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best buds!

These kids have too much fun :-) They are hilarious...

Congrats Wendy & Larry Cannon!

We had a great Mother's Day weekend! Thanks to everyone for their well wishes of motherhood. It really is my favorite holiday!

We headed to Sebeka for Wendy London's nuptiuals to Mr. Larry Cannon. She looked beautiful & seemed elated with happiness! It was a beautiful day and a great time!

Kyler was somewhat overstimulated with all of the action. There were quite a few kids there, lots of food, music & dancing, and so much open space he wasn't sure where to explore first!

 He got real excited about going pant-less.. the afternoon got pretty warm and he wanted to show off his milky white legs :-)

 My boys looked so handsome in their fedoras!! We tried to get a family photo, but my unphotogenic nature reared its ugly head.

Congrats to Wendy & Larry!

And Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mom's in our lives!! We LOVE YOU!

New buddy

Kyler loves havin his new buddy, Tyson!

Tyson is two months older, so he has been teaching Kai a lot of new things. How to climb on top of the toybox to look out the window, Saying "uh-oh," "puppy" & even what a puppy says ("roof, roof"). They're pretty hilarious, really!

I am so lucky that they play so well together. They share with each other and don't get jealous. They have a lot of fun together.

Tyson likes to say "cheese" when you get the camera out! And Kyler has a mysterious fear of this tree?! If a ball gets thrown near it he has a hard time going to retrieve it. Too funny :-)

we're ready for May flowers!!

Kyler is really movin around now! He loves going outside and throwing rocks.. and he is sure to point out any birds or airplanes he hears.

Auntie Allie filled up Kai's easter basket with sports eggs filled with candy and money! He is very into saving for his future.. most likely so he can travel the world.

Baseball, Cookie & Bird

Kyler has been recognizing that every item has a word associated with it.. and he's trying to say those words. Although, the only word anyone - unless you're around him enough - can understand is "ball." But he's been trying to say "baseball" lately.

And I have to admit, I play into it just as much as Chris.. the boy just loves his sports :-)

He's also using sign language on some words. His go-to's are: more, cookie and bird.

I LOVE the signing times dvd's so I try and catch them when they're in stock at the library. You can see his hands itching to get signing! He sometimes makes up his own signs as I just see him moving his hands in weird motions. ;-)

And just a funny story.. I got another dvd at the library called, "babies being babies." It was made in the 90's so it has really cheesy music but it just shows a bunch of babies playing and laughing and doing silly things. Kyler was smiling and dancing the entire time. He kept looking at me as if to say, "are you seeing this?! It's great - quality stuff!!"

Grandmas Galore

Mr. Bubbs sure does love his grandmas!! He got to see Grandma Kt (and Grandpa Tom, too) when they stayed at our house March 12th..

Then he got to see Grandma Shelly when she stayed not even a week later!

What a lucky dude to have so many people who love him :-)

Trying to post a video of him walking, too!! For some reason I don't have my camera around as often (probably because Kai thinks he needs to mess with it if I do)..

The video below was from the beginning of March:

Although these are dark, it shows how obsessed he is with Siddy Kitty lately. Too funny ~ they are best buds :-)

Hopefully this will be changing soon as I am taking on a little guy named Tyson to watch full time in our house. He's 20 months and I'm hoping Kyler will love having a human best bud rather than a feline :-)

One last video.. and a special thanks to Cally for getting this adorable frog that sings!! It has really helped Kyler learn his love for gettin groovy.

Countdown to Twins Opener!

This is a funny pic that Chris took last week..

Cal-i-fornia Girls (and boy)..

Auntie Allie, me & Kai had a great trip out to Newport Beach (orange county). The weather wasn't as hot as we had hoped (or what I packed for) but it was still GREAT just being away from the snow and seeing a family we love so dearly!!

 James was SO sweet to Kyler the whole time! It was precious. He would bring him his water or juice and say, "here Kai." They are best buds!

 The highlight of the trip (for me) was our 10+ mile bike ride on "back bay loop." It was SO great to get some exercise and see water that isn't frozen, grass that.. well, isn't frozen, and birds that are loving life and not just in the survival mode of winter. Biking is AMAZING!!

Kyler has really perfected his walking skills! I will get a better video uploaded soon where he isn't pushing something. But his need to keep his beverage with him at all times was cracking us up..

Thanks again Bonnie, Keith, Kalen & James!! Your hospitality, once again, was unmatched! You mean so much to us!!! Lots of love & look forward to seeing you in MN!

Amber Alert! Look out for the black truck!!

The kids had a great time at "Pretend City" in the Children's Museum. It was a holiday week, so crazy busy..

But this video just goes to show how quickly abductions can happen. Right after I stopped recording, Kyler got off the back by doing a face plant into the ground. He didn't seem to mind and just got right up. He was all about walking around the little city!

"Hey, I want this ball."

Actually it was, "BALL!"

 "Is this a flat head or a phillips head?"

This boy is b-u-s-y!

Hope everyone had a terrific Valentine's Day!

