We're Still Here

I can't believe it has been so long since I posted anything. Here are a few of the things we've been up to.

My dad finished the boys' new dresser and we love it. It fits perfectly and Kyle loves having all of his stuff in the big boy room now. The boys seem to enjoy sharing a room and Kyle is getting the hang of helping clean up in there and seems to know where everything goes.

While Evan has been learning to ride a bike Kyle has been keeping a close eye on things. As soon we put the training wheels on this one again and Kyle hopped right on. He liked to be pushed around on it and kept saying "Ride Evan's big bike." Today he learned to pedal his tricycle so I'm thinking he may be ready to actually ride this one now. He thinks he is pretty cool being like his big brother.

The nursery is coming along. Brandon finished painting the drawer pulls today and the furniture is all painted. As soon as he gets them installed I'll put up some pictures. Now we just need to decorate the walls. Somewhere between 7 and 9 weeks from now we will have 3 kids...and that is starting to freak me out a bit.

New Bike Rider

Evan learned to ride a two-wheeler last week. We started out on a little bike, but we've moved up to the big bike now. This is not his bike, this is the bike all three kids in my family used and re-painted. It looks antique now. The only problem now is getting him to come back inside and quit riding.

Kyle's B-day

First a quick look at Baby Kyle year by year.....

I think he may have been a day old in this one. So sweet.Turning oneOur big 2 year old.

For Kyle's actual birthday we decided to venture out to Northwest Trek. Kyle loves animals so we were hoping it would go over well. This was them on the way out, still smiling and excited, so I think we succeeded.

We saw so many animals and Kyle loved it, but he was a bit exhausted and dozed off for about 30 minutes during the tram ride.

There were a lot of favorite animals, but the cougar was right up there for the boys. Evan is obsessed with BYU so seeing a real cougar was fabulous. They also loved the lynx, bears, bison (and baby bison), wolves, wolverines....the list goes on and on. Kyle still likes to talk about seeing a bear, and wanting to see a "moot". Maybe we'll have better luck with the moose next time.We had wedding reception to go to that night, a 40th b-day party for a friend, and Evan had a b-day party for another friend. The boys held up like troopers so to top off the day we went to DQ for ice cream. Kyle was taking his sweet time so he ended up finishing his in the car. All in all a very fun birthday. Even he said he had fun which if you know Kyle is really saying something.

Official Stats: 36.25 inches tall (90th%), 32 lbs (90th%), and 51 cm head circumference (97th%...that's right folks, we are on the charts finally).
Interests: Animals, cars, superheros, destruction, and anything Evan likes

He has a lot to say and is even putting together sentences now, but only for a select few people. To most he probably still seems mute. He is a pretty happy kid when he wants to be, but try to get him to smile for someone he doesn't see very often and you could be there all day. He keeps us busy but he is a fun little guy and we wouldn't trade him for anything.