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Kyler has been walking all around the house in the last couple of weeks. He continues to get more comfortable with it and even since this video was taken (6 days ago) its become his preferred method of getting around. Oddly enough, he does his best walking when he has something else in his hands that he wants to carry around the house.

At the same time that he’s discovering his love of walking, he’s quickly found a new friend: Elmo. His favorite thing to do with Elmo is give out hugs which he has plenty to offer.

Yes, this is over a month old, but I took some time to make a one-year DVD for various family members and its amazing how much time building a DVD can consume. With that excuse out of the way, here’s a short recap of our day at the Apple Orchard with Kyler.

This has become somewhat of a tradition, as it was the first “outing” we took him on when last year just a few weeks after he was born. As you can see, he enjoyed it much more this time around.

Every night, Kyler has a set routine. It starts with dinner, part of which should be placed in your hair at some point. It then moves to expressing how unhappy you are with the idea of being cleaned up briefly. Of course, that almost always leads to the need for a “tubby,” which he likes very much. Even the end of the tubby is fun because he gets to see the baby in a mirror wrapped in a towel. Putting PJs is just OK, assuming he gets to crawl a bit. It ends with a couple of bedtime stories on dad’s lap. As you can see, he’s often very tired at this point, but loves to sit and listen.

We’ve recently discovered Kyler’s interest in cleaning. OK, its really more of an interest in playing with things that aren’t his toys - especially items that don’t look like ones he has any business playing with. Things like the swiffer, shower cleaner stick, etc. He even likes to help clean by sorting through junk mail (or as we call it: “Kyler’s mail.”)

We’ve got some footage of various cleaning activities, so I thought I’d throw together a quick video.

As a family that has a slight obsession with Dsney, the following clip should really come as no surprise to anyone.

Kyler took a moment from his busy schedule to put a “personal touch” on the birthday card he was sending to his Grandpa Hansen. As you can see, he thought hard about what he wanted to write, took special care to write it nicely and sealed it with a kiss. He was also quite upset at his parents when they took the card away before he could finish sending his love along with the card.

Happy Birthday “Grandpa Hansen!”

Be sure to check out the pictures (below). We couldn’t help take a few videos either… and I couldn’t help work some editing magic…

To really appreciate this, you need to know something about my dad… his attire during the summer always consists of at least one part Polo by Ralph Lauren. Its somewhat of an obsession. Often, we find that he’s taken special care to match the Polo horse logo to a pair of matching shorts.

My brother (Rob) also had this obsession for a brief period of time. Then he countered it with a new found love: the salvation army store. The family intervened and now he’s a bit back on track sporting mostly American Eagle in his attire. Still, my dad will often look at Rob and jokingly ask “where did we go wrong?” as he fondly remembers comparing his Polo collection with Rob’s.

No, we’re not all stuck up snobs… its just one of those little inside jokes that carries from year to year. Now that you know that, you’ll be able to more fully appreciate this: