Tyler has his FIRST TOOTH!!!

I'll post pictures later, but Tyler's first little tooth has broken through and is starting to come in. It's so cute, it's right in the front on the bottom and I almost cried when Candace showed me.

Our little boy is growing up so fast. He has been eating carrots and steak and mashed potatoes. Ok, just kidding about the steak and potatoes. But he LOVES his carrots. Candace and I have decided to make our own baby food and he loves his little steamed/pureed carrots.

Congrats to Craig and Lisa on the birth of their little baby girl!

Daddy T OUT!

5 Months OLD ALREADY!!!

Tyler is 5 months old today! Can you believe it! I was preggers last year this time. It is hard to imagine how fast time has flown. He has been eating his rice cereal so well! Today was the first day trying carrots. Tim and I are making his baby food for now. I bought some organic carrots and we steamed them, puree'd them and the first two spoonfuls he liked it, then he realized it was not his rice cereal and was spitting it out. It was so cute. We will try again tomorrow.

Christmas is right around the corner. My Mom bought his his first Christmas outfit. SOOO CUTE! I can't wait till he meets Santa!

Ty is getting so big. He is so sweet. His smile lights up the room. He says 'Mama'...not sure if it is on purpose, but my parents heard it, Tim, and I heard it too...like music to my ears! heehee He plays peek-a-boo all by himself too! At first I thought it was by accident, but he loves to pull the little blanket on his face, and pull it down when I say peek-a-boo...he smiles and laughs. SO cute!

Halloween was fun. Tyler ended up being the cutest bumblebee ever. I took Tyler to his pop-pop's and Aunt Debbie's house. They gave his toys instead of candy. It was so sweet. And then we went to my parents house (his other grandparents) and Auntie Alexis. We came home after that and stopped over to show our neighbor Donna his costume too. He had a busy day!

Oh well, this mommy is sleepy. Must get some rest while I can.

Love to all!

Cand

5 Months OLD ALREADY!!!

Tyler is 5 months old today! Can you believe it! I was preggers last year this time. It is hard to imagine how fast time has flown. Christmas is right around the corner. My Mom bought his his first Christmas outfit. SOOO CUTE!

Ty is getting so big. He is so sweet. His smile lights up the room. He says 'Mama'...not sure if it is on purpose, but my parents heard it, Tim, and I heard it too...like music to my ears! heehee He plays peek-a-boo all by himself too! At first I thought it was by accident, but he loves to pull the little blanket on his face, and pull it down when I say peek-a-boo...he smiles and laughs. SO cute!

Halloween was fun. Tyler ended up being the cutest bumblebee ever. I took Tyler to his pop-pop's and Aunt Debbie's house. They gave his toys instead of candy. It was so sweet. And then we went to my parents house (his other grandparents) and Auntie Alexis. We came home after that and stopped over to show our neighbor Donna his costume too. He had a busy day!

Oh well, this mommy is sleepy. Must get some rest while I can.

Love to all!

Cand

To hear...

my son laugh out loud at something silly that I've done is the most incredible feeling in the world. Tyler is really getting big. He can stand by himself when I hold his hands and is really inquisitive. He tries to figure out how to take the keys off of his exersaucer and gets so frustrated when he tries everything he can and still can't remove them. It's so cute to watch him figure things out and spin things and watch the action.

Life is no longer good.

Life is AWESOME!

...and so are my wife and son!

Daddy T OUT!

Monkeys, Chili peppers, and Bumble Bees oh MY!!!

WOW! Can you believe it is over 4 months already that our little sweetheart has been in our lives. I cannot imagine my life without him. We had Tyler's 4 month appointment a week ago. He weighs 17 pounds, and is 26 1/3 inches long. He is in the 90th percentile
for both height and weight. Dr. Aguto said he is growing perfectly. He told us we could start rice cereal. Tyler is so cute when he eats. He is getting used to it. It is more for just practice now. Our little angel looks good in everything he eats. heehee We get to introduce fruits in 3 weeks. I am thinking of making my own baby food. I am looking for more information on it.

