The Stevens Family

We have been so busy lately with the start of school and moving to our new house, that I have not taken the time to post any news about Mr. Dylan.

I have taken too many photos and of Dylan since my last post to share them all, so I will just share a few of my favorites.

Here is Dylan with his walking toy. Yes, he is walking… he still needs some assistance for stability, but he is pushing his little walking toy as well as standing up around tables, etc. and then walking around them while keeping hold with his hands.

Dylan has adapted well to the new house and has decided that he likes swimming after all. Here he is enjoying the pool for the first time.

Dylan LOVES playing with his new ball.

And, here is Mr. Dylan enjoying the pool and his new floaty.

In my last post I reported that Dylan said Mama for the first time. Since then, he has said Da-da and bye-bye (really ba ba). Woo hoo!

He is getting so big!!

Monday, August 3rd, we were shopping at Toys R Us when Dylan said, “Mama,” for the first time (he then said it for about 20 minutes straight)! I was pushing Dylan in the cart and Kyle was off looking at bicycle helmets for Dylan (so he can start accompanying Kyle on his rides) when Dylan looked at me, said Mama and then smiled. I pushed the cart over to where Kyle was and told him what Dylan had said. Kyle gave me a look that said he clearly thought I was over exaggerating, but then Dylan said mama several times so Kyle could hear it as well.

We have tried to tape him saying it but every time any recording device gets near Dylan he stops and smiles instead. Hopefully we will get some audio or video of it soon.

It has been a busy couple of weeks and I haven’t taken time to post, so this is going to be a conglomeration of several days of photos and video.

Kyle had to go to the dentist the other day, so we took Dylan to meet Dr. Flesher (my longtime family dentist). Dylan enjoyed the dentist a lot more than Kyle did.

Dylan even got to sit in the dentist chair and let Dr. Flesher check his little teeth.

Dylan, Kyle and I drove to Houston to visit Dana and attend the baby shower for Maycie Grace (who is due to join us any day now). He was all smiles at the shower and loved getting attention from all the women.

Here is a video of Dylan playing with Kyle and the spatula after he ate his dinner. He apparently loves it!

And here is Dylan trying to attack me after his bath!!

Since I hadn’t posted any video of Dylan pulling up yet, I figured I should before he starts doing something new.  The problem is that Dylan LOVES the camera and once he sees it, he starts smiling and hamming it up.

So, here is my first attempt at getting Dylan on camera crawling and pulling up. As you will see, as soon as he spotted the camera, he hightailed it to me so he could get a close up.

And here is the second attempt. At least he makes it to his destination, but then he has to keep turning around to smile and make sure I am still taping him. Silly baby!

And finally, on the third attempt, he decides he can pull up and still “make love” to the camera. Ridiculous!

We decided that Dylan might like to take a bath in the big bathtub tonight since he has gotten so good at sitting up and seems to want to play in the tub now.

Here are some photos of him having fun in the “real” bath tub.

If you look hard you can see Dylan showing off his two little bottom teeth. He even has a top tooth coming in now!

And here he is looking up at his dad.

He enjoyed playing with his toys.

And here is some cute video of him splashing around in his first real bath.

I think we will move to the big bath for good!

Abbey LOVES to play, and she enjoys being chased around the house by Kyle. But last night Kyle discovered that Dylan loves chasing Abbey too, and she has fun being chased by him.

(I have decided that Dylan might enjoy being video taped a little too much… pay attention to how he “plays” to the camera.)

Dylan has been enjoying his bath time a little more lately. He has been sitting up in his little tub instead of reclining like he usually does, and he has been playing with his toys and patting the water. It is VERY cute.

Here are some videos of him playing in the bath tonight. What a little cutie!

Dylan has been super active lately. He is crawling about, chasing Abbey around and getting in to everything! We started out the day by playing baby in the basket… which is really just Dylan sitting in the laundry basket while I fold his laundry and put it away; he seems to like it and today he decided he wanted to stand up so he grabbed the sides of the basket and pulled himself up. He seemed to be pretty pleased with himself.

So later in the day, he did this.

As you can see from the above photos… he thinks he is quite the little man for standing up in his bed. Kyle and I decided that perhaps it was time to lower his crib another few inches.

Dylan also decided to play on his rocking horse today.

He can’t rock it himself yet, so he sits on it and I will move him back and forth. He seems to think it is pretty fun.

I have been trying to convince Dylan that sitting can be fun too because he just wants to stand pretty much all the time. He decided he could sit for a few minutes today and play in his room.

He sat and played for a bit but then decided he needed to stand some more.

Slow down, Mr. Dylan! You are growing up too fast!

Dylan’s Uncle Anthony is a policeman in Kansas and on our last visit he gave us a cute little police car that his daughter Samantha had outgrown. It has been sitting in our garage since we brought it home because Dylan has been too little for it, but we decided to let Dylan give it a try yesterday and he LOVED it. He is still too little to actually push it himself but he liked sitting in it while Kyle pushed him.

When I looked at the photos I took, I thought the series would tell a good story and I even made one up about Dylan’s first day on the job. I WAS going to share it here but then I decided… why stifle the creativity of our readers. They can make up a fun story of their own, so that is what I am challenging you to do!

Look over the cute photos below and then write a little story about Dylan’s adventure. I would LOVE you to then share it in the comments. Come on and play along!

Dylan presented Kyle with his first Father’s Day present last night - a new pair of Oakley sunglasses. Dylan was mighty proud that he could hold the present himself. We made Kyle close his eyes and when he opened them, Dylan was holding his present.

Dylan decided to give Kyle the present last night so Kyle could wear them cycling this morning, while Dylan and I slept in. After Kyle’s bike ride, Dylan and I took him to brunch at the Cliff Cafe at the Belmont Hotel where they have delicious Cranberry Orange French Toast among other tasty treats. Upon returning home, Kyle watched some golf (translation - took a nap on the couch) and Dylan took a nap as well… just a nice leisurely day.

Here is a photo of the boys posing together in their shades.

Thanks for being a great dad, Kyle! We love you!