KY's new year

Well Ky got off to a great start with the new year. We went over to a friend's to celebrate--and Ky refused to go to sleep. He insisted on celebrating the new year as well. So he went to bed about 1:30 in the morning on the drive back home.

We are still expecting Ky to start crawling or something any day now. If in a seated position, he will try to grab onto something to pull himself up....He also is now starting to "cruise" when he is standing (walking on his own while hanging onto things.) Often times his attempts to stand turn into lunges where he is on his hands and knees. If he can just figure to move his hands and knees alternately he will crawl. Usually he does one or the other and just ends up sprawled on the floor and then he rolls to his back.

Shortly after the new year Ky came down with a cold. He was very cranky! Life was rough. Thank goodness my mom came and visited us for the new year. It was great to have her. Kylan really took to her quickly and seemed to forget his crabbiness. (It had been 4 months since he last saw her.) Kylan showed Grandma all the many noises he can make with his mouth. And Grandma showed Kylan that she could bark like Bear. Ky loved it and would laugh each time she barked (the things people do to get babies to laugh.) Ky also smothered grandma in kisses...

Once Grandma left Ky went back into his cranky spell. He is frustrated, now that he can pull himself up, he always wants to be standing and moving---but I don't want him doing it unless I am there to make sure he doesn't fall into something (he will forget to hold on at times and fall.) So after talking to some mom's I invested in a exersaucer. I spent a whole $2.50 at the Salvation Army for one (I love the salvation army!) This exersaucer is so cool! Granted it was a bit dirty when I got it (must have been sitting in someone's garage)--but a little soap and some lysol, a laundered seat-- and it looks as good as new. The exersaucer allows him to stand and jump--it has little springs in the legs...also it is not overwhelmed with toys--like a lot of exersaucers are these days. I can put various toys in the little compartments for him--and it seems to do the trick--for a short while anyways...and then Ky wants out and he wants to cruise on his own....Please God let him crawl soon!

Lately Kylan has discovered his tongue. I find him sticking it out. Man--he has a long tongue. I am going to get a picture of him doing it soon.

Dad is having a lot of fun with Ky too. Especially now that he says "DA DA" on a regular basis. Of course Ky has no idea what he is saying, but his father enjoys responding to him whenever he says "Da da da da..."

On Jan 8th Ky went in for his 6 month physical (even though he is 7 months now). We are no longer allowed to make fun of his weight. Ky weighed 20 lbs on the dot, which puts him in the 74th percentile.....20% less than before. The doc said that based on rob and my heights, Ky should be somewhere around the 70% so now he is on track. He is also 28" (80%) and doing extremely well....she was surprised to find that he could already pull himself to standing.

Over this weekend we had an incident with my car. I am not going to go into detail right now..but at some point in the future I do want the opportunity to look back at these pics and laugh (probably will be several years.) So for now, we cannot close the driver's side door. The tow truck comes for it tomorrow...and I am sure it will be a pricey repair.