September - Kyra's excellent adventures

This month was filled with lots of new experiences for Kyra. Such as: going swimming in the "big person" pool: Seeing horses during a visit to Aunt Jaime's house for cousin Gina's 5th b-day party: And in a very exciting (oh yeah, and did we say scary?!?) "step", Kyra started to stand by pulling herself on furniture. She looks like she is going to be an early walker: The big trip of the month was flying to Portland to visit friends and family. We stayed at Chad and Raquel's house (Thanks!) where, among other things, Kyra tried to eat Nathan's train (one of her many nicknames is "Kyra-zilla" - this picture illustrates): The weather was great in Portland, and that meant fun outdoor stuff, like Kyra's first trip to a zoo: It also meant getting to visit family, first Uncle Eric and Aunt Trish came up from Eugene: The last full day included a nice breakfast with a lots of Ang's family - Great Aunt and Great Uncle, Uncle Eddie, Aunt Margaret and Uncle Mike - here are a few pix: At the very end of month, cooler temperatures in Phoenix meant Kyra getting to play in our backyard for the first time - notice the golf ball in her hand - can you say "Tiger Kyra" ??

August - Kyra's first baseball game

Kyra really continued to amaze us with her progress in August - she began crawling for the first time. Exciting and scary at the same time as we began to realize how much child proofing had to be done. August was also Kyra's first full month in daycare as Ang's Mom headed back to Michigan in late July (we are so grateful for her help with Kyra all this time). She did unfortunately get her first ear infection and had a pretty bad fever, but recovered pretty well - and seemed to adapt reasonably well to all the changes daycare brings. In late August, Bob's Mom came out for a visit, that included a trip to Kyra's first regular season baseball game, when the Cubs played the D-backs. Unlike a lot of babies, Kyra likes to wear hats pretty well instead of pulling them off, sporting her Cubs spirit at home:But then it was off the game - and Kyra was sporting a cute Cubs outfit:

July - Kyra's first flight

It has been a long time since we have posted, so we are going to catch up some. In July, we flew to San Jose for a multi-purpose trip - and it was Kyra's first flight! She did really well on the plane (mostly slept). On this trip, Bob had Entrepix work to do supporting their booth at Semicon West trade show in San Francisco, so it meant Kyra got to see various parts of the Bay area. We started at Bern's house in San Jose (and also got to see Bob's work friend Ori and his family for a nice dinner at this house) and then headed up to Frisco where we would stay until Thurday afternoon. Kyra really like the cool temperatures, checking out Chinatown, the aquarium and Fishmerman's Wharf among other things.After the tradeshow, Bern got us back to San Jose, where Ang and Kyra enjoyed the big personal event of the week - Shantha's baby shower! It was a great day and a super week in California, enjoying the company of friends and family. Back at home, Kyra decided that she wanted to play keyboards like her daddy.