Update

Kale is almost 11 months old and is growing up so fast! He is standing up on his own and tries to take a few steps sometimes. Most times he gets excited and falls forward though. He likes to push his Tonka trunk and walk behind it. When he hits the wall he just walks to the other side of the truck and pushes it backwards back to where he started.

He is talking up a storm and tonight he was the most vocal ever. It was like he was having a conversation with us even though we couldn't understand anything he was saying :) He eats almost any table food we put in front of him and doesn't get baby food anymore. And he is drinking out of a sippy cup and doing great with it.

He is currently on antibiotics for his fourth ear infection since January so we are going to an ENT doctor the end of next month. The speculation is he will be getting tubes put in since the "normal" threshold (according to our pediatrician) is 3 in 6 months so he has exceeded that.

Kale had his first road trip last weekend when we traveled to Ohio (a 5 hour drive) for the Ohio Southdown Classic Show & Sale. He did great- better than I expected! We drove out Friday night on the way out so he slept most of the way, but the drive home was a different story. He was in a stroller most of Saturday at the sale and then in the car seat the rest of the day for the drive home. He took a couple of naps on the way home and was pretty good until the last hour or so. Thanks for putting up with us Dad & Kyle :) Kale must have been exhausted from the big trip because he went to bed early Saturday night, took two big naps on Sunday and went to bed early. I think he has recovered now though!

Kale loves being outside and is a daddy's boy for sure. He will leave me anytime Jason is around and gets super excited when Jason gets home from work. We wondered what he would be like when Jason held baby Jack when we were visiting our friends, but he didn't even seem to notice. Which is good news since he is going to be a big brother this fall.

That's right Kale is going to be a big brother this fall. We are very excited for a couple of big changes happening in our family this year. I am leaving Monsanto this summer to stay at home and the due date for the new little one is November 1st so I'm sure I will be busy at home this fall/winter with 2 little ones.

We have a lot happening this summer so our posts should be more frequent and more pictures will be included. I have been waiting on posting for a while until we told our families and my work about our big life changes.