Kyle meet Chucky.. Chucky meet Kyle!

Well the day has happened.... Kyle has officially been to Chuck E Cheese... That great pizza restaurant that we all went to as children. The one we loved running around until we felt like we were going to be sick. Yep .. that's the one. It's still around and so are the many toddlers and school age children who love pizza, pop and those all so famous tokens that buy you $.25 plastic toys. We were invited to a Chuck E Cheese party for by BF's little girl this past weekend. Kyle was overwhelmed with excitement. He acted just as I suspected from the time we got there until the "I do not want to go home" fit at the end. Overall it was fun and we did get a great photo to show for it!

Halloween Second Time Around

We get pretty excited around our house for Halloween. We usually add a bunch of fun blood and gore to our front lawn. We used to celebrate with other adults and pass out candy. These Halloweens are different. Fun... but different. Now that Kyle is here it is extra fun to carve pumpkins visit apple orchards and do everything that you are supposed to do when you are a kid during Halloween. This Halloween was a little different. Kyle was a little more into it this year he liked his tiger costume and loved trick-or-treating. Brody (Kyle's cousin) was able to spend Halloween with us this year. We went trick-or-treating at the mall. We were also able to go to the park and decorate pumpkins and take a hay ride. On Halloween we actually went through the neighborhoods trick-or-treating! Super fun..

Football Rivalry

When the leaves turn colors and it starts to get a little cooler out that is when it is time for some FOOTBALL. Now in our house we typically are not die hard fans about any particular sport. We do not religiously watch Sunday Football games or Monday night football, but everybody loves a little competition. Pat and I have always watched the one game a year when Michigan plays Michigan State. Pat favors Michigan and I am a State fan! This has been this way since day one and probably will be this way until our kids go to college. This day always is ugly with the verbal beat downs but its all for the love of the game and our state. Now that Kyle is involved we have decided that he will not be able to wear one team or the other but a little of both... so this year here is his football fan photo. .. Love IT!

Our First Trip to the Zoo

Pat & I decided that it was time for a trip to the Zoo. Kyle is now a little older and really might start getting into the animals and the scenery that a Zoo has to offer. Since I myself have not been to the Zoo since I was a child I was not sure which Zoo we should take him two. We have two that are about the same distance from us. The Detroit Zoo which is located in Royal Oak and the one we decided on for our first visit. We also have the Toledo Zoo which is in Toldeo, OH. We figure that we will probably be visiting the Zoo more so we can go to that one later. The day was great! We were able to make it through most all the exhibits. The only one that we did not get to see any animals at was the Polar Bears. We figured that it was too hot for them, but I am sure that we will be able to catch them in the future. I was very impressed by the Zoo. Very clean and alot of fun things for children of all ages to do. We will definately be goin back in the future!

Santa

Now that Kyle is one... it was the true test to see if he was going to like or dislike Santa. The verdict is in and by this picture you will be able to tell! :-) We went to visit Santa at the mall outside while waiting to get his one year old pictures. On a side note he did like the reindeer...

My First Birthday!

So much fun when you turn one... Kyle celebrated his first birthday this past week. I cannot believe that the time has gone by so fast. Watching my little man from being a tiny little baby and then watching him fly around in his walker. We decided to have Kyle's party at American Pie in Taylor. It is an all you can eat pizza buffet with a party room. Most of Kyle's friends at this age are a little too small for Chuck E Cheese or places of this sort. We did arrange for Elmo to show up (Mom & Aunt Andrea) and of course he was the hit of the party. Over all the time was great and I really think that Kyle had a GREAT time!

Happy Halloween.. We love FALL!

I love fall and it is even more special now that I can share it with Kyle. We started by visiting the apple orchard and getting to carve pumpkins. We also made baby purees out of fall harvst foods like butternut squash, green beans, and sweet potatoes. All of which seem to be good foods with Kyle. Kyle is going to be a giraffe for Halloween. Dad picked out his costume from The Children's Place and it is super cute! I took Kyle around the neighborhood and did trick or treating. We went to a handful of houses and came back since he really cannot eat any candy any way. This Halloween was for moms benefit more than anything. To see my little boy all dressed up and I was able to get candy to boot! :-) Next year Kyle will be able to walk and trick or treat so it will be a little more for him!

9 Months

9 months... time certainly flies by.. :-) Kyle is getting to be so much fun with his new formed personality. Every day I can see that he is growing and learning. I can tell how he concentrates on certain things like the wheels on his cars turning and how flipping pages in his book that he is going to be a "thinker". I coined this phrase from Dr. Debbie at our 9 month appointment. Kyle is now 17 pounds and 21 inches and growing at a normal pace.