{18.74 lb, 28.5 in}
is it possible Kylene is 1? this past week has brought back a flood of memories about the time surrounding her birth. it was such a sweet and hard time. i was so full of love and adrenaline and pure exhaustion. one thing's for sure, we all loved her instantly and i think we love her even more now.
at 1, Kylene is easily walking and running. now that she can walk so steadily, we loves to go outside and walk along and explore as Connor rides his bike or "mows" with his lawn mower.
Kylene LOVES books and will bring a chosen book and crawl up in your lap to be read to.
Kylene loves dolls and will find one wherever we are. she's pictured here with a baby doll her Mimi gave her for her birthday.
Kylene's very observant and follows what's going on around her. a few weeks ago, when I was getting Connor ready for Preschool, she walked up behind me holding Connor's shoes worn only for Preschool. she's also knows when we're putting on coats and shoes, we're going somewhere and will go stand by the door knocking until she's let loose.
Kylene has recently discovered chicken and mashed potatoes and asks for more, and more, and more...
Kylene also loves to flip through books by herself and can be found on Connor's bed, in his rocking chair or in her crib after a nap flipping through a book. below she is "reading" a flier from a magazine after she crawled up into our bed and snuggled herself in. pretty cozy, eh?
Kylene is fascinated by animals and other babies.
She has started to learn the art of twirling and thinks this is pretty fun.
Kylene has things to say! and babbles and "talks" to us constantly.
Kylene likes to play games, especially chase (when she's the one being chased) and peek-a-book (she likes to be the one peeking).
she LOVES doing what Connor's doing and bless Connor's heart, he doesn't mind...most of the time. :)
Kylene has an ocean full of people who love her. what a great life. :)
these were our best ones. posterity will see we were a normal family after all. :)
the most hilarous thing though, was that Kylene wanted Byron to wear the hat always and would find it, give it to him when he came home from work, then motion for him to sit on the couch and back up into him to sit on his lap. it cracked us up!
hey, the girl knows what she wants and she knows how to communicate it. i love that about her.
the train stopped at the North Pole were an Elf came and gave each child a candy cane and told them to keep their eye out for Rudolph and to tell him to come home! if they saw him. Santa also came and visited with each child and Connor was pretty star struck.
Kylene loved all the blow-up Christmas decorations and we couldn't pry that sticky mess of a candy cane from her chubby little hands.
hooray for the Santa Train Ride!
she's totally enthralled and doesn't ever notice me watching.
it's about the cutest darn thing I've ever seen. :)
since we live in North Carolina and this place is awesome, it was a beautiful day to go to the park. we went for 2 hours and had a great time. we went on a "bear hunt" (hike) through the woods and our rock and stick specialist (Connor) collected many special treasures along the way.
we couldn't be more thrilled with each other and come on, with these two pumpkins can we ask for anything more?
we are so blessed and try to be mindful of our blessings daily. i'm so grateful for this time of year that gives us a chance to reflect on all the wonders in our life and be happy with each other.
and Maw Maw and Paw Paw drove down from Virginia.
and Kylene found a new friend in Paw Paw.
Nana was there as well (she has come for the birthday week) and kept Connor entertained with a sword fight.
Connor has us all laughing as he would voluntarily bend over for a wack. :)
the time came for presents...
and Connor opened his up first! (Nana was nice enough to bring a new pair of Nike's from Grandpa and two cool swords so Connor could have some present excitement too).
Kylene also liked the swords
but seemed most fascinated by two new books.
there's big brother again, helping open
a present from Mom and Dad that both the kids got a kick out of.
Kylene was fascinated by her new baby doll
and loved on her the rest of the night.
after dinner it was time for cake!
the Birthday Girl was dainty at first.
but then decided the plate-in-the-face method worked better.
delicious!
the aftermath. the girl needs a bath!
after her bath, our neighbor and friends stopped by to give Kylene a Little People bus which she loves.
It was so wonderful having so many family members with us to celebrate this wonderful girl. Happy Birthday Kylene!
Kylene's very observant and follows what's going on around her. a few weeks ago, when I was getting Connor ready for Preschool, she walked up behind me holding Connor's shoes worn only for Preschool. she's also knows when we're putting on coats and shoes, we're going somewhere and will go stand by the door knocking until she's let loose.
Kylene is fascinated by animals and other babies. 