Kylen is One Year Old!

I know I say this all the time but I truly cannot believe how fast time flies. Kylen in now one year old.. I am still trying to wrap my mind around it. This has been a year full of changes with lots of hurdles but I wouldn't change a single minute. Andrew and I feel so lucky to have such a wonderful little boy that brings so much joy to us each and every day.

Kylen is  a walking machine! He started officially walking a week before his birthday and he has been nonstop ever since.. he rarely crawls now. We are working on teaching him words. He understands a lot of them but we can't always get him to say it. He says dada the most but I am really working on mama :o) I have also started with the sign language but he has yet to pick up on that. When I ask him questions he will respond with either a big grin and bounce up and down or a shaking of the head to signal no.

He is still quite the daddy's boy. If dad is home he could care less about me. He has also been a little needy lately. He has learned to throw fits and cry if he is not getting his way. This usually happens when I am trying to make food and he wants to be held. That being said, he is also doing really well playing by himself. I am able to get more done around the house and in the kitchen because he knows how to entertain himself. I think that learning how to walk really helped with this. He loves to carry things around with him while he walks. It is usually a part of his train, a piece of his play mat or the computer cord. It is so cute to watch him.

He is drinking milk instead of formula now. That was an easy change- he started drinking it as soon as I gave it to him and he seems to be doing fine on it. I still give him three bottles a day- One in the morning, one before his nap and one at bedtime. We have pushed his nap to 11am or a little later depending what we are doing. He still sleeps about three hours at nap time. He loves food. We usually give him a little bit of what we are eating to see how he takes to it and he usually like it. I gave him blueberries the other night and you would think they were candy by the way he was eating them!

We started his birthday with his one year doctor appointment! Sorry about having to go to the doctor and get shots boogs, but I just couldn't wait to see how you have grown and if we could start you on milk. He now weighs 20.5 pounds and is in the 30th percentile for weight. He has grown to 30 inches long which puts him in the 60th percentile for height. Although he is a tad on the skinny side, Dr. Jones is not worried and instructed us to start milk and keep doing what we are doing. After his doctor appointment we went out for breakfast and he had pancakes, one of his favorites! After that we headed to Costco and then home to take a nap. When he woke up he ate lunch and then we took him for a walk in his wagon. He absolutely loves to ride in his wagon! For dinner we had pizza at our house and Andrew's parents and brothers came over. I made lemon cupcakes for dessert and although it took a minute for him to figure out what it was, once he did, he dug in and made a big mess of it!

Just woke up from his nap

Playing with dad and the dogs!

Not sure why everyone is singing and looking at him!

Yummm cupcake!

What a mess!

It was a fun first birthday for Kylen. I can't believe it has come so soon but we are looking forward to this year.

Happy first birthday my love. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful, happy baby. Mom and dad love you more than anything!

First Christmas!

This Christmas was a big one for us. Not only was it Kylen's first Christmas but it was also our first one as a family and in our new home. Although it was pretty hectic, everything went well.

Andrew had to work so I woke up early with him to spend a few minutes together before he had to leave. Then I got myself and Kylen ready and headed off to grandma's house. We got there by 6:45am. Kylen did not wake up in a good mood. He was extremely grouchy until we made it into grandma's house. Then he was excited and kinda confused at what was going on. He really loved opening gifts, mostly because he got to tear the wrapping paper and chew on the boxes.

With Aunt Michelle before opening presents

Kylen helping momma open presents

Playing with the Leap Frog puppy that Aunt Chris got him

After presents, we ate breakfast and Kylen took a nap. When he woke up we headed back to our house to celebrate with Andrew. Santa brought Kylen a police car that he can either ride in or walk around in. He absolutely loves it! After our little Christmas celebration, the three of us went to Andrew's parents to open our stockings. Andrew's family celebrates Christmas on Christmas Eve so we had celebrated with them the night before. We spent about an hour there before we headed to dinner with my family. My Aunt Chris came into town to spend the holiday with us and she wanted to take everyone to dinner on Christmas. We went to Rustler's Roost and had a good time. Kylen loves to look around and eat so it was a good place for us to go.

In the police car Santa brought him!

Michelle and Tristyn dancing at Rustler's Roost

Andrew and I dancing :o)

Kylen, Pa, Aunt Chris and my mom

Kylen and Grandma

We figured out that he loves corn on the cob! 

After dinner we headed back to my mom's house so Andrew could open his gifts from my family and the rest of us had a few more to open too. And of course we ate dessert :o) By that time everyone was exhausted so we headed home to put Kylen down and Andrew and I got to relax for a bit. It was a very busy Christmas but all in all it was a very good one too!