As you can tell, if you looked at the pictures Tyler had 3 Halloween costumes. heehee Well, it all started when I went into Old Navy on my Birthday and saw the CUTEST little Monkey costume. I always wanted a monkey and I call Ty my little Monkey...so it was perfect. heehee Then Tyler's Aunt Erin lent us Ty's cousins Ellie and Adam's chili pepper suit, so cute!...and last but not least, the bumble bee costume, could not resist! heehee We'd all be in trouble if I found an infant pirate costume, eh?! heehee I am out of control!

Tyler has been rolling over. He laughs a lot. He loves to talk...our little chatterbox. He plays with toys. He loves the megasauser. He loves dancing. He loves a cartoon on Tickle U, or mainly the song, "Yoko, Jakamoko, Toto"...As soon as the short cartoon is over, he is over it...but you put it back on again...He looks right at the TV. I don't want him watching too much TV though. He loves when I read to him, he laughs if I make silly voices. He loves a song that his daddy made up. So cute watching them together. He is really active and loves doing his daily exercises with Mommy. Ahhh...our hearts have been busy with all this love. We are so blessed.

Anyway...just thought I would update you! Please keep Lisa L. and Megan K. in your thoughts and prayers as they are both due very soon!!!! SOOOOO excited!!!

Hugs...
Candace

Lil Boxer...

So, Tyler has a new trick...I thought I would share! We play this little boxer game. He puts his little fists in the air real straight and I hold his little wrists and pretend to box with sound effects. He LOVES it...So I do it for a couple seconds and put his arms down...and they go right back up and he has this HUGE smile. It is soooo cute! I wish I could capture it on video. It is amazing to see him grow and learn everyday. He has this adorable little personality that comes out more and more. How in the world did we get soooo lucky!

And YUP...Ty is still sleeping through the night! Jeez we are lucky! He goes down around 9:30 and is up around 7! He has had a couple teething nights where he wakes up, but he soothes himself back to sleep by sucking on his thumb. So cute. Poor thing has had some painul teething moments. Those lil teeth are pushing. He is not fond of the paci...oh well, I never was either when I was a baby.
I can't believe Ty is almost 4 months old!!! October was the month I found out that I was preggers. WOW. Hard to believe it has been a year almost! I can't wait for the holidays and watching EVERYTHING through Tyler's eyes. How beautiful everything is once again. I have already been brainwas...I mean telling him all about Disney World!

Love to all! Thanks for the nice e-mails and comments on the guestbook about this website. Tim works real hard and we are so proud of our son. EEeeee! We are in love!

Cand

Tiny Dancer

VIDEO coming soon! UNBELIEVABLE! Tyler has rhythm! Alexis(my sis) and I were hanging with Tyler...I was putting on all the dance music on my iPod and dancing all around entertaining Ty...when I noticed HE was dancing WITH me! Alexis and I looked at each other like, 'Did you just see what I saw'...I called Tim right away and he came down. Tyler was jumping around in his exersaucer to the beat! Moving his shoulders, stomping his feet! I tried to capture it on my camera...he got a little camera shy, but you can see what I mean! Tyler loves him some Black Eyed Peas! heehee I was sooo excited I had to share!

Love to all!
Cand
Tim is gonna put the little video up soon!!!

Life is good

Life is SO good. Life is actually AMAZING. I love this little guy so much and I can't imagine my/our life without him. His little smile is enough to brighten the room and pick you up when you are in the worst mood. Candace brought the baby to my work yesterday and I walked him around and introduced him to everyone. It was so cool to go to lunch with them because it is so hard leaving every morning. I highly recommend having a baby if you EVER want to experience the best feeling in the world. It's at the point now where we put Ty down every night around 8:30-9:00pm and he doesn't wake up until 7-7:30am. Honestly we don't even remember the nights when he woke up every 2 hours because he is such an angel now. It's been probably 2-3 weeks since he has been sleeping through the night. I think the earliest he has woken up was 5:45am one morning but that was because he went to bed earlier than usual. I just smile and smile thinking about him and when I'm away from him I play his little video on the site so I can look at his smiling face when I miss him...

Yeah... life is good...

Daddy T OUT

So THAT'S what 8 hours sleep feels like (cont'd...)

