Watch out world, here he comes!

The past two weeks feel like they have been going in fast forward. Kyle managed to make it across the room for the first time on February 25th, and since then there has been no stopping him! A couple of days later he managed to stand up in his crib all by himself, never mind that he was supposed to be napping.

Now to watch him standing and sitting up, and even sitting from a standing position, you would think that he's been at this for months! He of course still prefers to be in his birthday suit for crawling on our wood floors to give him a little extra traction, but even clothed he makes good progress, and there isn't as much complaint out of him about the exertion.

We're heading up to Washington on Thursday, and looking forward to his first plane trip and first visit to Auntie Laura, Uncle Scott and of course Bailey!

Roly-poly

We are just waiting for it to start any day now - Kyle learning how to crawl and just taking off around the house! He seems to be non-stop already, but I know there is even more just waiting to get out. Right now he is rolling over onto his tummy every chance that he gets, especially when he is put down for a nap, or at 3am. At these times, he conveniently forgets how to roll back over. This photo isn't mid-roll, it is actually Kyle in the middle of a nap! The best part is when I go in to get him from a nap and he is on his tummy trying to peek up out of the crib to see me coming. He loves being on his feet and bouncy lately, so we may have to invest in a Jumperoo!

Meanwhile mom and dad are hanging in there, still trying to get used to the lack of sleep. We had a rough month, but knock on wood seem to be back on track for being able to make it mostly through the night. Dave takes bottle-duty on the weekends in an attempt to relieve me of getting up at 4 or 5am, however Kyle seems to want the real thing, and this morning only took an ounce out of the bottle from Dave, so I ended up getting up with him a half hour later.

We can't believe that we just celebrated Kyle's 7-month birthday, time is flying by so quickly that we know it will be June before we know it. Every day Kyle brings more laughter into our lives, and hopefully lots more sleep soon too!

6-month photos

We had a wonderful week between Christmas and the New Year, with Auntie Laura and Uncle Scott visiting from Washington. We are truly spoiled to have two photographers in the family, and as Laura says, we wouldn't be able to stop them taking photos even if we wanted them to! The link to the newest photos are below, with some from our Christmas celebration, throughout the week, and the official "portrait session".

Kyle at 6 months


Hope that you enjoy!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Although our shopping for Kyle was finished months ago, we are only just finding the time to come up with ideas for everyone else now. The past six months have flown by, and it is hard to believe that another year is nearing its end!

Kyle did great for his first meeting with Santa, and we even had a few smiles! Of course, he is at the stage right now where he reaches out for almost everyone to say hello - quite the social butterfly!

We are still moving along with the solid foods, having tried rice and barley cereals, and starting on oatmeal today. It should be fun to have him eating food for Christmas Day!

Merry Christmas to everyone.

New Blog to Update on the Walkers!

With so much going on in our lives now and very little free time, we thought this would be a quick and easy way to keep everyone up to date on our family life. It's hard to believe that Kyle is now 5 and a half months old. The time has just flown by, but at the same time so much has happened and he seems to be very much the little boy - ready to get out into the world and explore it on his own.

Kyle started rolling over by himself on November 20th, although he had been trying for a couple of weeks before that and was very frustrated when he couldn't do it. Gone are the days of cuddling with our little baby, now he is constantly wriggling in our arms. We are going to be chasing after him non-stop once he is mobile and are starting to get serious about baby-proofing the house as much as possible now.

We were on quite a roll with sleeping for a while, bedtime was around 7pm and we wouldn't hear much from Kyle's room until about 5am. Just after Thanksgiving though, he started waking up at 3am, or earlier, and it was difficult to get him back to sleep. So, another big developmental step, we decided to start him on cereal every day (we'd played with it briefly before just to get him used to the idea, but not seriously introduced it) It's been nearly a week of having rice cereal twice a day now, he loves it (we hear lots of "mmmmmm") and we love that he is sleeping much better at night now.

Kyle's First Halloween

Next year, Kyle might have more of a preference what he dresses up as for Halloween, but this year, Daddy decided that he would be Superman. He has quite a fondness for "flying" around the house, and with a somewhat appropriate build the costume seemed appropriate enough.

No trick-or-treating for candy this year though!

Wallflower Photography visits CA

Although it is difficult to have Auntie Laura living so far away, it is luckily not too long a flight. Laura was able to meet Kyle when he was 2-weeks old, and then come again for a visit when Kyle turned 3-months. She took some fantastic photos at both visits, and it is amazing to see the changes as our little boy continues to grow! I hope that we don't get too used to having professional photos taken every three months, I know that this can't go on forever!

Kyle at 2-weeks

Kyle at 3-months


We'll see you soon for the 6-month photos!