Strong little dude

Our Larson has impressed us with his strength from day one! The morning after his birth he was already holding up his head for a few seconds! His first week with us he could turn from his back to his side and he started to making cooing sounds!

Welcome to the world little Larson

Larson William Martyn arrived 21 December at 8:15pm weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces and 19.25 inches, we think he actually was longer than this. We were able to come home from the hospital on Christmas Eve and have the present of our whole little family waking up in our home on Christmas morning. Avery has been a super big sis and we are slowly getting the hang of taking care of a newborn again.

Our cuties

Happy Third Birthday Avery Bug!!!

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Avery enjoying the nativity set from Nana and Pops

Pole sana!

Last night as Avery was getting ready for bed her and Babe were talking about the day. Babe mentioned something and in very typical Kenyan fashion Avery responded saying "pole sana", which means very sorry. We both cracked up at how 1. she knew to say it and 2. she had perfect timing! Hey at least soon she can start teaching us more Swahili and even more important when it is appropriate to say what.

Future golfer...

Making her daddy proud!

Springtime!!!

It has slowly been warming up and we had a wonderful treat of really "warm" Kenyan weather the last two days. Here are some pics of Avery enjoy the warmer weather and wearing shorts! She had the cutest little dance walk when we first got outside and she was getting use to her shorts!
Disclaimer: The pic of Baba and Avery was a staged shot, she did not go on the piki piki with him. :)

Safari Avery!

After many attempts of trying to get a good shot of Avery in the adorable safari hat Nana gave her I had about given up. Then one evening she comes into the kitchen after putting the hat on herself!

Jolly Roger!

We had some friends who live in Sudan come out to Kenya to give birth to their second child. Their first, Samuel, is about Avery's age so we enjoy getting together and letting the kids play. We were able to spend a wonderful and warmer than usual Saturday at a place called the Jolly Roger. It was a great find! This place had a pool, bounce houses, even a bouncy water slide, tons of toys for the kids to play with, face painting, you name it! Here are some pics of Avery enjoying the bouncy houses!