Saturday, December 27, 2008

Saturday at Christmas in Grand Rapids

Hi again,

We just got back from a great afternoon of bowling with Uncle Mark, Paityn, Logan, Luke, Mom, Grandma and Poppa (Grandma & Poppa were mostly cheering, not bowling!).

Kyle was the winner of both kids' games.

The "ramp" was a big key to all of the fun - although Luke was string enough to launch his ball down the lane unassisted! We clocked his ball's average travel time from when it left his hand until it made contact (sometimes nudging, but not knocking over) the pins, at 1 Min. 15 Secs.

We all had a lot of good fun.

Here are some pictures...














More to come soon...

Friday, December 26, 2008

Catching Up - Kyle In School

Kyle continues to make excellent progress in his Goddard school.

He's progressed from the "Leaping Lizards" to the "Thunderbolts". His teachers say that he really enjoys school and he's really developing into a great little student.

We had the chance to share some school events with him this year.
Kyle's Grandmom and Pop-Pop Lockhead visited his class for a Grandparents event.

He also had a lot of fun during the annual Halloween Parade.

Thanks to Grandmom, Pop-Pop and Aunt Rita for driving all the way out to school to see us. Here he is holding hands with Miss Jody, one of his favorite teachers:




Kyle parading with his classmates and scanning the crowd for Grandmom, Pop-Pop & Aunt Rita




And in the fall, Mom & Dad enjoyed a family night of music and fun.
Goddard School had a PotLuck after school and there was a live music group playing kid's songs - we had a lot of fun.

More to come soon...

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Now, For Some Catching up...

Hi again, just had a great visit from Uncle Mark's family and Kyle had a roarin' good time with his cousins...
He's just hit the sack and will likely be sleeping very shortly...

In February of 2007, Kyle, Mom, Dad, and Poppa & Grandma Wedder visited Walt Disney World in Florida. The plane trip was fun and we stayed at the Pp Century Resort at Disney. It was a very full week for us and we visited a lot of Parks. We had a lot of laughs with all of the Parks that we went to. The weather wasn't the best, but we had a great time.

We even got a chance to meet up with Kyle's Pop-Pop and Grandmom Lockhead and Aunt Meg, Uncle Curt, and Kyle's cousins Justin and Malissa! That was a LOT of fun, and we really had a good day.

We got to see the night-time Parade, went on rides, went to Brunch with Chef Mickey, went to a Character Dinner, visited Epcot, went shopping and saw the Finding Nemo Show. (We did a bunch of other stuff too, but too may things to mention...)

Here are some highlight photos:

Mom, Kyle and Prince Charming (Kyle's the One in the Bib!!)
(Mom's the one with the wandering eye!!!)





Kyle & Mom mugging in a Viking hat at Epcot - Norway




Kyle at Epcot - The Living Seas





Cousin Justin, Kyle & Grandmom Lockhead in 3-D!



Kyle enjoying some time just playing...




The Gang at the Magic Kingdom




Kyle, Mom & Tigger at Animal Kingdom




Kyle & Uncle Curt in line at Animal Kingdom




K-man enkoying Popcorn while waiting for the Animal Kingdom Parade




Hola, amigos - from Epcot - Mexico





Kyle, Dad & Mickey




Kyle just relaxing while waiting for Dinner at the Boardwalk




Kyle stealing a kiss from MInnie (at Chef Mickey's)





Kyle looking forward to a big day at the Magic Kingdom





Kyle and Mom share a relaxing moment on the Riverboat




Our family with the One & Only Lightning McQueen





Kyle & Mom gatting ready to head to the airport after our GREAT week




I hope this is a good start - more to come soon!

Be sure to tune back in...

Christmas Day 2008 - Merry Christmas

Good afternoon and Merry Christmas.

We had a most excellent Christmas morning - Kyle saw that Santa really was listening when he made up his Christmas list. He didn't quite have the desire to sit on Santa's lap and deliver the list personally, but we waved many times to Santa from a comfortable distance.

We had a nice evening last night at Uncle Mar and Aunt Avery's home. Dinner was delicious and we exchanged and opened some of our gifts. It was a bit treacherous getting home last night - lots of ice on the roads. But we made it safely. Kyle's been enjoying his new Firetruck, his Log Truck (Thanks Great-Grandma), his new Thomas the Tank Engine trains and accessories, and we can't wait to tear into his new DVD player and headphones. (Now Dad won't have to reload DVDs in mid meltdown because the snackbag is empty while cruising down the highway at 65 on the way home from school!)

He is coming off a very good nap so he should be good to go for his cousins' visit, an dinner and more gifts...

More catch up and pictures soon...

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Happy Gotcha Day and Merry Christmas to All

Hello again!!!

Merry
Christmas and Happy Gotcha Day.
Thanks to everyone who has been following along...welcome back.

It looks like we fell a little short on that "recommit to posting" thing from a few months ago. However, New Years usually means resolutions, and this will be one of ours.

Here we are again: Gotcha Day + 2 Years = UNBELIEVABLY WONDERFUL!

It's Christmas Eve 2008 (can it really be 2008?) and we are enjoying an afternoon of preparations before we go to visit Kyle's Uncle Mark for Christmas Eve Dinner and fun.

Looking back, we've left a few gaps in Kyle's 2nd year. It's only because we've done so much that it's been difficult to post. There is lots to tell, and we have a few days between now and the weekend (when we drive back to Philadelphia) to try to catch up - with stories and photos... Speaking of "photos", we got a new camera over the summer, and we love it. We're really psyched to have it. The good new is that the camera takes excellent pictures and is easy to use, the bad new is that the camera is easy to use and takes great pictures. We have taken literally thousands of pictures of all of Kyle's experiences - and we have only gone through a few hundred of them.

I am a bit of a packrat and so I'm not as comfortable as I should be with throwing things away. This extends to digital things as well. Since digital storage is so cheap and easy, I find it really hard to delete even marginally bad photos of Kyle. I am getting professional help but progress is slow - in the meantime, I'm still snapping - sometimes more than before. We've captured a number of "perfect" shots that capture moments. I will try to post as many of these as I'm able to. Hopefully, we won't exceed our Google Blogger limit! Anyway, our catch-up may extend over a number of postings, so let's get on with it. (I will need to take a look back and see where I can make a convenient re-start. It seems like the start of 2008 is as good a place as any...) But, before we go back, here is one of the very recent photos of Kyle that we used on our Christmas Card:



In Comparison, here is a shot from Last Year's New Year's Eve Party:


We'll be leaving
for Uncle Mark's shortly, so here is a quick hit lit of just some of the things that you need to know about:

Winter 2008 Disney Vacation
Kyle in School
Mileposts
(Graduation from the Crib, mastering PT)

Easter
Dutch Wonderland
Cape May
The Careys' Going Away Parties
July 4th in Michigan
Summer Stuff
Fall and Halloween
Much, much more......

See you soon.
C