Tuesday, May 15, 2012

13 Months Old

Better late than never, here's Kyle's 13 Month update:

5.8.2012 13 Months Old!  Kyle's love this past month include: pointing at objects to "identify" them, calling anything that sticks out on the ceiling "fans" and anything on the wall "doors," flipping through books and reading out loud, shaking his head 'no,' curling up on my lap when he's tired, pairing together his Noah's Ark animals, the water table, his car racetrack, pulling pots and pans out of cabinets, emptying laundry hampers, eating food face-first, the doggie beds and crates, pointing at people in picture frames, brushing his teeth, hiking up mountains, his robot lovie, playing under furniture, playing peak-a-boo with his daycare buds using chairs and cabinets, ceiling fans, signing 'more' whenever he wants any time of edible object, blueberries and grapes, spicy beef, gymnastics, participating in diaper dashes, going up and down the stairs, turning around at the top of the stairs, couch or bed to get down feet first on his belly (so smart!).  Dislikes include getting rashes and 104 deg fevers from the MMR shot, the sippy cup, napping at daycare, cutting more teeth.


I'm still nursing Kyle 4 or 5 times a day and he eats each of the 3 big meals with us each day.  He also usually has an afternoon snack.  He's been a bit pickier this past month on finger foods often preferring the carb products like bread, cheerios and goldfish.  He loves fruit but really only eats vegis if we feed them to him pureed on a spoon.  Sigh.  He's getting *better* at the sippy cup at daycare, but still only taking half of his milk that way. 


Kyle has gotten through his rough patch of sleeping and is back to reliably sleeping 12 hours each night.  He takes two naps (at least on the 4 days I'm with him... he struggles a bit on the nap front at daycare).  He's become a bit more vocal, independent, and stubborn, but is still a happy playful little ham.
 
 
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Mother's Day Part II

The second half to my Mother's Day was taking my two furry children to the dog park.  I know they don't always get the special treatment they did pre-Kyle, so we thought this was a nice way to show them we appreciate them.  It's the first time we've ever taken them off-leash, but they did great.  They stuck together and even though they got quite far from us at times, they came back when called.  This dog park is the best I've ever seen and it's just a couple miles from our house at Chatfield State Park.  It's got miles and miles of space for them to roam, beautiful views of the mountains, and several lakes for them to play in.  Plus trails for us to hike on while they play.  We'll be going back for sure!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Mother's Day Part I

We celebrated Mother's Day by going to a nice brunch after church at the Tavern in downtown Littleton.  It was so delish!  Kyle enjoyed all the tasty foods also. 

 

It was so special that I got to spend Mother's Day with both my mom AND my son.

Kyle was a fan of the roses they gave us.  Smart thinking on their parts to de-thorne them.
 


Dave got me Micro Spikes as a present.  Woot!  Now more slipping and sliding on the snow during our hikes.

And Kyle gave me all the set-up supplies to make my own herb garden.  [Side note:  it's only been a week and almost all of them have already sprouted! ]
 

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Happy Mothers Day!

I have to say that I have the worlds best mom. She's taught me so much about being a mom myself and I consider myself supremely blessed to call her my mother. Thanks mom for all you do!



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Monday, May 7, 2012

Kyle's First Summit

So unless you count Evergreen Mountain which Kyle hiked with us last summer, this weekend marks Kyle's first true summit.  Chief Mountain sits at nearly 12,000 feet and offered impressive views of Mt. Evans, Pikes Peak, and Longs.  It was mostly snow covered (sigh, we keep finding ourselves trekking through snow and always forget our ski poles!).  The dogs were in their element and Kyle had a blast.  As always, he smiled and talked up a storm the entire trek up and crashed comfortably on the hike down.  As is becoming a hiking tradition, I nursed him at the top.  {Kyle doesn't know how good his picnic views are!}.  At the summit, we took turns scaling the rocks up to get to nearly 12,000 ft and see the awesome 360 degree views of all the nearby (and distant) peaks before heading back down.  Yet another wonderful Saturday spent hiking in our amazing state. 

 


What the conditions were like... definitely had to watch your step the entire time!
 

Almost to the top of Chief Mountain!

Dave at the summit!

Awww, a nice family photo at the summit!
 

Belle lying down on a w-a-l-k?  Surely she's just bored!

Mt Evans Road
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It's Racing Men

A week ago, daddy, grandpa, and Kyle all raced in the Cherry Creek Sneak.  Daddy did the 5K and got the qualifying time he needed for the AB wave at the world's largest race (the Bolder Boulder, set for Memorial Day) while grandpa completed his first ever race, the 5 miler.  He also got a personal best time! 

Kyle, grandma, and I went along to cheer them on and enjoy the festivities.  We scored a lot of swag and Kyle got to meet his first mascot (he was thrilled-- a sign that Disneyland could/should be a lot of fun later this month!).

Kyle also participated in the Diaper Sneak.  Kyle did great!  He came crawling towards me at the finish line, with only one 'pause' to look up and see what everyone was cheering about.  It was his first race, his first ribbon, and a proud moment for mommy and daddy. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Manners smanners

I suppose we shall teach him manners another day!

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Friday, May 4, 2012

Laundry helper

When I had the washer door opened, he tried crawling in it but realized that it spins and decided against it. Smart boy.












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Friday funday

It's so hot out today that we had to keep our time at the park shorter than usual but we still had a good time!
















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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Hairball

Kyle enjoying his first hair ball.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Happy Birthday Grandpa!


I hope you have a super special day because I think you're so swell!  Mommy tells me you are 55 times older than me!  I can't even count that high but I think it's so cool!