Feb 21 2012

The Boy is growing up fast!
He's talking up a storm, asking and answering questions, and carrying on simple conversations using 3-5 word sentances. This is advanced for his age acording to the First Steps people! Not everyone can understand his words but, we are helping him out with articulation. He likes to go to the park and the play ground at the mall, the slide is his fav. If both feet could reach the petals, he'd be zooming everywhere on his 3 wheeler. He can count to 20 on his own, recite the ABC's (he can even recognize some of them) and he's using the potty at least 60% of the time! He loves to watch Mickey Mouse and Diego whenever we'll let him.
This child is absolutely amazing to watch! His new thing is, "One wow". Ha ha let me explain...ok lets say you see something really cool, you'll say, "Oh, WOW!" well if you try to say it more then once Kye will look at you very seriously, hold up one finger and say, "One WOW!" it's pretty serious business. I have no idea where it came from but apearently wows are not to be used lightly. Lately I've been asking for more wows...depends on his mood. :)
Here are some pictures from Monkey Joes, an obnoxious indoor blow up play land that adults can't enjoy...rude if you ask me. Anyway, Kye and Parker had a blast! This kid has NO fear! He climbed the tallest slide they had there. I panicked a little, us grown kids aren't allowed on the equipment...let me just say that if he needed me, you know I'd take my big grown butt on up that slide, climbing over all the other little people! It didn't come to that but, know I wouldn't have batted an eye!

Jan 24 12

New haircut

Christmas eve...

Christmas cookies and juice for Santa.

Weird, he came while we were still up. He liked the snack. :)
Merry Christmas and to all a good night!

December 24th 2011

Getting ready for Christmas! Kye's excited for Santa this year...well kinda. We've been drilling the magic of Christmas into his head at every opportunity. He kinda gets it. When asked what he wants Santa to bring him his reply is always trains and toys.
I told him we should leave something for Santa and he suggested a snack of cookies and juice and sometimes he thinks cereal would be nice. This kids a character for sure!
This year we'll wake up Christmas morning in our house with just the three of us. It'll be fun to see Kyes little face light up when he sees the tree filled with colorful gifts from Santa! I'm so excited!!! Well here are a few pictures. I haven't gotten the hang of this blogging from the ipad thing so I don't know what order they'll be in. Some are from his visit with Santa, aunt Ann's X-mas and this afternoons cookie making extravaganza.
Side note regarding the cookie making. I am unbelievably bad at decorating cookies! Check'm out its so bad it's funny.

December 13 2011

Well we've been able to get through the last few colds without a visit to the hospital! Yay for us and even more yay for his super duper lung! Still under the weather allot but, from what I hear it's normal for toddlers. Daycare is full of snot, boogers, dirt, and cooties. Dirty germs are bound to find their way home with him. As much as I hate seeing him sick, I almost feel as bad for us. This kids attitude turns nasty when he's the slightest bit sick. It's, "no" this and "It's mine" that and of course, "the body dropping on the floor and flailing around like a crazy person cause I turned the light on instead of letting him" joy in the morning. Sigh. I think he got that from his daddy. :-)
Honestly, he's an awesome kid. He's difficult when he doesn't feel good but who can blame him. He's such an awesome kid that it takes us by surprise when he acts out. But we're learning.
Christmas sure got here fast. We've been driving around looking at lights and talking allot about Santa. This yeas is going to be a blast. I can't wait! Here are a couple pictures...

Testing a new (and hopefully easier) way to blog...

Not sure how this is going to work. I posted a picture but don't know how it'll show up.

Halloween 2011

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

MY LITTLE DRACULA!

THIS WAS KYES FIRST REAL HALLOWEEN EXPERIENCE!

He loved getting all gouled out. I have to say, He was a pretty good ole vampire! Edward would have been proud! 

Kyes very first trick or treat! She was a very nice witch with an awesomely decorated house!

He was pretty excited about this pumpkin too!

 We only hit a few houses, considering we're all on the tail end of some weird cold. It was a blast though. Kye said, "Thank you" and even said, "Trick or treat" a few times. There were a bunch of kids out! It was nice to see everyone having a good time. Kye enjoyed seeing all the other kids in their costumes and even handed out candy when we got back home. Good kid...

Uncle Mikey and Aunt Sondra stopped by on their way to Va... We love them very much;-)

Oh yea, the LOOT!

I thought it would be fun to play a little game.....

Its called,

 "What did he just say and what does it mean?"

Video number 1....

number 2number 3number 4

Get to guessing!

Sept 2011 Daycare

Kye starts daycare this tuesday. 

