Our little beef cake

 

Kyler Barry Knudsen is here and he is beefy:)  He was born April 27th, at 3:08 pm weighing 9 pounds 3 ounces, 21 inches long.  I went in that morning to be induced at 6 am.  Although when they admitted me I was already 4 cm dilated and having regular contractions on my own.  So the party was getting started soon anyways.  My dr. broke my water around 8am and he was born 7 hours later.  We absolutely LOVE him!  He is already nursing like a champ and doing so well.  Max on the other hand is not sure about him yet.  When we try to show Max the baby he ignores him and looks the other way.  But every once in a while he says baby and smiles.

Kyler looks totally different from Max, at least to us. I think he looks a little like Max when his eyes are closed.  But when they are open he looks totally different.  Max looks like a Knudsen, but I think Kyler looks more like a Fullmer.  And who knows where our kids light hair is coming from???

I’ll be posting more pictures soon, but here is a few for now.  He is so handsome!

       

D Day has arrived!

I’m getting induced tomorrow and I am sooooo excited!  Max was 2 weeks early and so I really set myself up thinking I would go early again.  These last few weeks have been very long. 

I  know it sounds weird, but I am a little sad my alone time with Max is ending.  We have had so much fun together these last 18 months.  But we are so excited to have baby Kyler join our family!  One more cute little boy to love and have fun with!  And I can’t wait for Max to have a little brother to play with!

Here I am at 40 weeks.  BIG belly:)

Captain Kyler’s Room

Kyler’s Pirate room is complete… for now.  There are still a few more things I want to do and a few bare places that are driving me nuts.  I think it turned out pretty cute and I had a ton of fun doing it.

   

    

Here is a view of the room.  The oar for the curtain rod is officially the most random thing I have ever ordered online.  I got it from Cabela’s for $15 and then sanded and repainted it.

The crib and dresser I got off of Kingwood Yard Sales for a steal!  They were a natural wood color and a little banged up so we refinished them in black.  I really like how they turned out!  And now I have absolutely NO desire to ever refinish furniture again.  What a pain!  But it sure saved us some $$

The treasure map is probably one of my favorite parts of the room.  I found a lady on ETSY that makes them.  She even put both Kyler and Max’s name into the map and it turned out awesome!

The two ships and pirate I got off of Kingwood yard sales also.  I was super excited when I found them. 

        

My sweet and talented friend made this Captain Kyler sign. So darling!

It’s hard to see from the picture.  But the bedding has skulls on it.  Not creepy skulls, cute skulls.  There is a difference haha. 

    

I also got this beauty off of Kingwood yard sales.  For about a month I saw the trunk listed and desperately wanted it.  It was only $30 but I would have had to drive over an hour a way to get it.  On Valentine’s Day Jeremy surprised me with it!  I know that sounds like a weird V-Day present, but it was the best present ever!  I loved it!  And isn’t it the perfect treasure chest?

The picture says “Savy Lil Swashbuckler”.  My talented friend also designed that vinyl and I think it turned out super cute with a frame I already had.

     

So I know this entire post should be an ad for Kingwood Yard Sales, but I really did find some steals that I am soooo excited about!  One other thing I found was saloon doors for Cowboy Max’s room:)  I refinished them of course, but they were only ten bucks! 

It should be noted that my husband did not have so much fun with Kyler’s room nor does he enjoy hanging oars and saloon doors on our walls…and this is him writing this last sentence.

 

Playing With Friends

  

      

Max and his BFF Noah.  They have so much fun when they get together!

      

Going for bike rides…

 

And this one is just because I thought it was cute. I looked out the window yesterday and saw this.  Love my boys!

Another Max update

So I knew when I did Max’s 18 month post I was forgetting things.  Here are some things I missed….

Meet Bobby.  Bobby is Max’s softie that he sleeps with every night.  When it is time for him to go to sleep he calls out “Bobby?” “Bobby?”  Like it is a real person he is looking for.  When he finds it he is excited and says “Bobby!”  Like he has been lost and now he is found.  Then he gives him a kiss.

 

Max going to nursery!  YAY!  He went in 2 weeks ago for the first time.  He cried the first half and Jeremy sat with him the second half.  Hopefully he will learn to like nursery quickly.  I know it’s an adjustment for most children. 

Max calls me “Mommy” again.  For a while he decided I was “Mom” and that made me sad.  I love how he calls me mommy and I hope he never stops.

Max and I go on a dp run to Mc Donald’s practically every day.  I can’t help it… they are $1 and it makes me happy.  Well, apparently I do it too much because Max now yells “Dain doo” (thank you) as they hand me my drink.  So funny!

Anytime anyone goes up the stairs he yells “Nigh Nigh!”

His favorite food is still Mac and Cheese.

 

He has started getting into cars.  He likes playing with them and he loves pointing them out when we are outside.  We got him this cars couch and he LOVES it! These first two were taken on his first day of nursery.

 

And these two are just because I think they are cute.  He is a true boy.  He loves taking his shirt off and also running outside barefoot.  He would probably run around naked if I let him.  We have so much fun with him!

 

Max Directing Conference Music

We only did this with Max once or twice during church so we were both pretty surprised to see him start doing it the second we turned on conference.

Watch it on YouTube to watch it in HD…and yes, we’re that cool.

My son is how old???

Max is 18 months old today!  I really can’t believe how fast time has gone.  Some funny things about Maxeroo……

He has two favorite shows: Ni Hao Kai-lan and Backyardigans.  When I tell him I am putting one of those on for him to watch, he finds his huge dog, grabs like 3 blankets, and sits in this little U shaped cushion.  This ritual used to include his binkie, but we only give him one to sleep now.  I don’t think we will totally get rid of it until after Max is adjusted to his new baby brother.

   

He loves putting things in my pots.  And in my drawers.  And pulling stuff out of cupboards to move to different cupboards.  It always makes me laugh when I find things like this:

When he sleeps he requires his binkie, white blanket, blue blanket, and softy.  I say requires because if one of them is missing he will notice.

 

He learned to stack blocks instead of just knocking them over as quickly as I can build them.

I know there are many other things he does now that I am forgetting to talk about.  But I have MAJOR pregnancy brain. So this will have to do.  We love our Maxeroo so much!  He has such a sweet spirit.  He is getting more mischievous and he makes me laugh every single day.

Hoppy Easters

This Easter was such a wonderful day.  Max started it off nice by sleeping in till 10!  We enjoyed listening to conference and remembering our Savior.  Max loved the choir and would come running in to conduct every time he heard a song start.  It was super cute! 

The Easter bunny hid eggs in our backyard during naptime.  Max was excited just to see the bright plastic eggs.  Then when he realized there were jellybeans in them he was ecstatic.  He also received a soft bunny and a lawn mower that blows bubbles. 

He kept giving the bunny kisses all day…      

        

Enjoying his jelly beans.  Every time he opened an egg he would squeal and flash us the biggest smile, showing us his blue teeth, lips, tongue and fingers.  Priceless!