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A collection of 27 posts

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caption contest!

you know how to get ahold of us.

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Big Smiles!

Winter break is over and irene's returning to school. What's new with irene, well, she's just talking up a storm these days and having so much fun playing and counting and everything else! Yay irene!

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Merry Christmas!

Last year we speculatively bought a second set of pajamas for irene and—what luck—they fit her! Thanks for taking the photo, margaret!

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Jetset

Irene and I took a plane trip together without Kate which made for Quite An Adventure! Our first flight was significantly delayed (so much so that we missed our connection and had to rebook for the next morning after 3 hours waiting at the gate) but that didn't stop irene

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Oysterfest

Nobody loves an oyster more than irene*, so in honor of her turning 8 months, we all went to oysterfest in downtown Saint Paul. We like to think that she enjoyed it! *Sadly, irene can't eat oysters yet :(, but that didn't stop us from giving her a few bambas so

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summer relaaaaaxing

we've been pretty busy this summer, but somehow irene always finds time to relax and take it easy. get a job, hippy!

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any port in a storm

Part of the fun of traveling with irene to boston was going out and about, but a significant portion ended up being ad-hoc sleeping situations i'd "craft" for her after she'd eat or if she got super cranky. At this point, irene was still very swaddle-able, so all i needed

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Cal Ave Farmer's Market

The other day the whole family went to the farmer's market! As you can see, irene looks real excited to be there. Well, there's more to see. The cal ave farmer's market has a good mix of produce and excessive novelties, but it's a fun atmosphere overall. It opens at

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remember when we used to go to the dog park?

Shortly after we gave irene a morning bath, we decided to take a family outing to the dog park. Needless to say, maeby was thrilled. But since there was nobody around in the dog park, it mostly me throwing a tennis ball for maeby while kate and irene toured around

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Stretching on the quilt

Irene and I had a blast making babbling noises at each other on the quilt today!

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farmstand friends

it starts with a cuddle and ends with a bittersweet mirepoix

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Hanging out with mom

irene slowly becoming more and more of a ham for the camera. i say, bring it! 🍖

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splish splash we were something something bath...

Oh, look what time it is... yes, like all parents intent on embarrassing their children years down the road, we're sharing bath photos. You might think irene was not a fan of bath time but you'd be wrong. she pretty much loves splish-splashing in the tub! (disclosure: she is less

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NeckStrong

Every time Irene gets on her belly, her neck gets stronger and when she's unhappy, she uses it to headbutt me.

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my mom and sister visit

My mom and sister came by two weeks ago and spent time cooking and hanging out with irene who has already gotten much larger and less mole-like than she was when kate's family was around. we took advantage of the nice weather to dress irene up and take some more

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more adventures in tummy time

As irene gets older, she's more tolerant of playing on the floor like this. It's good for strengthening her young neck, which she also likes to headbutt us with. after a while though, she gets a bit frustrated, both because she's not exactly mobile and because she's staring at a

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walk to the bay

It's fun to go out for walks with irene even though she's mostly just breathing heavily against our chests most of the time The other weekend we went out to the bay/wildlife refuge near the house just around dusk. the path out there is an access path that connects

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skepticism faces

Oh irene. As irene gets older, her faces transition from purely reactionary to something resembling shades of her opinion. Like that picture above where she's all "yeah... uh huh, still on the floor" to this where she clearly looks like she's not really down for whatever is happening. "you see

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sleepyhead

It seems like most babies get into this routine where they sleep with their hands behind their heads. irene is no exception to the rule, but that doesn't mean that it's not endearing when she does it all the same. these next two outfits, it's sort of impressive, she's grown

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cryface

irene has her ups and downs like anybody. The other day, i was holding her and she just erupted into a cry while i was taking her photo, seemingly for no reason. here she is at the precipice of crying, at that moment when she's winding up for a cry

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bulking up

The other day we went to the doctors' for irene's 2-week checkup. It's funny sitting in the office as a parent, but it was comforting to hear that irene had been gaining weight at a good rate. So without further ado, I present to you a celebration of baby rolls,

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hats and hands

although all the books say that babies are basically just operating on autopilot for the first month of their life, it's hard not to think that they're really trying to tell us something with their smiley but apparently gassy faces, or their spontaneous hugs (née moro reflexes), or their quizzical

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family photos

hereby ushering in the era of taking family photos with increasingly better lighting and composition. what will the next one bring?!

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food coma

it's easier to put irene to sleep if she's eaten recently (duh) but she really loves getting started sleeping on my chest. it's a good position for me, i can take photos, look at my phone, maybe watch a tv show. Once she's good and asleep like this, i can

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yawwwwwnnnnnn

most of what irene does these days is sleep, so after a while it gets a bit challenging to find new ways to capture sleepiness. naturaly, maeby loves sniffing at irene.