I’m scared, sad, excited, anxious, and mentally worn out from looking for just the right place. BUT I do believe we found it! It’s a small, locally owned, center that came highly recommended by a woman I know in the field. It’s everything I want for him. They teach on a creative swing, which means they do all the standard, regulated mumbo jumbo but with a unique spin that focuses on the individual child. If a 2 yr old shows interest in something way advanced for his age, instead of redirecting him where the class is they encourage the path. Not saying other places don’t do that, I’m just drawn to this places philosophy and how the put it into action. They really work with the individual child in all areas. They use positive discipline, heres a quote, I love from some info they gave me...”Remember that disciple and punishment are not the same. Discipline is guidance and teaching that promotes positive behavior. Punishment is a penalty imposed in reaction to unacceptable behavior. Positive discipline is more effective than punishment because desirable behaviors that last a lifetime must come from within the child rather then be imposed by force or fear.” I absolutely love that. I felt completely at home there, the teachers are warm, inviting, and so easy to talk to. The walls are colorful, covered in art and in pictures of the kids. When a child signs up they make a binder for them and fill it with all their daily adventures. They also have a PAC, which is like a PTA. They do family outings and have a parents night out! Soooooo these are all the things that make me excited. I don’t think I have to explain the other emotions...insert sad face here. 

Anyway, here are a few pictures of the Boy...

"I made him an offer he can't refuse..."

Love my Grandma;)

Uncie!!

Sweetest BOY EVER!!!

Aunt Ann and Uncle Levi's yard! WOW!!

Me and my Mama

Playing with MiMi and the girls

kisses;)

Kye's first concert!!! Yo Gabba Gabba! It was amazing! I can't express how awesome this was. Kids everywhere, dancing and jumping around! It was great! Kye was having a blast! At one point we ran down the aisle dancing and acting crazy, leaves were falling all around us AND there was 'snow'! It was truly magical. Ok so he smacked one little girl with this flashing light wand thingy we bought him...hey ya can't have everything! Ha Ha he was flirting!!

HELLLLLLLLO Everybody! I'm not doing so great at keeping this updated so I think I'm going to focus on once a month. We'll see how that works!

Things are moving along nicely, Kyes growing just as he should physically and he's doing exceptionally well with his words and his understanding of them. He can say the entire abc's, we have to say it first and he'll follow...he'll usually say the next letter without a hint though. He can count to 5 without any help! My smarty pants! I've been complimented quite a bit about how well he behaves and listens. His doctor was one who was impressed! BUT he IS a two year old. He's discovered the word 'No'. I'm not a fan. He uses it even when he means yes. Weirdo child! Anyway, I hope we make it through this two year old syndrome. He's been sick, which I think has allot to do with his attitude. He's been doing great with potty training too! I'm pretty excited! He only falls behind when he gets sick. MiMi (What he's reduced Grammy too ;-)) has had him in a clean dry diaper all day a few times! He even pooped on the potty! I KNOW, AWESOME HUH? Once he woke me up at night to use the potty, I hear thats a good sign. MiMi's pretty good at this whole thing so we're just following her lead.  

He's growing up so fast I can't stand it! Today we had to put up his 'big boy bed'. Daddy and I are not super stoked about this new development but, we don't have a choice as you'll see in the videos below...

Yes sir the Boy has mastered his escaped. 

Here's the scoop...

He was down for a nap (aka play time in bed with Grover and Elmo cause he slept in the car for 20 minutes with daddy) when we heard the door to his room close softly. We looked at each other, lifted our eyebrows and squinted a little as if  to say, "You think...NOooo couldn't be, then dismissed the thought. A few minutes later we heart the door knob giggle.. Confused and not really believing it was possible, I got up to invistagate. I opened the door and there he stood, Butt naked, Grover in hand and the biggest smile plastered on his cute little mug. Funny? Yes. Untill the magnitude of the situation hit us...we have to put up his big boy bed. This means he'll ultimately be free...Sad on so many levels. First and most importantly, he's growing up. I want to put on the brakes, just for a little while. I'm not ready for him to drive!! Oh, I know I'm jumping the gun but, if time flies now thats just around the corner so I'm not really exaggerating that much. Secondly, he'll be FREE. This could go horribly wrong!! Sigh. On the other hand, I can see a small glimmer of light, is it possible that this may free US up to sleep longer while he plays safely in his room? Is that bad of us? I don't think so. Alone time is quite valuble...for him too;-)

Part one of Big Boy Bed try outs.

Part two...

Goodbye for now. We'll see how this goes tonight. If you follow me on FB I do post lots of pictures there.

Baby's (toddler's) first night. sad face
I'm not going to sleep at all tonight, he's gonna fall out!!