Pictures!

Check out new pictures, uploaded more frequently on the 'video' link that takes you to our drop shots.
We have some of Ty's artwork from today up :)
Have a great day!

A new cool scar...

Yes, you read correctly. Tyler had a little unfortunate meeting with the end of a table and well... 7 stitches later, we are healing.
Tim was on his way to Alexis' (my sister) play and I ordered a pizza for TyTy and I to have a picnic. He was so excited when the doorbell rang...I grabbed the money and he slipped off the couch into the table. I thought he just bumped it, and answered the door with a screaming toddler in my arms. I said the the "pizza guy" ... we just had a little accident...and he was looking at me rather strangely... thinking maybe he didn't speak English well or something...haha I shut the door, only to see Ty's right side of his face covered in blood. We got the cool compress, held tight and called Tim right away and told him to come home. He flew home and we went to St. Joe's. We were in and out in a little over an hour. He got one stitch inside and 6 on the outside. Our brave little gent will get his stitches out on Thursday. Ty and I are fighting a cold and trying to mend as best as we can.
Lots of cuddles.

Today we made some Butternut Squash Soup together. I thought for sure, Tyler helping me cook would ensure him trying it. Another sneaky way to get veggies into my growing boy. Did he try it? Nope. I am gonna try tomorrow.

We also had our last Terrific Tots last week. Ty starts preschool in the fall. I cannot believe how fast he is growing up!


Ty and Sebastian (one of our dogs) adore each other. When Ty gets hurt or is upset, Sebby is right there...although there are times where he has had enough our this cute toddler love. This looks like one of those times...haha Sebby has a wonky eye, but this picture, it is more prominent. haha Puppy cuddles!

Adventures in Painting

WOW, I know it has been a while since we have updated. Keeping up with Tyler, and life...
I love it.
So Valentine's Day was real nice. Daddy took off work and surprised us. We let Daddy sleep in and Tyler and I made Daddy cookies. Ty had a blast putting all the ingredients in a bowl. Daddy and Tyler gave Mommy a necklace...not just any necklace. haha When we were in Disney, I wanted to do the "pick a pearl" thing where you take and oyster and open it and get a pearl. Tim sent away and got one for me. So sweet. I loved it! We had a nice morning and decided to go to ikea and buy Tyler an easel for Valentine's Day. He loves doing art projects. After that, we went to the most romantic place. Chuck E Cheese. Tyler loves Chuck E Cheese. haha Daddy and Mommy also like to compete for the high score in skee ball. haha Mommy won this time. Whoot! When we got home, we set up Tyler's easel. He used to chalk board and loved it. He loved to paint. His first painting, he told he it was a rainbow. His second one he painted today, he said they were fireworks with a wheel. Creative little gent.
Its is amazing to watch him create and learn. I love him so much.



Ty's second painting



Belly painting...


TaDA showing off his work


Tyler's playroom is almost finished! Daddy did such a great job building it! We are getting the carpet tomorrow and here is the one for on top of it. Tyler loves it!



And our poor Sebby is having surgery today...please say a prayer.


I hope everyone had a Happy Heart Day!

So cool...

Ty has been in his big boy bed a lot now with naps and everything and he falls right to sleep (knock on wood). Mommy did this great thing where she pulls the rocker up to his bed and reads him a couple books before bed (I think she posted that) and then when she leaves he falls right to sleep. how awesome!?

On another note, we signed Ty up for preschool today. He starts in September for a couple hours a day (by himself), which is gonna probably be harder on us than him. He is riding his "motorcycle" with his feet raised and has amazing balance and is such a daredevil. He is getting so big and is just the funnest little guy I know.

Daddy T

BIG BOY BED

Well, Tyler is a big boy...well he slept like one for the first time last night. We went shopping the other day and Tyler picked out Thomas Train bed set for his BIG BOY BED. He was so excited. So Daddy and I planned for yesterday to be the BIG day. We talked about it all day yesterday, that it was the BIG DAY and Tyler was so excited. He was ready. When Daddy got home, they got all the tools together. Daddy took the big side down (convertible crib) and Mommy assisted. It is the cutest little bed. I will have to get a picture soon. Tyler and I took his new bedset to the laundry room and Tyler put it in the washing machine. He was so excited to wash his own sheets. I think Daddy and I were a little nervous, not knowing what it would be like. The BIG transition. We read a story, said our prayers and Mommy sang 'Somewhere over the Rainbow" and kisses goodnight. He cried a little, and we checked on him...as I am sure it was scary. I sang once more and said goodnight. I cried of course. I would never take my baby boy out of his crib ever again. Maybe I am the one having a tough time with the transition. Anyway... I was well rested and ready for it to be a LONG night, but it was not. He was so good and proud. When he woke up, he called for us. He understood that he was not to get out of bed. So cute. When Tim went in, he climbed out. What a GOOD boy, huh?!