Yeppers, Tyler has slept 8-9 hours a night for the past 4 nights. Is this going to continue? Only time will tell, but WE HOPE! :)

Things are great in our lives, the baby has been good, Can had a great birthday, we spent the day at the fair and Can won $3.80 at the racetrack! WOOT! Then we hung out with her bro and future sis in law at our house. YEE YEE YEE!!

Today we visited Matthew and Melanie and little baby Isabella. She is adorable! Maybe Matt will do something with his website and put some picts up. If so we'll post a link.

That's about it for now, still working on the room pictures and some video of the baby, so stay tuned...

Daddy T OUT!

So THAT'S what 8 hours sleep feels like....

:)

Tyler slept thru the night last night. 8+ hours. Yeppers! Candace and I woke up and we were like "what the?" "is the baby ok?" and yep he was laying there sound asleep. Man, now I'm tired because I got TOO much sleep last night. ha ha.

Can just called me a little while ago and told me that the baby is mimic'ing (sp?) what she is doing. She smiles and he smiles, she frowns and he frowns, she makes a noise and he makes a noise. Pretty awesome.

I'll be posting picts of the baby's finished room in the next week or so. We took picts but they didn't turn out, so we gotta take more.

Happy Birthday Candace!!!

T-Dad

Ha ha ha ha...

Tyler laughed out LOUD today! Like full on laugh, not a gigle, but actual LAUGHING! This is a first and I can't wait to get home to see this miracle! WOOT!

More to come later. Just had to post that milestone.

I'm working on putting video on the site. Should be done in a week or so if time permits...

Daddy T

Tyler is 2 1/2 months old already!!!!!

WOW! Being a Mommy is a lot of work. Obviously Tim and I don't have as much time to blog...hopefully the sweet pictures make up for that. heehee Tyler is sleeping in his daddy's arms at the moment and it is such a sweet sight. My boys. :)

So much to say...well...here goes...

Tyler at his 2 month appointment weighs 13 lbs 5 oz and was 23 3/4 inches! That was 2 weeks ago! He is into size 2 diapers already! He is a good eater!

Ty just went on his 1st trip to OC. We went with my parents and sister and my Aunt Sandy came down for a day. His daddy stayed home and worked. Tyler was sooo good. He slept the whole time when we went to the boardwalk. He had his cool shades on. So many people stopped to say how cute he was. One little old lady at a restaurant told me that he was the kind of baby that people her age want to steal. It was cute, but I held him a little tighter. heehee He was really good, and of course was spoiled rotten by his Grandma and Auntie Alexis.

Well...here is what Tyler man has been up to...

He smiles all the time and giggles...if anything melts your heart...sigh! I am in love.

Ty does a mini pushup and rolls over one way. He is so cute cause he works so hard, and when he rolls he gets this cute little suprise face.

He is noticing things around him. It is neat to already explore the world through his eyes. (Can't wait till we can take him to Disney) He studies everything. Our black and white puppies, his toys, the ceiling fan...you name it. He saw himself in the mirror today and was all smiley. It was precious.

Tim and I are getting the hang of this parenting thing. It is really tough...much respect to our parents! It is so rewarding though. Words can't really express what it feels like. Tyler is sleeping longer at night, and he is such a pleasant baby. We really got lucky!

Congrats to Matt and Melanie on the birth of Isabella, Jim and Melissa on the birth of Luke, Lisa (Ashes from Shelly Coats) on her twins Mason and Jace, and Nancy and Mike (from The Things) on their new baby boy (I have not gotten the official word on his name yet...)

So many little new friends for Ty! Evan, Luke G., Luke I., Isabella, Talia, Kaylie, Nia, Mason, Jace, Nicholas, Baby Boy Krimm and Baby Girl Luntz coming soon...the baby fever list goes on!!! MWAH!

Thats all for now...thanks for signing the guestbook...I make sure to read the notes to Ty!

Love to all!

Candace

Everybody's gone surfin'....surfin USA...

Well not daddy T. Can and Tyler have gone to the beach for a couple days to get some rest and relaxation. She called me this morning and told me that Tyler lifted himself up with his hands and rolled over all by himself! WOOT! How strong is this little guy? Jeesh...

