun with Jaron at Braydon's birthday party |
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| Playing in the pool with the cousins, daddy and uncle Aaron! |
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| Fun at the Ashland library |
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| Reading with mom- both these kids love books! |
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| Building a HUGE tower- libraries aren't all books ya know :) |
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| Emme wearing one of my dresses from when I was about her age |
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| A new skill- blowing raspberries! |
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| Me in the same dress circa 1978 |
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| Our sweet little girl. |
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| Celebrating national icecream day with Nana Jo at Central Dairy |
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| Silly boy loves his little sister :) |
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| A little history lesson about the Battleship Missouri with Aiden at the capitol building |
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| Happy three month birthday little girl! |
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| Pretty in pink wearing a dress from Lori :) |
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| Emme with the owl... getting so big! |
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| Kieran gets in on the photo shoot ;) |
