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.

Tennessee Family Vacation (A week of Firsts)

Every year we travel to Waverly, TN to visit Pat's family. This year was Kyle's very first time to TN, and he loved every minute of it. I was a little worried about traveling that far with Kyle, but he did real well. Of course it took a couple of rest areas to get the whole thing down we did great. We left on Saturday and traveled to Louisville, KY where we stopped and spent the night a a Hyatt (of course). Saturday night we went down to 4th Street Live where they have all the night life. We took Kyle to his first Hard Rock. We did not eat there, but did buy him his first Hard Rock T-shirt. We ate at a place called Red Star Tavern outside on the patio. Kyle was able to sit in the high chair for the first time and of course thought it was a wonderful experience! He procede to bang on the table, laugh and yell. After dinner we walked around down town and just took in all the sights. We had a great night sleep and started on our way to TN Sunday morning. Kyle did well again for this leg of the trip. We arrived at our destination around 3pm. Waverly is appox. 70 miles west of Nashville. We had a great relaxing week of fun and lots of food. Kyle had his first bath on the porch in a dish pan..LOL Kyle also went swimming for the very first time and he loved it so much. He was kicking and laughing.

8 Months

Kyle is 8 months old and raring to go! He is getting around like a champ. He is not yet crawling but sure finds ways to get from point A to B. He has opened his first cupboard of course under my watch. I have started to baby proof but can already tell that I will be needing to go over things by crawling around. He sits up and plays really well and loves to travel around in his walker. He really loves to bang his toys on other toys and make tremendous amounts of noise. Our new thing is talking. We started about two weeks ago with "ba ba ba" that turned in "Bob" and into "da da da". Now he talks and just random sounds and words come out. He will be a talker that is for sure, because he can go on for hours. Kyle is enjoying the end of summer and really still loves to go on walks and swing at the park. We are enjoying everything we can because my little baby is now turning into a big boy. :-)

Summertime 2009

Summer has been great so far.. Kyle is getting more and more animated every day. He seems to be getting so big fast, but yet everyone warned me that would happen. We do not go back to the doctor until Sept. for his 9 month appointment. I know that he has grown a couple of inches and gained a couple of pounds for sure. We have graduated to stage 2 foods and still have not found one we do not like. I myself am surprised at all the different baby foods that are out there. We have even started to buy some stage threes because 8 months is coming up quick and I want to be prepared. During the summer I can and garden so I am pretty excited to get to the farm market and make some fresh veggie varieties for Kyle.

Last week my nephew, and Kyle's cousin Brody turned ONE! Happy Birthday Brody! We had lots of fun at his birthday party. There was a bubble machine and lots of toys to play with. Kyle was able to swing for the first time in a baby swing and he absolutely loved it. Brody had a Nemo themed party that my sister did a wonderful job on.






We are headed to Tennessee on vacation and this will be our first road trip with Kyle. Pat's mom has not seen Kyle since March so she has a big boy surprise when we get there. We will be stopping and staying in Louisville to break up the trip. Pat and I have done this now the last few years that we have gone down to visit, and it works out great. This year we are excited to go to the Slugger Museum and get Kyle his first engraved bat! We will post all about the vacation once we get back. This vacation will be primarily for resting and relaxing. This will also be Kyle's first swimming pool experience, we have the new baby float and plenty of sunscreen packed up and ready to go.

Below I posted the video of Kyle in the baby swing. My new mission to find all parks with baby swings!

7 Months Old

Kyle is 7 months and growing like a weed. We love eating! We are trying all kinds of new foods and loving it. We also are a huge fan of water in a sippy cup. This little boy has tons of personality, and loves to show it. He laughs out loud at most things. He is super ticklish! I mean all over too. His neck belly and sides are the worst and his feet can be depending on the time. We are not crawling yet but we can roll and scoot like crazy. It should not be very long now. He loves to play on the blanket with his stacker toys and blocks. We love to investigate all objects and put them right into our mouth.

We are sitting pretty good, but still a little wobbley. Kyle's favorite thing by far is his bouncer. We love to move the parts so the animals will make sounds and we love to jump up and down in it. He can swivel himself at 360 degrees so that he can play with all the toys. Some other things that we are really into right now are walks in the parks, reading books, and petting the dog ( or should I say grabbing hair).