Potty training is going really well too! He tinkles on the potty. He is a little afraid to poo right now. No pressure. When he is ready. We talk about it all the time, but we don't want to force the issue. I will take tinkles for now. We have a sticker reward chart. He is so proud to put his sticker up. He gets one for going, for flushing, for washing his hands, cleaning his toys, sitting at the table to eat, etc... His little reward chart is full. haha

He is learning so much. Talking so much. Growing too fast.

This week is triangles, the color yellow and the letter A
So cute!

So much has happened since Christmas. As some of you may know...the 3 of us were really sick. I think my WHOLE family was. Anyways, Ty started off with croup and he has allergies... Mommy too. I am so worried about Tyler getting asthma too (like me). We had 3 cats. My allergies have gotten worse and I could not even pet them without a glove. I loved them so much. We found them 3 really nice homes. They even get to sleep with the new owners. I am so happy they are happy. I miss them very much as we all do. We have 2 little doggies. Casey, who is diabetic and Sebastian. Tyler loves them. He was just talking to Sebastian (Sebby) and said "Come here Sebby, He's my cute little boy" It this cute little voice. Such a sweetie. Sebastian is warming up to Tyler.., Casey still runs away. haha

We have gotten out and caught up with family and friends. We saw Aunt Dawn and Baby Joey. We did our Christmas and went to lunch. It was so nice to see them. Joey is growing up so fast! He is 7 months old already! Time flies. We also go to see our cousins Aunt Stacey and Baby Owen, who is almost not a baby anymore. He looks so grown up! He is a year old and took his first steps...practically walking, he crawls SO fast. Owen and Tyler are gonna grow up to be good buddies. So cute.
We still have some christmas to catch up on... We have to see Aunt Erin, Uncle Pat, Ellie and Adam, Uncle Jay, Aunt Leslie and Ty's new cousin who will be born real soon...Aunt Sheryl, Noah and Michaela, Aunt Diane, Aunt Deb...the holidays were rough. Hopefully we can see everyone before Easter!

Congratulations to our friends Irene, Kevin and Ty's good buddy Gus as they just welcomed their little girl Anthipi Irene! They are going to call her Anne, but i just love Anthipi...very original. She is named after Irene's Mom and Mom in law. Welcome little one! We cannot wait to meet you!

Here is a picture of Ty...The big snow day! He helped Mommy shovel!

More coming soon!

Sitting here

...waiting for the ball to drop. Ty is fast asleep in his bed. We all have pretty bad colds and Ty and Mommy have ear infections. Poor things. The house is full of loud coughs and hacks and things that go sneeze in the night. uggghh...

Ty and Can are both on antibiotics and hopefully they will get some relief in a day or so. TyTy is being such a trooper. You'd never know he was sick. Me and Can on the other hand...

Well anyway, here's to an awesome 2008 (with hopefully another trip to DeeDee World)...

Daddy T

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

This year really flew by fast! Its unreal!
So much as happened, its hard to keep up! haha
We had a blast in Florida and Disney! (Still working on the trip report) and had a lot of Christmas Parties and shopping to catch up on. Like a whirlwind, it is over in a flash! We had a wonderful Playgroup Christmas Party! We did a Secret Santa with the little ones. We picked Eleni's name and had fun buying girl presents (well Mommy did) and Chris picked Tyler's and got him a cute Bob the Builder tool set with a hat and all. Adorable! Poppy's Birthday party, MaCheri's birthday party...he's been busy! Maybe too much partying...my dear little one.
Poor Tyler has an awful cold. It started a few nights ago when he woke up with Croup. I actually had that as a child, so luckily I knew what to do...otherwise, it is the scariest thing in the world. For Tyler and us. Tim wanted to call 911 because hearing your child try to breath and this awful cough sound...its horrible, but I explained to him it was croup and I took Ty in the bathroom, turned the shower on to steam it up and tried to calm him while Tim called the Dr. When I took him out of the bathroom, his cough lessened and he started to feel better. He still had the stridor...so at 4am, Tim, Ty and I watched The Santa Clause and cuddled on the couch. He slept with us and we went to the Dr. He gave him some medicine and told us that he will probably have a horrible cold and cough that will last for weeks. He was right. Ty has a mild temp and is coughing and sneezing and you can tell he feels horrible. He didn't get to see the family over Christmas...but hopefully we can make up for it as soon as he gets better.
Christmas Eve we did our tradition of Tim reading Tyler 'the Night Before Christmas' and picking out cookies for Santa before bed.

Here is a pict of Ty and Mommy

What Santa left for Ty!

Ty was not sure what to do since he knew he was not supposed to touch anything around the tree (decorations, bow on christmas presents...etc) He said "FOR ME" and we said "Yes Ty, Santa got you a guitar!" and he says in the sweetest voice, "A guitar, for me (hands on his chest), its mine?" It was precious!



