September 2015

Here are a few shots taken over the past 2 - 3 weeks.

Kyle visited Boo and Dzia for Grandparents' Day and the Bears' Home Opener on the 13th.

Erik's now drinking water out of a sippy cup :)

Bears' Home Opener: Blocks and Bears

While Kyle was with Boo and Dzia, and I was at my friend Erin's luncheon, Chris had his friends Matt, Rob, and Bobby over to watch the Bears/Packers game. Bears lost :(

Uncle and Erik.

Erik stands whenever/wherever he can :)

Erik also reads whenever/wherever he can.

Erik's first rib bone.

Bubble Mohawk Boys

Kyle Update

Lately I've been very bad about taking pictures of Kyle. I must get better about that. Must. Especially since he's growing SO MUCH these days. Once of the reasons for this is because ever since he started crawling - yes, crawling! - on the 17th, he hasn't stopped for one second, and Chris and I are always on the move, just trying to keep up with our little guy. We've very proud of how quickly he's picked it up, and obviously can't wait to cheer him on as he learns more and more skills over the coming months, years, etc.

Here's a little list of what else Kyle's up to these days:

1. Opening cabinets
2. Zipping through ABC Animal Flashcards on his iphone app
3. Chowing down on solids: rice cereal; oatmeal; apples; bananas; pees; carrots; sweet potatoes; broccoli; green beans; and butternut squash (a personal fav). Next on the list: zucchini (I just made some this week) and pears (coming this weekend).
4. Laughing (out loud ... it's hysterical) when his feet or tummy are tickled, or when Mommy and Daddy pretend to eat his food.
5. Holding his own bottle through pretty much the whole feeding
6. Signing. Chris and I are teaching him a few signs for basic words like Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, Milk, ball, book, food, sleep, and all gone/empty. So far he is actually signing for milk. It's really funny how quickly and adamantly he does it when he is seriously hungry.
7. Turning book pages (although like some of my students, he flips a little too quickly, and often skips a few pages in the process.
8. Grabbing Mommy's nose, eyes, cheeks, mouth, teeth, etc. during feedings.

Kyle's also chewing on everything: teethers; socks; fingers; toes; toys; books; other things he shouldn't; etc. So far no teeth, but he's working on it, and we're waiting for them. Patiently. ;)

A Boy and His Giraffe

Tiggers are Made for Bouncing!

Our little tigger is really starting to like his door jumper. He used to smile and tolerate it for a few minutes, and then we'd have to move on to another thing, but after forgetting about the jumper for the past two weeks or so and going back to it, tah-dah ... we magically have a fun new toy ;) I also think Kyle has grown into the seat a little more, so the jumper experience looks more comfortable overall.

Chewy

Whenever Kyle gets a new toy, his initial instinct to help him explore what it is or to test the safety of the mysterious object is to chew it. Makes sense. Warning: he tends to do this with people too ;)

Can't. Move. A. Muscle.

Last night Chris went out to meet up some of his Loyola friends for one last hurrah at their favorite college bar, Hamilton's. Hamilton's is closing it's doors after 80 years as it was just bought out by the university! News of the closing was incredibly sad for all Ramblers. I guess news of the closing was also incredibly sad for Ky, because shortly after Daddy left he started crying none stop. The waterworks continued until he finally passed out on my shoulder. I think he must have been overly exhausted from his long day with little time for cat naps. Anyway, since Kyle was finally at peace and not due for a feeding for over an hour, I just sat on the couch, as still as humanly possible, wishing I had THE FORCE to pop in a DVD as nothing good was on TV. When Kyle woke up later on, it was definitely feeding time! I think he would have chewed off his entire arm if I didn't have a nice, big bottle waiting for him!

Yum Yum Yummy