a day of additions.

It’s been a busy day:

Work.
Christmas decorating.
Teaching dance.
Going to the home opener for BYU.

Oh, and Kailynn had a baby.
And….

Kourtney got engaged.

Yeah, I didn’t really do anything worth mentioning.

The real news came from my beautiful sisters.

This morning Kailynn gave birth to a beautiful baby girl; Addison Leilani Cooper.
Mom and daughter are both healthy and doing fine.

This evening Kourtney became officially engaged to Jake Millard.

“two, saith he, shall be one flesh…” (1 Corinthians 6:16)
This scripture has a variety of applications.

Man… what a day!
I’m now officially an uncle and I’m going to have a new brother-in-law!

An uncle?
Ideal because I get to be cool, without any discipline!

A brother-in-law?
Already doing it and loving it.

Congratulations to both of my wonderful sisters. I love you both and am grateful for the new additions to our family!

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baby girl.

My sister, Kailynn, is having a baby GIRL!

A baby.

Whoa.
That’s the big time.

I’m finally at the point in my life (maturity?) where I feel like I can be married.
I’m 26, graduated from college with a potential career job on the horizon.

But, a baby?
Nope!

Not even close to believing I can take care of a baby right now. (At least one of my own)

Uncle Kyle?
Yeah I can definitely do that.

I get to be the one who plays with the baby and has no responsibility. I can buy her things, I can tell her she’s allowed to be a little disobedient to her parents, (just kidding Kailynn & Dallas), and I can be the cool one she goes to talk to about stuff!

All the fun and no responsibility.

Kailynn and Dallas get to do the discipline!
“Train up a child in the way he should go…” (Proverbs 22:6)

At first I was a little disappointed it was a girl and not a boy (only because I wanted a boy to teach the ways of the bboy)

Selfish desire? Maybe.

Ok, but now I’m stoked it’s a girl.

Why?

I can still teach her breakdancing.
And she’ll look adorable when I get her a baby track suit and beanie!

In some countries it is highly frowned upon to have a girl.

Boys are viewed as assets.
Girls are viewed as expenses.

Of course this only really occurs in developing nations.
The boy is viewed as the inheritor – the one who will take over the family farm/business.
The girl is an expense in large part because of the dowry the family will owe someday.

The UNICEF estimate is that roughly 5,000 Indian women are killed each year in dowry disputes.
5,000?!

Luckily Kailynn and Dallas will not have to worry about a dowry someday.

Thank goodness we live in a developed nation, right?!

Congratulations Kailynn and Dallas!

Can’t wait to meet the little (future) bgirl!

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