Kellen's 1st Car

Kellen is getting accustomed to his new toy, which happens to also be a car. I am not sure what to make of all the grunting, but you can tell he is focused and just a little overstimulated with all there is to look at. The footage is a little less than a minute, which is about all the time he is interested in spending in it for now.

Baby A-Go-Go

Whether it by train, plane, or automobile, we are taking full advantage of traveling with Kellen while we can. The latest trips include a vacation down to Florida to visit relatives including Kellen's Great grandparents, a few trips into NYC, and a trip to Boston to visit KDP's Uncle Zach. I have to say, Kellen makes a great travel buddy!

We received a video camera for Christmas (thanks Dave and Jan) and finally got some video downloaded on the computer. Here is some footage from Easter weekend of Kellen hanging out with his Uncle Zach...notice Zach's big grin because it takes him a few seconds to realize he is being video taped and not photographed (He was trained by the best...thanks Mimi).

Big Smiles!

While Kellen laughs (hysterically), and smiles nonstop,
getting a picture of him doing so is a real feat. It took some time, including some very off key singing by his mom, to get this one. This picture is definitely worth the time and effort put in...don't you just want to squeeze him!

He keeps on growing!

Month 4! 14 lbs 8 oz, 26 1/2 inches...and already showing good manners!

Mmmmmmm!!

To all our faithful blog followers who are sick and tired of seeing the same picture of Kellen( I won't name names...Laurel and Ushma), I, Emilie, have taken it upon myself to post one of the latest pics of our little guy. While this may not be the cutest one, more to follow, this does demonstrate how Kellen feels about our latest venture....rice cereal. While we are not expecting him to say "yummy", for many reasons, we are hoping that he will soon learn to at least swallow.

Obligatory Pumpkin Pic

Granted, it's too early still to bring Kellen out into public areas (unless he wears his plastic bubble); however, with Gram & Grandpa leading the charge, we threw caution into the wind to take in a gorgeous day at the pumpkin patch to celebrate All Hallow's Eve. Kellen was mostly unimpressed by the excursion and slept the entire time. But comparing one's child to the smallest pumpkins in the patch was entertainment enough for Emilie and me. Gram & Grandpa Palmer had a nice visit back east to meet their Grandson in October. I've got more pictures of Grandpa holding Kellen than I know what to do with. Thanks for the visit, Mom and Dad. Kellen misses you guys; he told me so.
We are currently discussing who Kellen most resembles: his mother or his father. Since our folks all dusted-off the old albums for the newborn pics, we haven't been able to decipher who's got the dominant set of genes. Only thing we can do here is take it to a vote. Here's a quick look at the candidates. Provided I don't stuff the ballot box (which I will), I think Emilie has a good shot at it. Cast your votes to the right.

EMILIE

ADAM