Cameo shot of Emerson on the left. I think Laney is worried about being caught on film in the middle seat.

Thank you Grandma Barbara (read: Baba) for watching Kaya and Laney this past long-weekend.

Kaya celebrated her third birthday this month (already covered below). A little unknown fact, on Kaya’s actual birthday, she was living with Grandma Barbara, who gave her these pajamas when she woke up. I love this picture so much, I can’t stop looking at it. (Addendum by Tracy: This picture is a duplicate from a prior post, but I too love it so much I’m leaving it up)

We took a family trip to the Maneo Acquarium, which, for some reason, has a killer exhibit with life-sized, animatronic dinosaurs that roar at you. The expression on Kaya’s face is real and is something she does all the time when she hears noises that she doesn’t like. (She has become quite noise-sensitive these days.) My facial expression is fake to match the scene, and the T-Rex is of course, real.

Here we are at the finish line of the New River Marathon. (Or, stroller-5k in our case) Congrats to Steve who ran the half-marathon in 1:58. 

Here are three competing views of poop over time.

Tracy:

Dylan:

Tommy:

Tracy’s father and step-mother regaled us with tales of the North Carolina history museum, which for some reason features a lot of Elvis. 

Happy future birth to Channa and Ivan’s baby, Alvin. (This stroller is from the baby shower.)