Curly Shirley Goes Straight

Here are some pictures of Averie after I blow dried AND straightened her hair with a straightener. And still the curl showed up! As the day went on, her hair curled up at the ends, into that perfect super model type hair we all want. Sheesh!

WARNING: These pictures may make you cry because my 2 year old all of a sudden looks like a teenager!

Tyler Goes Under The Knife

This last Wednesday, Tyler went in for surgery to have the cyst on his eyebrow removed. Since we have gone through this before with Averie, we were not too concerned, though no one likes to have their little one have to go under and all. We were most worried about having to deny him any breastmilk for the 4 hours before surgery. But he ended up doing great, and did not make a peep the whole way to the hospital or while we were doing the preparation for him to go into the operating room. Thank you to those who were praying for that! He was in surgery for a little over an hour, and then slowly came out of it. Other than being a little more fussy than normal, he has been doing great. As you can see, he has a great shiner, and is now the coolest kid on the block with both stitches AND a black eye.

4th of July, Ouray Style

So for this year, we decided to spend the 4th of July in Ouray, at Doug's family's cabin. It had been quite a while since we had been there, so it was nice to be going back. The ride over was pretty, and other than us finding out just how much toddler puke it takes to cover the backseat of a car, we made it pretty uneventfully. Needless to say, we were ready for the vacation to begin!

We had a great time with both of Doug's parents and his sister Katie, as well as my mom and sister, who camped out in mom's stylish new camper van in the driveway. We busied ourselves with a lot of nothing, like reading, hanging out in the shade, and bothered with a few fun excursions to town for the parade, and a few adventures up Box Canyon, the flume, and to Cascade Falls. The fireworks were a hoot as well, and Averie loved them, though Tyler really would have rathered the silent variety.

Here is a photo montage of some of our escapades. Enjoy!