14 Months Old

Kyler is now 14 months old as of June 12th! I'm a bit behind on this post but with helping out at VBS and other everyday things, I haven't had time to blog. I'm going to sum up this past month on Kyler in pictures, so enjoy the "picture story" of Kyler's 13th month of live! :)

Playing with his shoes! He really enjoys to move all the shoes around in the front entry way, I'm not sure why, but I catch him out there at least once a day doing this activity. Besides shoes, he loves to get into everything! We are definitely in the stage of opening cupboards, dresser drawers, and whatever else he can figure out how to get into and pull out all of the continents! :)

Enjoying his swing on the back patio! We have had many walks to the park this past month and Kyler loves to swing in the swings for a while. We also have a small one at our house hooked to a small slide that he enjoys too.

Hanging out with Dad! Kyler loves to play with Erik, whenever he comes home for lunch he is so excited to see him and he gets mad and often cries when Erik says "bye-bye" and leaves to go back to work.

Big smile!! Showing off his teeth! Kyler got his 5th tooth right after turning 13 months old and is working on more. You can see his top side ones and the other side bottom one. We think he is working on some molars too because he has taken to chewing on his fingers all the time.

Climbing! If he is able, he will get up! You can see the diaper box off to the side, well that's what he used to climb up on the footstools. I have to be careful where I leave boxes so that he doesn't climb up on footstools and other things. Just tonight he used my leg to climb up on the ottoman of the glider rocking chair.

Standing like a big boy!!! :) Kyler still isn't walking yet but he is definitely standing for longer periods of time on his own. He is letting go of things more and more to stand on his own. He has also taken a couple steps here and there when he isn't thinking about it.

Hanging out with Lauren!! We have had a couple grill outs at our house before softball games and always enjoy having Lauren come over to hang out!! We have also been on several walks with Lauren this summer and are really enjoying having her back in town!!

Playing in the bath! As you can see, Kyler's bathtub "freedom" has once again been restricted... :) It was making me very nervous to watch him climb around in the bath tub because he doesn't stay sitting down. He had slipped a couple of times-nothing serious-but I just didn't want something worse to happen. So, I found this nice little seat at a garage sale for a few dollars, and now feel a little better about bath time! :)

Trying on his life jacket...as you can see he's not too pleased with this...it definitely fits him WAY better than last summer, but we are headed up to my (Ashley's) parent's cabin in Minnesota in a week and he's going to need to get used to wearing it! :)

Snuggling with mommy! Kyler is such a snuggler! Whenever he gets up from his nap he always loves to snuggle, sometimes he even falls back asleep for a little while. I'm trying to enjoy this as I know this stage won't last!

Playing with his golf clubs...This has become somewhat dangerous for anyone near Kyler when he does this. He hangs on to the end of the club and swings it around over his head and smacks the floor. If you are near him, he will hit you and it hurts! I'm thinking we may have to hide these for a little while until he gets a bit older....

More golf club action... :) He's not doing it in this picture, but one other thing Kyler does all the time right now is point at things and then make a noise, like "uhhhh" (like he's saying look over there at that ___) or sometimes he actually says "look". Then you kind of carry on this conversation with him about what he's pointing at, it's funny.

Our big 14 month old boy!!