For some reason lately, every time Kyan eats, this happens almost automatically.

He was helping me with diaper laundry.  Really all he did was attempt to eat a few and scatter them everywhere.

Studying for a scholarship already.

Navy vs. Airforce.  It was HOT but both kids were pretty well behaved.  It was Kyan's first football game.

This was the day after the game.  We were all so tired and lazy.

Finally starting to hold his own bottle.

He has started to pull himself up.  He has mastered it on Taedon's train table since there is a lip he can grab onto.  He loves to be able to play with his brother and see what is going on.

Taedon has never attempted to climb out of his crib so we had decided that at 2 1/2 we would just change his bed to the toddler conversion since we had already bought the rail for it.  We did it last weekend and he loves his new big boy bed.  He has only gotten up a few times so far.  Much better than I had anticipated the transition would be and I like how when he is done sleeping, he can just come downstairs.  Growing up so fast.

I have been trying to update at least once a month but just realized it has been way longer than that.  New things around this house...Kyan has been teething and is working on his top tooth/teeth.  I only see one poking through but I'm sure the next one isn't too far behind.  Teething is rough for the poor little guy.  He has finally started army crawling and can get clear across the room and pulls himself up occasionally.  Still no actual crawling though.  And when he does pull himself up, he tends to let go and fall backwards.  He still prefers to hold his feet rather than his bottle.  All in all he's just a very laid back baby.  Unless he is tired or in pain.  He is eating solids and the only thing he really doesn't like is peas.  Other than that he has a very healthy appetite.

Taedon is starting to speak in sentences that actually make sense.  He repeats everything and has a pretty good memory.  For instance, right now he tells me about ten times a day that his bike is broken and his fish died.  RIP Orange.  We plan to fix the bike soon (need to order some parts) and buy him a new fish.  Whe I asked him what color of new fish he wants he says purple and wants to name it Orange.  He still has some issues pronouncing words even though he tries his hardest.  My favorites are packapiller = caterpillar, spries = fries, and kamote = remote.  He is very into The Hungry Caterpillar and Thomas the Train at the moment.  Thank you Netflix for having both available to us as needed for me to get things done around the house.

He LOVES to collect his flowers and bring them to me.  We have vases full of these on the counter because if he sees me throw any away he gets upset.  I try to reduce the inventory after he goes to bed.

We took the boys to the state fair this year.  It...was...an experience.  It was hot for starters and we went in the late afternoon/evening so the bewitching hour had begun for the boys.  We had fun though.  We ate greasy food, Taedon played some games and won some prizes and we saw some cool animals.

Kyan mostly just wanted me to carry him around.  Instead of the huge double stroller I should have just worn him in a carrier.  He had fun even though he doesn't appear to be enjoying himself.

First stop was the fun house.  Taedon came out with a huge smile on his face.

His favorite was fishing.  He loves to splash in water and was upset when it was time to move on.  He would have stayed there all night and would have if we had let him.

We had to walk through the cow building twice.  

Peek-a-boo!!

Coloring at his cousins birthday party.  He had a blast!  It was a really cute Dr. Seuss theme.

This was in the parking lot at a restaurant we went to.  He was in LOVE.

We have been introducing him to the toilet.  He thinks that the water main in our front yard is a "potty time" as he calls the toilet.

Kyan falls asleep every time I put him in the swing.  Poor guy, we usually go to the park during his nap time.

He finally decided these would be fun to ride.

So these are the fish that have died already.  I had gotten him feeder goldfish to make sure he was going to enjoy having fish.  They lasted a month so they were worth the $.60 we paid for them.  Next up is a betta.  We are hoping for a longer lifespan.

Watching the first NFL game of the season.

Feeding himself for the first time.  He likes the independence.

Um, is that even comfortable?

Big brother gave him plenty of options.  He had a blast.

Quite awhile ago I painted this chalkboard/magnet wall.  We needed organization and I thought it would be fun for the boys.  Needless to say, the magnet portion doesn't work very well so it's more of just a chalk wall.  It was so much work that I waited months before I let him dust it up with the chalk.  He does love it though.

I just realized I haven't been posting Kyan's monthly pics so I will probably just post them all on his first birthday so you can see how he changed each month.  Taedon kept photo bombing the last session.  As you can see T wasn't happy that I wouldn't let him in the pictures and Kyan was very distracted.    Kyan gives this look to Taedon a lot.

Back when we lived in San Diego I had made a Thanksgiving wreath for our front door.  Through moves and time, the pumpkin had fallen off and somehow Taedon found it and has adopted it.  He calls it Pumpkin Patch and carries it around, feeds it and waters it.  I guess I will have to find another idea to redo my wreath with.