Monday, October 24, 2011

Bumbo is Back

Many many months ago, we were using the Bumbo seat daily.  It was great for when Kellen wasn't able to sit up on his own.  We came across the seat the other day and I was surprised that he could still fit in it.  As you can see, he's very excited about his new chair!  After lending the seat to friends and using it ourselves, we are still getting good use out of our Bumbo seat!

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Aunt Annie Comes to Our House

Daddy and Kellen making Aunt Annie's pretzels.  Yum!

 

20 Months

Kellen is 20 months now.  What a fun age!  Just in the last week, he has started doing so many new things.  His vocabulary has greatly increased.  He's trying to say everything we say, most of the time its not even close, but he keeps trying.  He's turning into quite a ham, whenever I get the camera out he gives me a big, "CHEESE".  He's been such a good traveler.  We've gone back and forth between here and home several times now, and he's been so easy in the car (the DVD player helps).  His love for music has just increased over the months.  He loves it when Uncle Keith plays his guitar and banjo for him.  He also really likes to play the piano.  I hope his passion for music continues.  We would love for him to take music lessons someday.  He's also learned to give hugs and kisses.  I caught him giving kisses to his stuffed Big Bird the other day.  Really sweet! 


Monday, October 10, 2011

Quite the Show-Off

Kellen seems to find FUN in the most unusual places.  These days he's into everything.  Our toughest challenge is keeping him out of the dogs water bowl.  The other day I caught him face down, blowing bubbles in the water.  Yucky! 
Chilling in the fridge.  He thinks this seat was put there just for him.


I think he wants a riding mower???  None of this push stuff.

He loves hats.  He puts everything on his head.  This cookie dough bucket is one of his favorites.  Its getting very tight, I think we're going to have to find a bigger bucket!

Multi-functional bucket, a.k.a. a seat!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Pumpkin Painting

Today, we took some time to get a little messy!  I actually let Kellen play with paints.  Washable paints.  I would of thought most boys would like to get dirty, my little one just kept saying "dirty" and wanted me to continually wipe his hands off.  I'm sure that will change real soon!


Monday, October 3, 2011

Curious Cutie

 

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do... Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

~Mark Twain

Bye-Bye Binky

I am proud to say that we have gotten rid of the pacifier!  I had been dreading taking it away for the past several months, but knew it had to be done.  I had cut the pacifier usuage back a while ago, only allowing him to have it in the crib.  We actually made a game out of it!  When I would take Kellen out of his crib I would say, "throw it away", and he would take the binky out of his mouth and throw it in the crib.  He's always loved throwing things, so he would just crack up.  So taking it away all together was a little bit easier.  We just decided to go cold turkey.  I hid all the binky's and haven't spoken of them since.  Its been about ten days since he last had it, and seems to be fine.  The first few days he had some trouble napping, but we didn't have any problems at night.  Now he's back to sleeping about three hours during the afternoon and eleven to twelve hours at night.  I'm so glad we took it away now, before he got any older and it made it much harder!