19 Months

The little guy is now 19 months old. Time is flying once again. I can't believe how big he is and that before long, he won't want to cuddle in the rocking chair with me. Kyler has been a little crabby the past few afternoons/evenings. I think he might be getting his 2-year molars judging by the amount of time he spends with his fingers in his mouth.

It doesn't help that his new favorite word is a very whiny and bossy sounding "no." He really draws it out... nnnnnnO! I guess the good thing is that he doesn't really know what he saying most of the time so he's not a total brat yet. Other times, he definitely has it figured out. If the dogs are trying to give him kisses while he's reading a book: no! If I move his cars from the bath tub to the toy box: no! But other times he just walks around saying "no, no, no" for no apparent reason.

He also has a very cute and fun side right now. Yesterday we were tip-toeing around the house trying to get ready without waking him up. (We just moved into our house except for his bedroom is not set up so he is sleeping in a pack-and-play in the living room.) He spotted me leaving the bathroom and starting talking gibberish to me and smiling. When he does that, he is irresistible. He's also pretty good at laughing when everyone else does and showing off to people, especially his uncles. He met his Uncle Ryan for the first time last week and had a blast chasing him around the house. Now Uncle Brent is home from college and Ky just loves to show off to him and follow him around to see what he's up to next. You never know when Brent is going to go out to his truck to clean some ducks. That's one thing Kyler doesn't like to miss out on!

We are really excited to spend Christmas with this little guy. He has been playing with his nativity scene. Yesterday Baby Jesus was in the angel's spot above the stable and he was just laughing away. Whenever he sees a picture of Santa, he says "ho ho ho." And he loves looking at Christmas lights when we are driving around. Hopefully we will get some time (and good driving weather) to go look at some more lights. We haven't put a Christmas tree up and I'm not sure that we will at this point so Christmas might look a little different this year because of the move. But we'll be sure to celebrate with lots of family time either way. The weather has gotten very Christmas-y today so I think Ky's first hot cocoa might be in order for tonight!