New Niece

My sister and brother in law had their first baby on Dec. 4th. I am SO excited for them, I have to share pictures of my new niece.

Tilly Sue McClyman

Bath time Fun

Kepler LOVES the bathroom and taking baths. Anytime you walk in there, you hear the pitter patter of little hands following you in there. Right now - he's not afraid of a scale!

Joe likes to come in when Kepler is getting a bath and just waits for Kepler to hand him a toy. Kepler just wants him to jump in and play. Some day I know he will and there will be one big watery mess!

Kepler's First Christmas

So while Jeremie was at church this morning, Kepler decided that all of a sudden he was very interested in opening presents. Even if the present wasn't his. I guess it was the biggest one there so that's what he went for! He got a lot of books, and every toy he got make noise.

Trying to get him interested in presents instead of playing with the coasters on the table.

My dad gave him a present to open (wasn't even for him) and he decided it would be more fun to try to open it with his mouth.

He would take a tiny bite out of the paper and then hand it off to someone. After we finally took the paper off, he tried eating the box too. I've heard that kids like playing with the boxes toys come in - haven't heard of them preferring to eat them.

Super cute bear my parents gave Kepler that plays peek-a-boo. Half of the time Kepler get really excited and gets a huge smile on his face, and the other half he seems a little scared of it. We kept making it play just so we could see what his reaction would be the next time.

Thanksgiving Trip to Utah

We went to Utah for Thanksgiving and Kepler had a great time exploring Jeremie's parent's house.

Found the doggie door (which is actually used for cats - not dogs)

I forgot that the toys I had packed were driving up with Jeremie a few days after I arrived in Utah, so we had to find other things to play with.

He found the mirror really fast, and loved crawling up to it and touching his reflection. I guess he knows he's a cutie!

First Flight

Kepler took his first flight to Utah for Thanksgiving. He did awesome - even with his ear infection! I was super nervous for the descent and his ears popping, but he was asleep the whole last half of the flight. Slept through the landing and all the announcements. AWESOME first experience, especially for me flying alone with him.

Waiting for the flight

Checking out all the seats around us

The flight was empty enough that we had a whole row to ourselves so I was able to put him in the seat when he got too squirmy. There was a guy a couple rows back that kept smiling and making faces at him, and he absolutely loved it!