So this week, after about 11 months of living in
Bourbonnais, we left
Illinois to return to
Michigan. We started off the week with having Uncle Bob and Aunt Dawn come to visit us for the day. We had a great time seeing them and ate a great dinner at
Jimmy Jo's BBQ. The next day, Uncle Charlie and Aunt Britani came by to see us on their way back to
Evansville. Kyler showed off by rolling all over and getting up onto his knees. We took them out to our favorite place for breakfast in Bourbonnais:
French Toast. Kyler slept through much of the meal, but it was great to visit and enjoy awesome food. On the way home, we ended up stuck behind the
Bourbonnais Friendship Festival parade, which seemingly blocked every single one of our routes home. We all started having little meltdowns in the car, but eventually we made it home.
The last few days we were in Bourbonnais, we discovered something new for Kyler:
Baby First TV. For those of you who have never watched this channel, it has tons of kids programs that are very short, so that it constantly changes for little ones. As much as Kyler loved to see it, there were some shows that we thought were just so silly, and we could not help making fun of some of the characters. Kyler also ate carrots for the first time and really seemed to like them. At the end of the week, he started eating bananas, and other than the bananas causing a bit of a backup in Kyler's digestive system, he really seemed to like them.
Moving day was a really big day, but Kyler took it all in stride and worked on perfecting his ability to sit up on his own. We had a lot of fun watching him stare at everything around him from a sitting position. For nap time, we actually had to set up the pack and play in the bathroom because that was the only room that did not have items to be moved. Kyler seemed to like it, but it was so funny how cramped the room was, besides the fact that it was the bathroom! When we arrived in Michigan, it was too late to go in the pool, but Kyler had a little fussiness before going to sleep. Ryan ended up staying behind in Bourbonnais for two extra days so he could finish up the Anatomy & Physiology class that he was teaching at
Olivet.
Thursday and Friday involved some adjustments to Michigan and living at Grandpa and Grandma's. Kyler did not move into his own room until Friday night, but the upstairs nursery was great until then. Kyler's biggest adjustment was definitely the pool. At first he did not know what to think of it, but soon he was splashing and smiling amidst all his floating toys. We even gave him a bath outside because of the warm weather. I think that Kyler has already become more of a water lover than his Daddy.
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| Hanging out with Uncle Bob and Aunt Dawn |
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| Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na...Batman! |
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| Watching Baby First TV...as long as it was not "Harry the Bunny"... Mommy hated that show. |
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| Kyler was helping with stuffing the diapers... He loves to help with laundry |
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| Trying to stay out of the movers' way |
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| "Where did everything go?" |
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| First day in the pool--he loves it! |
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| Tubby time outside! Loving this too! |
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| "Hey--put down the camera, and give me food!" |
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| "Am I too young to jump off the diving board, Grandpa?" |
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| "Well, maybe I will wait a few more years, but I love the water." |
