Bodega Bay

We hung out at Bodega Bay today and saw 6 grey whales going North for the summer with their calves. Kieran had a blast hanging out playing with his pinwheel (although, as you can see in the picture, he doesn't care too much for the taste of grass)

Summer Pool

We picked up a little pool for Kieran today for 88 cents, it was the best money we have spent, he loves playing in it. He also had playgroup today and here is a pic of him hanging out with Katie

Vacation/Easter

Kieran enjoyed his first easter, going to a sunrise service and keeping us up all night

We went to Mendocino & Fort Bragg for one night and two days for a short vacation and enjoyed the timme away. The coast and drive is beautiful!

On the way back we stopped at a grocery store and there was a Easter bunny there that Kieran LOVED

Jennifer cooked a Sunday english roast for easter, Kieran liked the yorkshire pudding best

Learning

Trying to crawl but he isn't having much progress...

He loves to swing but is still pretty small in the baby swing

Play time

New Toy

Kieran got a litle inflatable ball playland, he really made out today!

Sonoma

Here are a few new pics just hanging around the area. Kieran loves swimming and there is a nice pool in Santa Rosa. We went on a hike last weekend in Sugarloaf park between Sonoma (the city) and Santa Rosa, near Kenwood.

England

Here are a few pics from England, Kieran had a blast visiting the family!

Kieran is sitting up by himself now and spends most of his day shanging out playing with his toys

remodeling

Here was the progress over the weekend and early this week from the tearing down of the wall in our downstairs. It took me much longer than it should have but we are pretty happy with the results, we are going to repaint the wall so there isn't the 2 colors but painted the patched wall to see how visible the repair job was, it is actually not as noticeable as we expected, and the wall being gone has really opened up downstairs

Hanging out

Here is Kieran hanging out with Katie in the car, both sleeping together during the drive and waking up together when the car stopped. Kieran will be 6 monhs in just few weeks and is really developing his personality. He started rolling over last week but gets stuck on his stomach once he rolls over

lunch

Jan 8

Kieran with his friend Katie and hanging out with Erin

packed up!

Here is the little guy playing, he had his 5 month check-up and got some sots this week, he was described as a "flourishing" baby, I asked what the difference between a baby and an infant was, I got no good answer, the doc has to look it up. Our doctor wont tell us how he is doing % wise, so we looked it up for fun, he is lighter than avg. at 16 pounds 2 ounces, but longer than avg., not a bad start I guess

Happy 2006

Kieran spent his first new years fast asleep (along with his parents), Kieran was a little fussy so we didn't go out as planned although I walked over to a friends house a block away to say Farewell to a co-worker who was recently recalled and will be spending the next 1 1/2 years in lovely Iraq

Kieran has started pulling the "frog" face made famous by a young Jay Michael, I guess it is all in the genes

Here are some shots of Kieran during his first Christmas in San Diego, Kieran had a great time hanging out with the family (and the dogs) and althugh he had no idea what was going on, he had fun playing being entertained with his new gifts