It was the first year where I felt true romance.. I must be married!

Chris got me some gorgeous flowers, dark chocolate, & lara bars for our upcoming trip to Orange County. So sweet!

For him, I finally printed some of our wedding photos and got them into frames. Only a year and a half later :-)

Kyler got kisses all day (doesn't he everyday?) and enjoyed a walk around the neighborhood ~ so he thought it was divine.

He has been quite the busy-body! Nearly 16 months old and interested in EVERYTHING! He's always looking for the next thing he can grab and try to figure out. His favorite thing right now is the white board cleaning spray. He loves to take the cap off and then put it back on. over and over and over. Then if you take it away he screams and lets out huge tears. That is until you distract him with some blocks, a book or a baseball.

woot woot..The Boy is Walking & Feeding Himself

Yay! Kyler is finally walking AND I am finally getting it posted on this blog!

He is quite proud of himself (although his confidence isn't 100% quite yet)... he is still a little dependent on his truck. He still chooses to let go of your hand so he can make his journeys independently most of the time.

After a not so pleasant case of croup last week, the little man is finally feeling better and his appetite is back. He is very excited to use his own utensils and he likes to help blow on the food to cool it down. Funny dude!



Joe Mauer!!

So maybe the reason Kyler is so into his Twins book lately is that he was prepping for his meeting with their catcher, Joe Mauer?!

Today, Allison convinced me to join her at a restaurant in Bloomington where #7 was doing a radio interview. It turned out to be really intimate and fun! We were up close and personal with him - there were probably only about 75 to 100 people there. Unfortunately he didn't sign any autographs (I brought the Twins board book but no luck), but it didn't stop Kyler from choosing that one as his bedtime story tonight.

I took some (pretty bad) photos of us sneaking up on him before the interview began.

 Allie took Kyler over and stood behind him as he was getting ready.

 Kyler was like, "hey, whose that guy - he looks like someone I should know."

 So Auntie Allie tapped him on the shoulder and asked him for a high five! I wasn't able to get it in the pic, but this is right after. I'd say Allie was pretty excited ;-)

I would now like to take back any negative things I may have said about Mr. Mauer in the past. I've been known to say things like, "he's not that hot," or "ehhh, whatevs."

But after seeing and hearing him in person I now think he is a very nice man! You go Joe!! Thanks for making my son's morning (and husband's day).

and... for your entertainment delight

Today Kyler wanted to read his "Twins" book over and over... and his eyes lit up when we gave him this baseball to play with! I think he's craving spring as much as his mom ;-(

And the little guy has decided he's still not ready to walk (at 15 months old), but he sure does L-O-V-E to follow his truck around! He circles the house multiple times a day and stashes various things in the dump compartment to haul around.

sorry if you are unable to view this last video.. our computer is not cooperating lately but I thought I'd at least try.



2011!!

 Kyler has been very busy growing lately! We notice he's eating and sleeping a lot lately..and when he plays there is a lot going on in that little head!!

He loves the toys he got for Christmas - there seems to be a farm theme & he's all about it.

 And although we did cut his hair recently, the poor boy inherited his dad's MANY cow-licks! He often has messy messy hair.

My guys are so funny when they hang out and play together! So far 2011 has been great ~ I'm lovin what the future holds :-) Love my bubbs & hubbs!

mama's been slackin!

I have been paying very little attention to our computer lately.. ;-( It has been slow so I have been avoiding it!

These pics are from my parents house at Christmas - we took the kids for a walk..

New Year's Eve we had dinner & drinks at our place. Wine, burgers, crab & bubbly.. Grahamm, Allie & her new man, Dusty, were there to enjoy w/ Chris & I. It was an early evening as we were in bed by 11:15, but judging by my dry mouth and slight headache the next morning, it was probably a good thing.

Also, yay to my bro for finally making things happen & going forward! We are excited for you Eric :-)

holiday steps

Christmas Eve while Eric, Rena, Clara, Kyler and I were relaxing before going to church, Rena decided to take a video and caught a first.. an independent step!! How lucky!!

We had a great holiday and hope you all did, too. Looking forward to the new year ~ chris and I are hoping for a FIT 2011!!

I will try and get some new pics and videos in the next couple of days.. Kyler is doing some great things lately :-)

Why do we live here again?

30 Below temperatures... shoveling until your back gives out... it's Minnesota, baby!

 We got about 17 inches the other day!

We feel blessed to have shelter & heat!

 Poor Siddy is entering her season of depression. She still tries to get outside but then realizes how stupid that decision was after her paw pads freeze to the sidewalk.

 We made some almond butter balls at our house to help ease the pain of frigid cold. Kyler was happy that his dad let him try the chocolate.. although this photo doesn't look like he's all that happy ;-)

ABC - "hey, sing with me!!"

Kyler has been h-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s lately!! I'm sure I always say that.. but he truly just cracks me up!!

He is the best :-)

Loon joins scuba divers

This video was taken in the Cuyuna Range mine pits... so I think my worst nightmares could really come true!!