Lots of Talking

Kyler is changing by the day now! It is crazy. To us he doesn't look different, maybe a little bigger, but he has not changed in the face much at all. He now likes to play with toys, grab blankets and other cloth to put in his mouth and is much more vocal!! He constantly wants to lift his head so he is doing crunches all the time. It's pretty funny. As you can see in one of the video clips, he does not really like being on his tummy. He can hold his head up much better than he used to when he is on his tummy, but he still doesn't like it much. He hasn't lost any of his hair, and it is getting longer. He needs a haircut; we just can't bring ourselves to do it.

We are still homeless at the moment. We are trying to find a place to live, but have been unsuccessful. It has been very nice of Kenney's family to let us stay in there place, especially Keyan because we have kicked him out of his room!! Kyler loves his Nana and Papa and aunts and uncles here in Texas, but we really miss everyone else.

We have had some pretty good stroms in Childress, much to Kenney's delight. He loves to sit on the porch and watch the cloulds and lightning. These are some of the sky shots he recently took.

Everything's New

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted anything. To be perfectly honest, things have been absolutely crazy since the day Kyler was born. Kyler has already been to at least 7 states since he's been born. Kyler has been on an airplane and spent about 80 hours in the car!! He been to Texas and back and then to Texas again. Oh yeah, we have moved to Texas! So now we have a new baby, new car, new job and all we need is a new house!

Kyler is doing great and growing. At his two month appointment he got 3 shots, weighed 12lbs and was 24 inches long. Yes, he is still a little skinny, but the doctor says he's right on track! He has been a super traveler and loves being outside. He has also began to talk incessantly while moving constantly. Most of this post is pictures because that is what everyone wants to see.

This is Dude and Dude

(The chicken's name is Dude too! I wonder who he's named after?)

Kyler with his Great-Grammie Hill

Ready for Church

Like Father, Like Son

Kenney's sister Tamra got married on May 21st. We were all part of the wedding. This is Kyler's cousin Tyce and his Uncle Brock.

This is the day that Kyler was blessed at church.

The rest of these pictures were taken by Papa Dude while we were in Missouri. He only took about 500!!

Smiles & Auntie Shandi

One of Kyler's biggest fan's and his public relations director, Auntie Shandi came for a visit. The day she arrived he smiled for the first time, at least a real smile. Auntie Shandi of course spoiled him to death and held him nonstop. She helped when we got his pictures taken and watched him while Kenney and I went out. It was a lot of fun to have her here and give Kyler another person to spit-up on.

We finally were able to get Kyler to smile for the camera. He always seemed to know when we had it out and never smiled. His smile is much better in person, but this is still really cute!

Kenney thinks he looks like a girl in this picture, but Shandi and I had a lot of fun taking pictures of him, as you can tell!

Auntie Shandi was so much fun, but we were all sad she had to go.


Notice the onesie. Papa Dude's family sent that to him.


Smiling at mom

This is how Kenney calms Kyler down. He puts things over his face. Don't worry he is supervised at all times!! Kenney said that horses and ostriches calm down with things over their heads, why not a crying baby?!?

More Visitors

People keep coming from all over to see this cute little boy! My family from Montana came through on Spring Break to see us. We had a good time watching movies and taking turns holding Kyler. The boys were extremely tech savvy and were able to set up the X-box to play on the projector. I am still impressed! We do not have pictures of everyone holding Kyler or at least good pictures.

My dad, Grandpa (I think that is what he will be called)

6'9" Uncle Taylor. We tried to get a cute picture of Kyler looking straight up, but Taylor's eyes were closed in all of them!

At exactly 4 weeks Kyler started to smile when he looked at me. We have been trying and trying to get it on video or take a picture, but the little stinker won't let us catch him. In this video we caught the end of a really big smile. It's not the best, but it's all we've got!

Kenney walked in on us sleeping upstairs one day, after we wore each other out.

Bad Hair Day!!

Daddy's Wanna Be Gangster

The Many Faces of Kyler Dude

Kyler is definitely a loved little boy. So many people have come to visit and many more are making plans. Oma (my mom) came for a week from Missouri, and I am still sad that we forgot to take a picture of Kyler with his Oma. We'll get you next time Oma!! My family from Montana came next, and they are on their way back through this weekend to see him again. Nana (Kenney's mom) just left us today:( We hope to see her again in May. Auntie Shandi is coming next week and Aunt Kristen will be next. This boy is not hurting for attention!!

Looking at My Daddy

Nana took such good care of us while she was here. She held Kyler every chance she got, and he never complained. He even cried when she left! We can't wait to move closer to family so it doesn't have to be so long between visits.

My Little Afro Baby

This funny picture does not really look like Kyler, but he had just gotten done with his bath and we were playing with his hair. He has tons, obviously, but when it is wet it gets some body to it and it's easy to mess around with.