Meeting baby Abby

We finally got the meet baby Abby and spend some time with Chris' old friend, Chris and his wife Jodi. We had a great time.

Watch out, Kyler's putting the moves on already!


Kyler getting their 3 doggies worked up.

Daddy teaching how to load and...

...fires away!

"Oh, that silly boy."

What a weekend!

We got together with all my cousin's on my Dad's side on Saturday. It was a lot of fun and the number of Kyler's second cousins is rapidly increasing. Again, I have 3 cousins pregnant at the same time as me on that side. All due within 2 months of each other-just like with Kyler.

From the front left: Olivia, Jake, Brian, Kyler. Back row: Madison, Brett, Ethan.

Its fun to see them all together as they grow.

Sunday was back to Gaga and Pop pop's pool for Gaga's (what he calls my Mom now) birthday and Father's day celebrations.

Kyler is becoming quite the daredevil in the pool!

Summer fun

Even though it was, and is blazing hot, we had a great weekend with Granny and Poppy visiting from Canada.
We spent some time at Grandma and Pop Pop's pool and saw a concert at Miller park. Kyler really took to the pool quickly this year and was dancing and having fun with The Grease Band (forgot my camera at the concert-oops).

Kyler also had his 2 year appointment last week and is still freakishly big, according to his doctor: 38 1/2 inches tall and 35 lbs, 15 oz; off the chart in both height and weight now too. He just got new shoes, size 9 1/2. When will this kid slow down?!?!





On a new baby note, we had another ultrasound last week. Everything looks good and NO we did not look between the legs!

Weekend get away

Kyler got a chance to play with his friend, Sophia, on Friday. It's crazy how much they change each time they get together.


And now Dominic has been added to the mix!

Kyler stayed with Grandma and Pop pop Saturday night while Chris and I got a night away in New Hope.

As you can see, baby number 2 is well on its way!

A great 2 years

Kyler's actual 2nd birthday was on Thursday. It was much less exciting than his party on Saturday (pretty much a cupcake with a candle after dinner), but it was very meaningful to me. I kept replaying the day 2 years ago in my head. I would look at the clock and think, "what was I doing right now 2 years ago"...mostly feeling tremendous pain, but it was the best day of my life. And every day since has been better because of that day.

I can't believe it has been 2 years. They grow up so fast, but it has its benefits too. Now that Kyler is a kisser and a hugger, I take full advantage of it. I know it won't last forever. And when he says, "Yuv you" it just melts my heart.

Friday we moved Kyler into his new big boy room. We moved the crib in too just so he could get use to the room before switching to the big boy bed. So its a little tight in there right now with a 2 dressers, double bed, and a crib and changing table, but we are managing. There is no room for the rocker so we do story time in his new bed. He seems to like it. It all goes so fast: new room, big boy bed, potty training... Next thing you know, he'll be packing for college.

Kyler's birthday party

Kyler's birthday is this Thursday but we had his party this past Saturday. The Grandparents and all the Aunts and Uncles were there. Kyler pulled in a good haul, as usual, and everyone had a great time!

Smart guy

It's so fun watching Kyler learn new things, and learning things you don't even realize he's learning.

A couple weeks ago, we noticed Kyler would point to the Cat in the Hat book saying "apple". There is no apple on the cover. Then he pointed to Chris' Florida State shirt saying "apple". We finally realized he was pointing to the A's, A for Apple. So I wrote out letters to find out that he knows a bunch of letters by name. I didn't even know it. So now when we read books, he likes to point out letters he knows.

We have been using a baby doll to get him use to the idea of having a baby around. So he hugs it, gives it a bottle, and throws it on the floor...luckily, we still have time. Anyway, the other day he picked up the doll, turned it over, sniffed its butt, made a funny face, and said Poo-poo! At least he can help identify when the baby needs a diaper change.

Here he is enjoying Mama's hummus. If you try to give him a pretzel, he does a dipping motion with it, pitching a fit for some hummus.


Our little monkey.

Smoochfest 2008

As some of you may remember, I was going to put up a video a couple of months ago of Kyler & Isabelle. Chris, just now got me the thing I needed to download it from my camera. So here it is.

#2...

...and I'm not talking about Poo-poo this time.

Chris and I are happy to announce that baby #2 is on the way. I am 13 weeks right now with a due date of October 16th. We had a second ultrasound today and everything seems to be going well.
I have not been feeling so well, though. Much more fatigue and morning sickness than with Kyler but hopefully that will be improving soon. In fact Kyler is always saying, "Mama night night", because I guess he thinks all I do is sleep and lay around on the couch :( I apologize to those of you that I have been bad about calling back, emailing, making plans, etc. I've been "night night" a lot.
We won't be finding out the sex this time. Since I'm having a scheduled C-section, we want something to be unknown.

How we announced it to our parents, Michave and Renerik on my Dad's birthday


And to my cousin Kristen: I got your October!

Mama's Birthday and Easter

Yeah!! I turned 35 on Friday.
You may be wondering why I am so happy to be turning this milestone birthday? Although, I do officially feel old now, I am very happy to make it to 35. When I was 23, a so-called "palm reader" told me I was going to die when I was 34. Yes, really. I know, that's no way to make money. People don't want to hear that. Tell me I'll be rich, live long, and marry a great guy. Nope, not for me.
It actually went something like this:

Palm reader: You have a very short life line.
Me: Really, how short?
Him: About 34 years.
Me: So that means I'm going to die when I'm 34?
Him: Looks that way.

So although I don't put much stock in these things, I couldn't help but have it in the back of my mind this past year. Anyway, Yeah ME!


We also had a fun Easter.
Yes, these are Christmas jammies, but the Easter Bunny had to know he was good all year too.


The Easter egg hunt went great after Kyler realized there were jelly beans in the eggs and that they taste good.


Chocolate bunnies taste good too.

Playing with his buddy and cousin, Ethan.

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny

We had breakfast with the Easter Bunny on Saturday. Kyler was pretty interested in him and not afraid, but wouldn't high five him. (Still an improvement from Santa). In fact, he was so busy watching the bunny, he hardly ate any of his breakfast (Good thing kids under 2 are free!).

Helicopter Museum

On Friday, we went to the American Helicopter Museum with our Mom's group. Kyler had a great time, seeing helicopters take off and climbing around the helicopters on display. They let the kids climb right inside and push all the buttons and joysticks.


Some of Kyler's buddies from the group.


Pictures courtesy of Denise since I totally forgot my camera.

PEE-PEE

Yeah Kyler!!!!
Kyler did pee-pee in the potty on Friday and then again on Saturday. He wasn't diggin the little potty so we put an insert on the big potty and he really likes that. Once every couple days I would put him on for 15 minutes or so. I figured eventually he'll just happen to go while he's on it. And that's exactly what happened. He was so excited!

Kyler and Isabelle sittin in a tree...

Our friends, Leslie and Carl, came up for the weekend with their daughter, Isabelle. She is almost 14 months now and so cute it's ridiculous and smiles ALL THE TIME.

Kyler and Isabelle had a great time and were quite smitten with each other. Kyler is a real smoocher and apparently so is Isabelle. So we kind of created some monsters trying to get them to kiss, because they wouldn't stop. We pretty much had to pull them off each other. It was so cute. I'll put up some video if I can.