She was also pretty happy becuase she put him down to sleep last night at midnight and he actually slept until 5am. That's really good considering that it has been every 2-3 hours for the past 2+ months. We also started our boy on some medicine that the dr. prescribed for reflux at the beginning of the week and that may be helping as well.

Man I'm gonna miss those 3am feedings...

Daddy T OUT and missing my boy and his mommy.

Happy Birthday to my DADDY!

I get to spend my Daddy's birthday with him for the first time!!! I love my daddy!
Happy Birthday Daddy! I LOVE YOU!

Love,

TYLER


Honey, I love you, Have a happy birthday!
Love,
Cand

Checking in...

Life has been so crazy! Tyler is a sweetheart! I can't believe how lucky we are to have this little guy in our lives! He smiles more and more everyday, and gives up little giggles here and there. I LOVE it! He is growing so fast too. Clothes that used to fall off of him now don't even fit. He is almost 8 weeks old already!!! Remember when I was counting down days until he arrived?!?! He is 54 days old!!! heehee

We are getting ready for his Daddy's birthday!!!

MwAH!

Cand

Phew....

Who's a tired man? Timmay's a tired man! woot!

ha ha...

Yep, Can and I are loving parenthood and are some tired peeps. I've been up since 5 am because the little one decided he was hungry. So I brought him downstairs so Candace can sleep and he has been up the entire time until about 10 minutes ago when he sacked out on his little play mat. He loves sleeping on his tummy, too bad it isn't recommended thru the night because of SIDS. I bet he'd be sleeping thru the night if he was put to bed on his tummy. But oh well, he'll be sleeping on his back at night as long as we can keep him on it. He is almost rolling over and he has started doing pushups when I put him on my chest. He'll put his little hands on my chest and lift his head up and stare at me in the face. It is such a cool feeling to have this little guy around.

T-Dad out and gonna try and take a nap while he is. Of course as soon as i typed that he started squirming...he has a sixth sense about these sorts of things....ha ha...

Final baby room picts will be up this week!

Tyler is 6 weeks OLD! ALREADY!

Well, It is 12:30 am...I am taking the first feeding shift so Tim can get some rest. He is gonna get the 5am shift. We are some tired parents. heehee It is all worth it. The nurse at his Dr. appt. said that when they reach 10 pounds they should sleep through the night. Our Tyler got on the scale and he was the magic number...10 pounds...that was 2 weeks ago! heehee He weighs more than that now. We are reading " The Happiest Baby on the Block" now. Hopefully it helps. I guess it is too early to expect much. heehee Ty is still brand new.

I put him in his swing today and he gave me a HUGE smile! What an awesome feeling. I still can't believe he is really here. That I am a real Mom. He is amazing.

Love to all...

Candace

We got our hands full...

Literally :) Typing with one hand...

Tyler will be 6 weeks tomorrow! WOW! He LOVES his swing...he tries to find out where the music is coming from. It is so cute...just like his daddy. He is probably trying to find out where the sound is coming from so he can take it apart and make it better. heehee He has been smiling and reacting to me jumping around like a monkey, just so I can get another smile...sigh...he is so adorable...

Congrats to Melanie and Matt on their new baby girl Isabella!!! We can't wait to meet her!

Love to all!

Cand

Our boy is growing so fast!

Tyler had his 1 month Dr. appointment today :) He weighs 10 pounds! He is healthy and happy!

Sleep, what is that? heehee

Well...I should be resting, cause Tyler is finally taking a nap. He has wanted to be cuddled and entertained all day. He is so precious, I can't resist. He woke up last night for a 3:30am feeding, and he just could not fall sound asleep. It is hard to believe how much our lives have changed. Tim and I watched some fireworks from our deck last night and really could not believe how different things were a year ago. Our baby was the band, practicing, writing songs, performing...Now we are singing songs, performing for, and loving and caring for our little boy.

He smiles at me everyday. REAL smiles...he must know I need them. God love our little angel!

Tyler will be 4 weeks old tomorrow!!!