The Blanchard Family: Kyler is 3!!

Our big man Kyler turned 3 years old on April 12th! I cannot believe he is already 3!! Kyler is such a fun little guy. He is really into trains right now. He got trains from two different "sets" for his birthday and he loves to play with both of them. Usually they are all lined up on the couch or on the table watching him eat a meal. :) Kyler still loves to watch any type of big machines. Whenever we are driving somewhere and he will see one he always yells out, "there's an excavator!! there's a dump truck!!" or whatever kind of machine it is-and yes, he knows all the names. :) I'm so glad there will be more road construction near us this summer so we can walk and go see all the big machines. :) Kyler also enjoys playing sports. Basketball, baseball, and football are probably his favorite. It is not a surprise to come over and find him playing catch in the house (which is going to have to end soon because he has such a good arm!) or trying to hit a baseball with a small bat and yelling "home run" as he runs around the house. :) Kyler still has a love for being outside and playing in his sandbox. He could spend hours outside playing catch, hitting a baseball, or digging in his sandbox. I think he could spend his whole day in the sandbox digging, dumping, and pouring if we let him!

At Kyler's 3 year check-up, he weighed 28 pounds and was 37 inches tall-still long and skinny! No wonder I have a hard time finding pants that stay up on him....thank goodness for adjustable waists!! :) Kyler got his 2 year molars last summer, so he doesn't have any new teeth right now. Overall Kyler is a pretty good eater and will eat most anything. He's not a huge fan of lots of things mixed together, like in a casserole, but he eats very well. Sometimes he sits at the table for quite a while though, simply because he has sat and talked throughout dinner and not eaten anything, so then we are all done, and he's still eating. :) Kyler has an amazing memory and can count from 1-12 or 13, and then make it to 20 (with a little help in between). :) He also very good with his colors, this is something we worked on for a while, but in the last few months he has these down very well. We are still working on letters and numbers. With regards to his memory, Kyler knows all the names of his trains and Cars 2 cars he has (which totals somewhere around 30ish?). He is also starting to express things he remembers, for example he will tell me, "last night I went to Fareway with Daddy and got some worms". The other thing he does is use "last night" for anything that happened in the past, even if it just happened this morning. :) Kyler has also figured out the use of "me" and "you", the only phrase he still uses "you" for himself, is when he wants you to pick him up, he still says "carry you", when he really means "carry me".

It is so fun to watch Kyler with Norah. He loves her so much, and their relationship is really starting to develop. He is always concerned about where she is it, and knows where she is at all times. It is funny to watch him start to talk to her, for example when they were sitting at the table this morning at breakfast, he turns and says to her, "watch this Miss" and then proceeds to make a funny face. He also will say "come in here Miss" because he wants her to come into the play room and play with him. If she doesn't come, then he asks me to bring her in there for him. :)

Kyler still isn't potty trained. That is something we will need to work on here soon. He hasn't really had any interest in even sitting on the potty until the last few months. Now there are at least times when he will answer "yes" to the question, "do you want to sit on the potty?". Most of the time he will sit on there before he gets in the bath. He has gone in the potty several times, but nothing consistent. He will tell us when he's going potty or after he has gone, or after he's gone poop. I think he just doesn't want to take the time to go in there and sit, he's too busy doing other things. :)

Kyler, buddy, you are such a joy to have in our lives! You make us smile every day with the things you say and do. You are becoming such a fun little person and we love to see your personality come out more and more. We hope you had a great 3rd birthday! Love, Mom and Dad

Here are some pictures of Kyler!