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.

A Different Life

Life has officially changed! I have learned how to function on less sleep than ever before. As tired as we both feel, it is amazing that this little guy means so much to us both, and we would not take it back.

This is a video from the hospital of Kyler snoring. You might have to turn up the volume, but you should be able to hear a little snore. He doesn't do it so much anymore. It was really cute!

Yes, we are a family of 3!! Crazy. For our first official family photo (where I look at least half alive, compared to the last one) he is almost looking at the camera.

All clean from his bath. The bath may have been traumatic, but you could never tell by this picture. I saved him from the horrible event so he is looking at me like his hero. That won't last for long! I'd like to think he knows who I am.

This is how he felt after he got circumcised. Well, actually this picture was taken a few days after he came home. He really isn't mad; he's just yawning.

This video clip is of Kyler waking up. He always growls and grunts when he is forced to do something he doesn't like i.e. getting dressed or undressed, having his diaper changed, not being able to eat quickly enough, being forced to wake up, etc. He does shriek like a girl sometimes too. It is pretty funny.

Kyler Dude Keys

Baby Keys is here!! Kyler arrived at 12:04am, Friday March 12, 2010 weighing 7lbs. 6oz and 20.5 inches long. He was much smaller than anyone expected. Kenney said about 4 weeks ago that he was going to come on March 12th. He was right!

I went to the hospital on Thursday morning and started the induction process. At 8:30pm the doctor broke my water expecting the baby to come between 5am-8am the next morning. Kyler decided to come a little sooner than that. Around 11:30pm I asked for something to help with the pain (aka epidural). No such luck. I did get some meds to help me relax and found out I was dilated to a 4. At 11:45pm I had a really horrible, no good, very bad contraction and wanted to push. The nurse came back and said she would check me again. Well, the nurse was surprised and called for the doctor because I was already a 10!! The doctor got there in 5 mins, thank goodness! He tried really hard to come before 12am, but I held off pushing because the doctor said it was only going to take one push to get him out. Well it took 2 pushes, so he came right after midnight on the 12th.

Everyone was impressed with his hair. It is long and thick. It actually looks like he has highlights too. All the nurses said that he has both of our hair mixed. Kenney's dark with light brown highlights. The lighter spots you see is actually hair!

We are both impressed that he is able to snore already. He snorts and sneezes all the time. Like his Aunt Shayla he will sneeze multiple times in a row. I think 5 is the highest so far!

I don't know why this video is so blurry, but this is our little guy! Yes he is adorable, we know!! Hopefully he will just keep getting more adorable. We decided that we both have better pictures on our phones. We'll have to work on that and getting them posted.