10 MONTHS!

Kylen is 10 whole months and growing like a weed! He is officially out of 9 month clothing and into the 12 month. The other night he even wore an 18 month shirt. We went to his 9 month appointment on Monday, yes I know a little late, but it went very well. He is now 19 pounds 2.5 ounces and 28.25 inches long. He has finally caught up on his weight (no surprise there), he is still a little below average on his height but nothing to be worried about the doctor said. 

We have been trying to teach him all kinds of new things. He has started giving kisses but he will only give them when he feels like it.  To give kisses he opens his mouth and just leans into your face and then gives a big smile. He still loves to clap and he is good about giving high fives. He started doing a tilted head nod with a big smile. It is too funny and adorable! He can stand by himself without holding on to anything and he tries to take steps, sometimes it works, most of the time it doesn't but I know he will get it soon.  

Notice the leg..  Not sure how he manages to do things like this!

 He LOVES to be outside. It is his favorite! When Andrew gets home from work, we usually walk down to the park with the dogs and Kylen will just play and crawl around on the grass. He likes to walk around the backyard in his walker too. The other day Andrew was redoing our porch overhang and since there were tools and nails all over the ground Kylen wasn't allowed out. But we put the gate up so we could still see and talk to Andrew. Below are pictures of how unhappy that made him. It may be mean, but I love his sad faces.. they are just too cute and melt my heart.

Trapped in the house while dad fixes the porch

Not happy! 

Eating is no longer an issue. He loves most food and eats very well. We try new things all the time and he usually likes it. Especially if it is off someone else's plate. I have started to give him a sippy cup with juice and water but he hasn't quite figured it out so it makes a mess..everywhere! 

He has been a real daddy's boy lately.He loves Andrew and always wants him. If dad is home, he could care less about mom. His face lights up when Andrew gets home from work. It is really sweet. 

We have changed his nap schedule a bit. He is now waking up pretty early, around 5:30am, so he takes an earlier nap which lasts about 3 hours and then a short afternoon nap. I think that the second nap has helped his night sleep. He sleeps through the night most of the time (knock on wood) and I think that has helped my sanity :o). 

I love and cherish every minute with this little boy :o) I wish time would slow a bit cause it is just flying by.

Kylen's First Halloween

We began Halloween with a very exciting and important doctor's appointment. Andrew and I are expecting again! We found out the day that Kylen turned 7 months but we wanted to wait to announce it until we found out the sex. Halloween morning we had our 19 week ultra sound and we found out that we are expecting another boy! We are so excited to welcome our second little man :o)

We decided to have everyone over at our house to celebrate Halloween and find out the sex of our baby. Jamie and I baked a blue cake and covered it with orange frosting. It was supposed to look like a pumpkin but since I am new to this cooking/baking thing, it didn't quite turn out that way. Maybe next time! The grandma's cut it open to announce the gender. Boy oh boy I am going to be singled out! We barbaqued  and passed out candy. Michelle, my mom, Tristyn, Andrew's parents and brother Seth, Jamie, Amber and Kevs  all came over to help us celebrate.

Kylen never actually got into his costume because he was being fussy but I took pictures of him in it later :o)

Tristyn looked great! He dressed up as Jailhouse Rock Elvis.

It was a fun and mellow Halloween. I am really looking forward to Kylen's first holiday season :o)

Shnepf Farms

Last weekend we made our first trip as a family to Schnepf Farms. It was a lot of fun. When we first got there we stopped to take pictures at the hay pyramid. Kylen LOVED it! The hay was so exciting to him. He could have stayed there all day but we dragged him away to the petting zoo.

Kylen didn't seem as excited about the animals as I thought he would be. He wanted to be put down to see the animals but once Andrew knelt to get him closer he seemed a little nervous and turned his head away from the goats. He wasn't scared, he was just a little unsure about them.

We headed to the corn maze after the petting zoo. We were wondering why Kylen was being so quiet in his stroller and we looked down to find him asleep with a piece of hay in his mouth. He was a tired little farm boy.

Andrew and I decided to let him sleep so we headed over to the Frisbee Dog Show. Andrew was convinced that Sammie (our dog) was just like one of the dogs we saw so he has decided to teach Sammie to play frisbee. We will see how that goes! Kylen woke up shortly after the show so we walked over to get Shnepf Farms famous chili lunch. Yum!

Still sleepy and oh so comfy!

It was a very nice and relaxing day with the family :)