Kyler -- Week 9 (1/14/12-1/20/12)

Kyler was so thankful to have his daddy come to Jenison to see him. He had missed him terribly. We had the visitation for Grandpa Van Dyke on the January 15, which Kyler attended. He was able to bring a little happiness to those who saw him and might have helped remind people how much Great Grandpa had loved his family. After Sunday's visitation, Great Grandma went to see him before we left, and he gave her one of the biggest smiles! He doesn't usually smile late at night (10pm) but I think that he knew Great Grandma Van Dyke could use something positive. The funeral was really wonderful, but it was certainly no place for a baby. Kyler was babysat for the first time by my sister-in-law Lori's mom Deb and had a great time with his cousin KayLynn.

One thing that was nice this week was that we had lots of visitors come and meet him. He met Becca, Chelsea, and Lindsay from my old youth group. We also got to catch up a little bit with Julie and Levi. Kyler got to go out with the grandparents and Mommy to do a little shopping and eat out for the first time at Taco Bell. We bought him a new 6-month outfit because we started to notice he was just getting too big for the clothes we had packed! When Ryan came later that weekend he had to bring all new clothes for the growing boy! We did not take any pictures this week, but we do have a lot of videos.