21 Months Old

Kyler turned 21 months old yesterday!  It is hard to believe that in 3 short months we will have a 2 year old! (And another baby!) :)  The past month has flown by with all the preparations for baby #2 and celebrating Christmas.  Kyler is doing great and makes us laugh daily with some of the silly things he does.  Here are some of the things that happened with Kyler this past month:

*Talk, talk, talk! Right after Christmas Kyler's vocabulary just started to explode and he has been really trying to repeat what you say.  One day I said "duh" to something Erik said and then Kyler said "duh" right after I did...it really surprised me because that was the first time he had repeated something I had said, guess I'll have to start paying attention to what I say! :)

*Big boy bed!  There is a picture below of Kyler's new bed!  He got all of his bedding for Christmas from Grandma Deb and Grandma Nadene, so I waited until after Christmas to kind of make a big deal about it and move him.  The bed has been in his room for about a month or so now and we've been talking about it, but he just started sleeping in it last week.  He has done really well!  The first day for nap I had to convince him to sleep in there, but after that he was fine.  He has also been doing okay at night too.  When baby #2 comes she is going to sleep in a pack n' play in our room at first, but we wanted to get Kyler used to sleeping in a normal bed.  It is just a normal twin bed and was too high on the bed frame, so we just put the mattress and box spring on the floor with a railing and that is working well.  

*Being a helper!  Kyler is really into helping out.  Whenever we are in the kitchen making lunch or dinner he wants to be "up" so he can see what his going on and "help".  He loves to push the button to start the microwave and dishwasher.  He really does a pretty good job with things too.  Today he had taken the hat basket from the front entry way and brought it into the kitchen and emptied out and tried on all the hats.  So before his nap this afternoon I asked if he could help put away all the hats, so we came in and he helped me put all the hats back in the basket.  I turned to do something else and when I looked back he had picked up the basket and carried back to the front entry and put it right back on the shelf where it goes.  It didn't surprise me that he picked up the hats and put them back in the basket, but it did surprise me when he put the basket back exactly where it belongs. It's things like that that remind me how observant and knowledgeable these little minds are already! 

Taking everything out of the cupboard...I guess that's what happens when you don't have a door on it. :)

Taking a ride in his "car" with Santa. :)

CRAZY hair!

First time out to play in the snow...didn't go very well as he does NOT like to wear his boots...

Big boy :)

Trying out our new double stroller that Daddy surprised us with!  Kyler was NOT a fan as you can see, hopefully he changes his mind by spring! :)

Making muffins with Daddy

Reading on the little built-in bench in our kitchen

Trying out the car seat :)

Big boy bed!

Sitting in his chair that Henry made-I think he looks so old here!

Bath time with a hat :)