Big News!!

Kyle M. Berning here with some very exciting news... I am a BIG brother!!! My little brother Alexander Stephen was born on December 9, at 4:33 am. He was 7 lbs 4 oz. 19 inches.
It has been an adjustment having Alex home. But I am getting more accepting that this little guy is here to stay.
Here is a picture of my little brother Alex.


He likes to sleep a lot and does not cry very much at all. He is a pretty laid back little guy. From what I hear he does not like to sleep as much at night, but he is getting better. He is now letting mommy sleep 4 - 5 hours at a time!!! He is sleeping and eating better than I did when I was his age :)

Here are some pictures of me and Alex.




Right now Alex does not do much but I think as he gets older I will really like having a little brother to play with.



Oh and I have only thrown a slipper at him once.

Christmas Time is Here

We got a real Christmas tree this year. Kyle did not seem very interested in helping to pick out the tree but he had a good time helping to decorate the tree.


Kyle loves Santa!


Then it was time to decorate Christmas cookies!!!
We put on a classic Mickey Mouse Christmas movie and got to work!






It did not take Kyle long to learn that he could eat the icing and the decorations.
It was a fun family night getting ready for the Christmas season to begin!

Don't Mess with ME!!

DUH!

The other night it was time to brush Kyle's teeth. He already had his monkey and pasie, so I told him "You can't brush your teeth with your pasie in your mouth."

He turned to me, took out his pasie and said "DUH mommy!"

I could not stop laughing, I called Brian in and had to tell him that not only did our 2 year use the word duh, it was at a duh appropriate time! HA HA HA

So for the next few minutes all we heard was "duh, duh, duh..."

Big Boy!

It was time for Kyle to move from his crib to a big boy bed. I was really nervous about this transition. He slept so well in his crib and he had never tried to climb out. But we need the crib for his baby brother in a few weeks. We got Kyle very involved in the process of the transition to his new bed.
He helped daddy take down the crib. Then set up his new bed.





He was really excited to put all his animals in his new bed. (He only slept with a few animals in his crib).


Finally it was time to try out his new bed.
When he climbed in the first thing he said was "wow! nice!"
And Cole could not wait to try out Kyle's new bed.






He was so excited for his new bed that after lunch. He said "all done, nap now mommy." He has done GREAT! He is still very excited that he has a "new bed" and loves to show it to people. He has even seen his old crib in the babies room and it has not bothered him. I can't believe how big he is getting!!!

The Circus Dogs are Funny

I thought Kyle might enjoy painting. He likes to color with crayons and his favorite is to color with markers. I got him some water color paints and we went outside to paint. He was really excited about painting and I am not sure if he knew what it was. I showed him how to dip the brush in water first then the color and put it on the paper.
He seemed the most interested in dipping his paint brush in the water and skipping the color part.






He did get some paint on his hands.




He found a way to get the paint off his hands...



The final masterpiece....

Not Yet

Kyle got dressed in his Handy Manny gloves and tool belt. Grabbed his monkey and his lunchbox and was walking up and down the hallway with a very serious look on his face. I asked him where he was going and told me "go to work mommy bye."
He could not tell me what his job but that he was only going to work.