Halfway to 1 year?!

Here we go...one month since my last post (sorry!) and our baby is now 6 MONTHS OLD!! Where has the time gone?! I know all Mommies and Daddies say the same thing, but honestly, Kyle is growing up at lightning speed. We are still enjoying all of these moments with our little man though, and since our last post we are rolling even more - in both directions - sitting up unassisted for a minute or so until he decides he'd like to topple over so he can roll again, and being much more independent. Kyle loves his Exersaucer and Johnny Jump-Up still, and I swear he'd stay in them for hours if we'd let him! I can pretty much guarantee we'll be getting this kid a pogo stick when he gets older, if he continues to like jumping as much as he does! He does this amazingly adorable little heel click (video below) that I truly can't get enough of! He has also become ticklish too - which is just soooo funny!! (video attached) He also continues to laugh and smile, and brighten our every day with his happiness!

We're making our way with foods too! To date, Kyle has had the following foods:
- Rice Cereal (18 weeks)
- Sweet Potatoes (19 weeks)
- Squash (20 weeks)
- Carrots (21 weeks)
- Peas (22 weeks)
- Pears (23 weeks)
- Apples (24 weeks)
- Bananas (25 weeks)

Oh and I almost forgot to mention - Kyle is TEETHING!! Right below the surface of his bottom left gum, we can see a tooth making it's way up! He's only had a couple evenings where it's really bothered him, otherwise, it's just everything in the mouth! Recently we put an ice cube in his teething feeder and he loooooved it!! When we'd take it out, he'd cry for it back! Hey, you'll do whatever you can to remedy the pains of teething!

Check out Kyle clicking his heels!


Look who's ticklish!

Mommy's Milestone

On October 11, 2010 my Mommy turned 30! Apparently it's a big deal because she's been talking about it for weeks and Daddy kept saying that Mommy was going to be OLD! I don't know much about language yet but I'm pretty sure that's not a nice thing to say to my Mommy! We had a great weekend celebrating - my gift to her was that I started rolling from my back to my belly on her birthday weekend - I think she enjoyed her gift because she kept taking lots of pictures and videos! On her actual birthday, Daddy and I took Mommy to lunch at East Bay Grille in Plymouth. We had a really nice lunch and both Mommy and Daddy said I was such a good baby! I try :) Here are some pictures from Mommy's 30th Birthday lunch! I love you, Mommy, and you don't listen to what Daddy says...you're not old!

Love,
Kyle

Jump, Jive and Roll!

5 months old and Kyle certainly has been busy developing lots of new skills! He's mastered the art of growling/roaring, rolling, jumping, squawking like a pterodactyl (yes, that is the correct spelling!) and he has been a champion eater with his rice cereal and vegetables. We started him with sweet potatoes, moved to squash, then carrots and now we are having fun with peas! He's really enjoyed each and every one of them, making some hilarious faces along the way but hasn't turned his head away from any. Next up is fruit and we can't WAIT!

Kyle has been rolling from his belly to his back for about a month now, but just recently a few days before he turned 5 months old - he started rolling from his back to his belly! He enjoys this so much that sometimes he just keeps rolling along the floor! I'm attaching this one video because I can't help but laugh. He was completely content rolling along and then just started to fake cry. I could not stop laughing because clearly he was fine, as he continued to roll!



This video is of Kyle enjoying his Graco Jump N Jive Jumper! We've put him in this for a few weeks now but in the past week he's really gotten the hang of it and jumps like a little jumping bean! Certainly a workout and it's quite entertaining to watch him!!

Feed Me!

We've passed the 4th month mark and we got the official "green light" from our pediatrician to start rice cereal. It's been a week and so far so good! It took a bit for Kyle to realize what the spoon in his mouth was all about but he soon adjusted and started eating the whole serving! As we all know, cereal is one sticky mess - especially when you have a baby that is obsessed with blowing raspberries! But Adam and I still look forward to mealtime with our little guy every night! Here are a few pictures from the big event. Next up.....sweet potatoes!! :) Looking forward to his reaction to actual flavor!

Rollin'....Rollin'.....

So at 16 weeks Kyle is officially rolling from tummy to back!! He was not a huge fan of tummy time until recently where he really got a grasp of holding his head up really well. This all happened pretty much overnight. Then to our surprise, on Tuesday he completely rolled from his belly to his back and we were both there to witness it! Obviously we didn't expect it so I didn't have the video camera for that one, but we've managed to snag a few more rolls on video, here is one for you to enjoy! Now there isn't much tummy time to be had, because once you put him on his belly he almost immediately rolls over to his back. HaHa

Next up, rolling from back to belly - stay tuned!!

1st Day of School

Everyone says that babies grow so fast, but I guess you never can actually grasp that concept until you have your own. When I had Kyle on May 13th, I will admit that September 1st seemed so far away. Well, my maternity leave/summer vacation came and went and somehow my baby is almost 4 months old!! While Mommy returned to work on September 1st, Kyle started daycare. It was an emotional day - mainly for me, Kyle didn't seem to notice the change too much, thankfully! We couldn't be happier with our daycare provider - they came to us as a referral from my friend Julie from work. Her son, Matty, goes to the same daycare and she has nothing but great things to say about them! Day 1 went great - Kyle had an awesome day and I told him he may have set the bar pretty high for himself and that he had to be that good everyday!! :) I only called once around noon to check-in and he was doing great - eating, napping, and playing with the other kids! Music to a new-mommy's ears! Day 2 went just as good, as did Day 3....I'm hoping this trend continues! It was good to get back to work and into a routine - but I miss those days just hanging out with Kyle, taking our walks (and sleeping in!) But I know this change is going to be good for all of us.....or at least that's what people keep telling me for reassurance!

Here are some pictures from Kyle's first day! The last one is Kyle and his caregiver, Karen - she's been so great to him!!

Mr. Giggles

So Kyle has a new development lately and that's LAUGHING!! We've been waiting for this day since he was born - who doesn't loooove a baby's laugh?! He's done a bit of chuckling before but this was the first time he really laughed-out-loud consistently for a few minutes! It happened to be day 3 of the intense rain that we got here at the end of August, and both of us were a bit stir crazy! (Heading anywhere outside with a baby, stroller, gear, etc. in the rain is no fun!) So by about 5 o'clock we were desperate to find something to cure a crabby mood had by Kyle....and so began the "Ready....Boom!" trick which apparently my son thought was hysterical! Enjoy :)