Highlights from 10 Months

Her 10th month was a busy one, with lots of new developments. For starters, she started eating a mostly finger food diet (along with formula, of course), personality kept emerging, and crawling became lightning fast. She still says Mama and Dada, and Baba means bottle or baby. She also tries to say Dog, so it comes out in some kind of variation - like Gada or Daa. ...And probably the most entertaining (in Kylie's opinion) was learning that she can stand up in her crib!

Maybe some of you will remember that she wasn't much of a roller. She did a couple times, but it definitely wasn't her sole means of getting around. Anyway, she discovered one day after a nap, that she can use this technique to roll onto her belly, which she can then sit up and then pull herself up to standing. Pretty cool how magically all the separate milestones come together for them and they teach themselves that they can do them in different successions to get around.

So yes, she gets a kick out this new found ability. Sometimes it's really hard to get her to take a nap because she'll just play and play in her crib. Rolling around, leaping from corner to corner, standing up - thinking it's the funniest game in the entire world.

Kylie had just woken up from a nap one of the days after she learned how to do this, and I had to get a picture to document it. I saw that she was up and ran out of the room to grab the camera, and sadly her huge proud smiles turned to major crying when she saw me bolt. When I came back, she was sort of mad, but still proud of herself as you can see in the pic.


Another fun game she likes to play is 'pull out everything in Mama's purse.' First she started out with the big objects-mint jar, wallet, sunglasses. But lately, she has been getting into the zippers and inside my wallet-pulling out credit cards, coupons, gum, etc.
The mints are a great musical instrument. They keep her busy at restaurants, in the car, and at home.

Baby Doll Kylie.

She loves when her diapers.com order comes in because they come in this perfect size box. She likes to bang on it, walk around it, play peekaboo around it, and it's a great stand for her to play her baby piano on.

More bath time pics! She still loves her bath time. Check out how adorable!!

Still loves her night time messages, too. She was one lucky girl that night, because Grandma B was there to help with the rub down.

Grandma also found this lovey for her, which she thought was pretty much the best present ever. After her bath she kept trying to stick the elephants trunk in my mouth and when I'd bite it, she thought it was the funniest thing, laughing so hard each time.

This is one of my favorite videos. One of her favorite activities is dancing, and this vid shows off her moves pretty good. Check it out! The music is kind of soft in the background.

Catching Up

After a temporary hiatus from the blog, I am back with this post to update you all on what's going on with Team Byers! Dan's business season has kicked off to a fantastic start. Bikes, bike parts, and bike accessories - all.around.my.house. I'm happy for him that he's found a product that he's passionate about selling. It's fun seeing all the different brands and types that move through our home. I've learned A LOT about bicycles, and actually have a new respect for the sport/hobby since I took my very first road bike ride last week. Such a fun activity, and I now see why he goes out every weekend to get his long rides in.

We celebrated Dan's 27th birthday on March 4th, with a little dinner and some cake. Dan's parents came down to help us celebrate. We went to (the best Mexican food place in Boise) El Gallo Giro and they serenaded him with a fun song and put a big sombraro on him. I did take a picture with my Blackberry, however, my phone got some water damage before I was able to upload them. Sad day, because he looked so good/funny in it! So we came back to the house and had some deliciouse homemade chocolate cake that his mom made for him, and opened presents. He got loaded up with bike gear; gloves, helmet, shoes. And a Netflix subscription, which we are loving!!

As for me, life right now is pretty much getting ready for Kylie's 1st birthday party in a couple weeks and training for my first half marathon next weekend. Yes, I'm going to try to run 13.1 miles (in less than 2.5 hours). I'm signed up for the Famous Idaho Potato Marathon on May 15th, so be sure to check up after that for an update on how I finished!

And what has little Miss Kylie been up to these past months?!?!? Well, she's grown some hair! It's one of the days that I had been waiting for - to be able to put a bow in her hair. In these pics she has just enough to have a little spikey, but in the one's further down you'll see that it's getting longer!

And of course she's getting bigger! At her 9 month doctors appointment, she was 18 lbs 10 oz and 27 inches tall. And with any growth spurt, new clothes are needed. It was like one day they all fit, and the next she needed new clothes. So, we went to "her store" aka Gymboree and had a mini-spring-shopping spree. Here are a few pics in one of the outfits we got for her.
So this pic is funny because she had just been crying. But the second I pulled out the camera, she started smiling and posing for it!

Here she is reading one of her favorite books, Water Water Everywhere.

...and the sun hat comes out. Maybe I'm biased, but I think she's the cutest baby to ever wear a sunhat.

Yea, she definetly loves the camera - and knows how to work it too!

Yummy! Sunglasses (mom's/grandma's/any kind) are so fun to eat!

We also celebrated Kylie's first Easter. We had to have it indoors because the weather, unfortunately, wasn't very nice. She's not really a dress kind of girl, so we put her in this little one piece. Grandma Grove mailed over some new books and my brothers Easter basket from when we were little. She had a lot of fun playing with the eggs. Actually, she still has fun playing with the eggs. A few weeks ago, she discovered that you can crack them open - like Mommy does when she makes breakfast. She really thinks it's funny when she mixes the colors, so one half is green and the other is, oh let's say, hot pink. I give her a lot of credit because she already has the smarts to put the longer half with a shorter half. She is such a smarty pants, and I'm a proud Momma!
Some of her Easter presents prior to the hunt.

She liked following Mommy's points to where the eggs were hiding. She saw them, but didn't know what to do about them until I showed her how you put them in the basket.

After a while, she didn't need my help anymore.

Now it's time to play with them!

There's even more?!?!

Ok, time to check out my other presents. Pat the Bunny, Farm animals, and bubbles!

It's crazy how fast she can go from fussy to crying to happy in literally less than a minute.

She loves bubbles. This little bubble maker has 3 wands to chose from, and she really liked this pink one. Must have had the best feeling to chew?

Pizza Making

Every day the Flying Pie Pizzaria posts a name on their sign, and if your name is called-you get to make a free personal pizza. Well Thursday was Daniel day, so we went down to the pizzaria and watched Dan make a pizza.

This was my first time at the restaurant, and I have to give it up to them for having the most fun atmosphere in a pizza place. The staff was extra nice and the food was so yummy. Dan's personal pizza turned out to be very delicious and my Pesto Primavera pizza was very tasty as well.

And what fun would it be if you didn't get to wear a silly hat and apron? Dan picked the little cowboy hat. The other Daniel making a pizza with him wore the beer mug hat.

Wisely, they don't just let you go at it and make a pizza. One of the friendly staffers is there to walk you through the steps and supervise. But, you make it how you want it. They won't help you with any of it, not even the dough tossing.

Kylie had fun too. We sat towards the back where there was a red light. She loved how it made everything look. The music was fun, there were boys playing interesting video games and of course, yummy pizza to try!