December Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! This was my first Christmas and it was totally fun! I had a great time. We had a Christmas party at Grandma Norberg's house on Tuesday, a Christmas Eve party at Grandma Chris' house and then got to open presents at home on Christmas morning.

I am quite a chatter box these days. My most used line is "Ah-gee" said in whatever tone that suits my mood.

I have also decided that laying nice and still in my crib is boring. Now I roll all around in crib. It's now more then just a place to sleep, now it's a place to play! When I wake up in the morning mommy gives me some toys in my bed and I will quitely play in my crib for an hour or so and she gets to rest longer (I am very sweet to my mommy!)

Being a baby is a hard job. It can be very tiring!

I also LOVE to eat. I will eat anything! Mommy says that I am her first baby that actually eats his meals instead of drinking them. Eric still drinks so much milk that milk is his primary source of nourishment. Not me ... I love to eat. I would stay in my high chair eating practically all day if mom would let me.

I had an ear infection this month but no one would've known it if my ear drum didn't burst and my ear start to drain. Mommy took me into the doctor and they said that my ears were definitely infected and that I must just have a really high pain tolerance and things don't really bug me because I was completely happy all through it. I proved that point again on New Years Eve. Dad snuck into my room to get the swing out for my cousin Collin and found that I had thrown up all over myself but was just lying there quietly waiting for someone to come and take care of me. Not a single peep out of me, just patiently waiting. I am such a happy guy, nothing really bothers me.

I am finally learning how to sit up on my own. I know, I am 8 1/2 months old and should be able to sit by now but you do have to take into consideration that Barnhisel's have large heads and that makes it harder to keep my balance. I actually would sit up just fine on my own if I wasn't so wiggly and curious about looking at everything. It's hard to sit up straight and not tip over when you are constantly looking all around. But I am doing much better and will have it down very soon.

I hope that you all have a wonderful new year. I know that I will. This will be a big year for me with learning to crawl, walk, talk and so many other new things. Mommy says it will be fun to see my grow throughout the year.

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

November Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

How are you? I am doing great. I am liking my new method of sending out my letters because mom can add as many pictures as we want without worrying about the size of the document. This has been a great month with every sort of weather and lots of fun events.

I am a very smart baby. I already know what I want and what I don't! Mom started feeding me baby food at the beginning of this month. The first few times I cried, hoping that mom would get the hint and stop torturing me. When that didn't work I came up with another way to show her that I don't like it. I refuse to open my mouth. Now for anyone who knows me you know that I am a very happy smiley baby who always has my mouth open in a huge grin. All the time except when I am eating that is. I still smile when needed, I just do it with my lips closed tight when I am in my high chair. Towards the middle of the month I started almost eating willingly and even started opening my mouth a little bit if what mom was trying to feed me wasn't too gross. Now, at the end of the month I am loving eating and eat really well. I definitely prefer to feed myself finger food though. Thank goodness for wagon wheels and little puffs!

I love to jump in my jumperoo as you may have seen in my blog video. I jump so long and so high I should have some pretty cut calf muscles (for a baby anyway). I love the bath. If you ask me, there is nothing better then kicking the water and making as much splash as possible. I could stay in the bath forever if only mommy would let me.

I have a new sleeping schedule that for the most part works out really well. I go to bed at 5:30 now and sleep until about 6:00 in the morning. The only time this schedule gets tricky is when we are out somewhere and it gets to be time for me to go to bed, then I do get a bit cranky. But it works great most of the time.

We celebrated Thanksgiving twice this month. First we got together with the Barnhisel's at Grandma Chris' house and then we travelled to Colorado to have Thanksgiving with the O'Berry's. They were both fantastic feasts and I enjoyed seeing all my cousins in the course of a week!

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

October Letter

Dear Family,

Hello everyone! How are you? I am doing great. Hope you all had a happy Halloween. I was a little frog for Halloween and had fun just watching all the festivities.

I was subjected to oatmeal this month. As you can see, I wasn't super happy about my first experience with it. Now I don't cry so much about it but I can't say that I love it.

I am really looking forward to my first of many holiday seasons. I love to watch everything that is going on around me and love to see all the hussle and bussle of life. I am always smiling and love to be around my family and anyone who will talk or smile at me.

I hope that you are all doing well. I wish we all lived closer and I could see everyone more. If you get a chance, write me back. I love letters also.

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel