So the weekend after we got home from TX, we woke up early and went through Timp cave with our friends Ranger Quinn and Jenny Linford. Joe and I have been wanting to go to Timp cave for a while (we tried several times before Kyra was born) and Quinn is doing his internship at Timp Cave so they let him bring one 16 person group in for free before hours. So his family was in town and we joined them for an early morning trip through the cave. The hike was longer than I anticipated, it wasn't super long but it was pretty steep. The cave was pretty cool and it was fun to see our friend in his "Ranger" mode. We got to spend a lot of time in the cave because it wasn't an official tour, but eventually the babies and kids started getting whiny and we went through the last part pretty quick.
Kentmore Park
A couple weeks after our cave adventure, we packed our bags and headed off to Kentmore Park, Maryland to see my family! My nana (grandmother) has a house on a beach (river) in Kentmore Park and I used to go every year growing up for a couple of weeks, so its like home for me. It's been 3 yrs since I was last able to go so I was super excited for the trip. Our time in KP was a really nice vacation. It seemed much more like a vacation than TX and CO because Kyra was the only baby and everyone wanted to watch her/ play with her, so Joe and I were able to get out and play on the river. We went skiing several times, sailing, swam the river, ate fresh blue crabs, hung out at the beach, had wonderful food and lounged around the house hanging out with my family (cousins, aunts, uncle, parents, grandmother). We were planning to go to DC for a day (I haven't been even though its only 2 hours away) but Joe got the beginning of another sinus infection, and I wasn't really feeling amazing either. We went the 1st-9th of August which meant that we were there for Kyra's birthday and our anniversary on the 7th. Kyra's birthday trumped our anniversary so instead of doing an early birthday party and going out to dinner, we spent the day making/decorating the cake (and by we I mean Joe) and had a birthday for Kyra at night. We had a delicious salmon dinner that Kyra happily ate, opened presents (which consisted of lots of books and a few toys) and then dug into the cake. Kyra had her own cake and wasn't too sure what to do with it. So far Kyra hasn't been a huge fan of sugar but loves the salty and well seasoned food (none of the bland baby food and Mac and cheese). It was amusing watching her pick at the icing tentatively and by the end decided the cake was a decent toy/ drum. I think she ate about 2 or 3 actual bites while she enjoyed flinging big chunks onto the floor.
Kentmore was fun but it's good to be back home in our own beds where Kyra has her own room (everyone sleeps better that way). The day after we got back Kyra started walking (go figure) and she is growing more and more confident by the day.
