Kevin - 14 Months

Halloween Preview! I wouldn't have picked this out at the store, but I found it for a good deal at a consignment sale! So, he'll be Winnie the Pooh dressed as a honeybee for Halloween!

Kevin loves to pretend like he's talking on the phone. Almost anything can be a phone, but he especially loves to talk on the plastic, chocolate doughnut!

He has begun to make the kiss noises periodically throughout the day! And when we ask if he wants to go "night night", he'll start making the kiss noise and opening his mouth! Before he learned this trick, he would just lay down and go to sleep at night. Now, after I put him in the crib, he'll stand up and make the kiss noise! So sweet!

He loves to roar at all animals!

He walks around the house looking for Ellie and saying, "Eh Eee. Eh Eee. Eh Eee."

He loves to feed himself with a spoon and has gotten really good with it! He won't allow us to feed him unless he is really, really hungry!

He cries when I drop him off at the gym, and he is always waiting for me at the gate when I return. Yes, this does make me feel guilty. He's got my number!

e is as happy as ever!

Kevin Talks to the Lion

For the last few months, whenever Kevin sees an animal - especially dogs, bears, lions, tigers, or cats - he will make this grunting noise at it! I finally got it on video!

Kevin Loves the Dishwasher

Kevin - 13 Months

Kevin loves hats. He finds this hat and then puts it on immediately!

Kevin loves to do whatever big sister does...

Kevin eats lunch with the big kids...

Kevin's first day of Mother's Day Out...

Kevin feels so big when is allowed to feed himself with a spoon...

"Yeah, for me!" Kevin claps.

Spitting out the spoon. When the food is all gone, the spoon becomes a toy...


Kevin's favorite toy for the month... He loves to put the lid on and take it off.


First the lid goes on...

Then it comes off... Wow! What fun!

Kevin after his first haircut...


Grandma introduces Kevin to chips...

Granny tickles Kevin's cheeks...





Kevin and Ellie coloring...

Ellie put a bow in Kevin's hair one morning and called him Kevina, her baby sister, all day!


About a week after his first birthday, Kevin got his first haircut and learned about 5 new words in one week! Throughout the rest of the month, he's learned a few new words, but he doesn't use many of them often. Dog and Duck are among his favorites!

Da - Dog (He LOVES dogs! He says, "Da, da, da, da!!!")
Du - Duck (He also loves ducks!)
Bu - This was great because he was calling birds "du" for a while!
Hi
Bye
Nana - Banana
Nigh Nigh - Night Night
Eh-Yee - Ellie (he's only said this one a few times - when we went to get Ellie from preschool.
Mo - More

He loves touch and feel books! He also loves the books where you can press the buttons and hear songs.

He learned to scribble and made his first drawing for me. Completely on his own, he opened the marker box, picked up a piece of paper, scribbled on it, and walked to me in the kitchen with a big smile on his face, a marker in one hand and his drawing in the other. So sweet!

He's very into putting items inside bowls. It's cute and fun to watch him try to put large objects into small ones! It's fun to see the wheels turning as he learns that books don't fit in yogurt containers!

He also loves to put on hats! He's often walking around in his cowboy hat or Ellie's big pink Easter bonnet! If he sees a hat, you can bet it will be on his head within seconds!

He still takes two naps a day, and he still needs them both!

He has also figured out how to unscrew the top to my mascara and lip gloss. I dont know how he figured this out, but it can make a pretty big mess!

He started going to "Mother's Day Out" once a week from 9:30 to 2:30. This gives me a chance to go to the doctor or dentist child-free!! I also plan to begin using this time to volunteer at a pregnancy center. That's my goal, but it's been more difficult to implement that I thought it would be. Life is just so busy. I'm working trying to slow things down a bit! We'll see how that goes!

Kevin's First Haircut

Kevin received his first haircut on August 10th! He looks handsome and all grown up. But I prefer the longer hair look, so we'll be letting it grow a little more!

Happy Birthday Kevin!!!

Kevin was born one year ago today - July 30, 2007 at 8:40am in The Woodlands, Texas.

In our household, we are all very much in love with him! Ellie is very excited that today is his birthday, and we have sang to him over and over again today!

In the past month, Kevin has taken his first steps, though is still very timid. He has also learned to shake his head no while also saying, "No, no. No, no." He says this when I give him food he doesn't want or put him in bath water that he thinks is too hot! Oops!

He has only two teeth (the bottom teeth), but I think two more are about to come in.

At one year old, he still does not sleep straight through the night. (I know, Sarah, you're disappointed! :-)) He was doing very well until the movers boxed our things at Stanford. Since then, he will usually wake around 5:00 or 5:30 - sometimes a little earlier and very rarely, a little later! When he wakes, I take him and let him sleep in our bed with us. Then, he wakes for the morning around 7:00 or 7:30. Now that we are done with our major travels and have settled into our rental home, we will start working on improving his sleeping habits soon.

He still takes two naps and needs them both!

He has started to show his preferences with screams and back arching! But he still has a very sweet and happy temperament! Last week, I was trying to sleep in and get a little extra rest, so I let Kevin roam around my room while I listened with my eyes closed! He enjoyed playing by himself for about 30 minutes and then got bored. He came over to me, picked up my hand and started to put it in his mouth and gently bite it. Then he laughed and pulled it out! He did this over and over. It was really sweet. Then, he began to poke me in my neck and laugh! He is so cute!

Below is a month-by-month view of Kevin if you want to reminisce...

Kevin is Born!

One Week

Two Weeks

1 month

2 months


3 months

4 months
5 months

6 months

7 months

8 months

9 months

9.5 months

10 months

11 months

Kevin Walks!!

I can walk!!

Kevin took his first steps yesterday - on his namesake's 75th birthday! Great timing! We were playing in a park in Vancouver, and I think Kevin was really happy about this since we have been carting him around for a week in the stroller or the backpack! He has had very little time for moving around and was starting to get fussy about it!

His first two steps were part of a clumsy tumble to the grass. Chris and I both looked at each other with surprise, and Chris said, "I think those were steps." We stood him up again, and he took a few more! In the end, the furthest he walked was 14 steps! Now, he is not very content to be held or strapped in. He wants his feet on the ground at all times, but he is still far from steady! How life is going to change soon!

Ellie was beside herself with joy - but I dont think her excited surpassed that of the previous day when she road a car ferry for the first time and slept on a "couch that turns into a bed" for the first time! Children are a constant reminder to find joy in the little things in life!

Kevin - 10 months

Kevin's favorite toy - a light-up ball!

Petting his first animal!

First time with the walker!

He crawled into Ellie's doll crib on his own!

I am very late on this. I think I remember what was new last month! The 11-month update will be coming soon!

During his tenth month, Kevin began to talk a little more. He began to say the following.

"Nuh, nuh" = No, No
"Muh, muh" = Momma

Dadda is still his favorite word!

He became very good at eating finger foods and loves to eat grilled cheeses! He decided he isn't really interested in anything pureed unless it is fruit.

He also began using the walker and petted his first animal - a baby goat! He was very excited to see the animals. He must love animals like his big sister, who continues to be completely in love with her "baby brudder".