Thankful

This post is a bit late but Kyle was traveling over the holiday and quite busy.  In fact, she undertook two plane flights, celebrated with her Iowa family, returned to visit family in Moses Lake, and still made a trip to Chelan.  Kyle is thankful for many things this year, but above all, it's family and the love and smiles they bring to her life.  As for her parents, we are thankful for our happy, beautiful little girl who makes every day a blessing.  Although we are starting to wish they would not go as quickly.  

What are they doing?

Apparently when Kyle sits in a high chair, she becomes highly suspicious of what others are doing or eating.

Standing Tall

Kyle recently started pulling herself to standing position.  To say she was excited about this would be an understatement.  The minute to was standing tall, she exhaled a full on scream of glee fulled by tons of giggles.  The following were taken minutes after the first time she pulled herself up to her play table.  Perhaps we should have put the legs on sooner.  

Eight Months

Kyle actually surpassed eight months on 11-11-11. However, her mom has been a bit busy and the blogging has been lacking.  This has definitely been a thrilling month for Kyle.  She is in to so many things.  Kyle has yet to crawl on all fours but she army crawls quicker than you can imagine.  She loves exploring various rooms - trying to open drawers, bang on windows, or empty my clothes basket.  She continues to be as happy as ever with large grins and cheers of excitement.  I never have a dull shopping experience any more since everyone loves to smile at it, and she is happy to oblige.  She loves to pull toys out of her basket and open and close her "laptop."  Kyle's starting to enjoy stories, reaching out to turn the page.  She is delighted at bath time and has recently learned to splash everywhere.  She is starting to string together da-da-da or ga-ga-ga.  Unfortunately no mom to be found.  She does happily give me her pterodactyl scream (or so we call it), so I can't be too disappointed.  All I can say this is such a fun stage!

I'm Going to Get You!

Mischief has finally come to accept that Kyle is here to stay.  Much to Travis' delight, she preferred to be outside rather than near "that baby."  However, the tide has changed.  In fact, it might be that Mischief actually enjoys Kyle's presence.  It is clear that Kyle is fascinated and loves Mischief.  So much that she will crawl everywhere trying to get her.  Mischief has cleverly figured out she is still faster than Kyle, so she waits patiently until she is just close enough and then heads to the other side of the room. It's great exercise for both of them.

Playing with our crawl ball.

Oh, I see something! Forget that ball.

I'm coming to get you kitty!

A brief moment of friendship.  

Family Time

Just before Kyle turned 7 months old, we had photos taken in the historic area of the town near our house.  I'm so happy with how they turned out.  I was a bit nervous since Kyle started out all happy grins. However, she quickly became very suspicious of the camera lens and immediately went into serious mode the moment it was raised.  She definitely has traces of her parents in her.  Here are a few of our favorites.

Happy Halloween

She may not know many tricks and wasn't really interested in treats, but Kyle made one adorable monkey for Halloween!  Can't wait for next year when she's toddling about.