Here is Tyler opening presents and he was so cute with the most sincere "THANK YOU" for each one.

REMOTE CONTROL MONORAIL! (He LOVED the monorail in Disney)

Back to the guitar!

Relaxing in the little Thomas train sofa that MaCheri(grandma) and Poppy got for him!

Ty got so many nice presents! Everyone treated him so nicely! He has been such a good boy!

My loves!

Mommy got a beautiful Anniversary ring from Daddy! Tyler handed me a little box last night and said "Here Mommy, open it, its for you!" I was shocked! It is gorgeous! Daddy and Mommy were not supposed to exchange presents (as Disney was the BIG gift..haha)

We wish everyone a Happy Holiday and an beautiful 2008!!!
God bless us everyone!

Mini Preview of our trip...

Still in Disney...LOVING it... The holiday season is beautiful here. So many Christmas decorations and lights and gorgeousness! Cinderella's Castle Christmas lights alone are amazing, tear triggering, take your breath away beautiful.
Seeing it through Ty's eyes in beyond words. Magic...simply magic!
YES...i will be rocking a trip report for this one too!
Here are some pictures in the meantime...

Ty playing a song for Mommy in our room.


You can Fly, You can Fly, You can Fly....


Ty and Mommy riding on the Monorail to the Magic Kingdom rocking the ears!


Tyler meeting Winnie the Pooh...He LOVED him :)


Tyler and Tim riding in a little motor boat at our resort...so cute!


Tyler and Tim watching the Wishes stage show...awww

On the beach in St. Augustine

Hello everyone...we are in Disney...our first stop was St. Augustine. I thought I would post this sweet picture.

Our sweet little boy...

How hard it is to see your little one suffer, and the worry if everything is gonna be ok... uuuugh...
Long story short...we had a scare, but it looks like all will be ok. We are so blessed. It feels like a miracle to me.
Thank you God. Ty has been sick for over a week and I believe we are at the tail end of it.
Poor little guy have been stuck in this house too, and that is not fun. We have been doing many an art project...collages, complete with homemade glue for one. Ty hated the way the glue felt on his cute little fingers. He didn't wan to touch it, haha... so we made a little dipping section on his paper. I cut out colors and shapes for him and pictures from catalogs and magazines. He LOVED that part and was so excited to show his daddy the motorcycles, santa claus and the turkey. I told him we were making stickers, and he got the collage concept right away. We have a LOT of paintings, turkey hand drawings...etc. Gotta think of another for today. haha Crayons on my floor and playdoh stuck in the hair... Gotta love it.

Tyler has become very aware of the "dark" and things being "spooky" and strange noises. He will say "It's dark in there" "Its very spooky Mommy". This morning, we were watching the Wiggles in our bedroom and he was saying it was "really dark". I asked if he wanted the light on...he said "I can't reach it though" meaning the light switch was too high for him. It was the cutest.. I turned it on, and I got the most sincere "Thank you Mommy!" Funny thing is, the light brightened the room... Tyler... he brightens my life.

Have a wonderful day!!!

Halloweeeeen!

I will be sooo happy when the candy is gone...and it has nothing to do with me.
Tim has a gorgeous sweet tooth, and that has been passed onto TyTy. haha He is all about the lollipops and twix.

We had an eventful couple of weeks. We did out Webers, and Chapel Hill farm visit...went to The Zoo Boo last weekend. Ty got to choose his costume, a pirate (he is so into pirates at the moment) or Tigger (who he LOVES)...he chose Tigger. He bounced all around, totally in character...with the whole "who who who whoooo". I am surprised he didn't pick the pirate...haha he's got a pretty wicked "Arrrrr" complete with a little growl. He wanted Tigger...and it was perfect for the Zoo. haha
Ty enjoyed very much the whole "say "trick or treat" get candy". It was so cute, and Ty got LOTS of candy...or rather, Tim and Ty got lots of candy. haha As we were walking, someone said," Look at the Tiger! Grrr..." Ty said, "No, no no, I'm Tigger, who who who whoooo" It was adorable. We ran into Ty's buddy Chris and his mommy and daddy. Chris was the cutest little turtle.
We visited all the animals, got lots of candy...saw Tim's old work buddy Troy and his family. Went to the petting zoo. Ty loved it all! Definitely gonna go next year.

On Tuesday, we hosted our Playgroup Halloween Party. It was so much fun! Conner's mommy Cathi brought balloons and decorations, which totally helped me out...(most of our decorations are missing from last year in the midst of daddy finishing the basement) She saved the day... We all ate lots of junk and pizza...still junk I guess..then ventured outside to paint our pumpkins! The little ones ran wild and just had a blast!

Yesterday...Halloween! We picked the Tigger costume again! We had our Terrific Tots Halloween Party. The little ones really got into the parade around the room. So funny. We skipped our weekly visit to Chick Ole (as Ty calls Chik Fil A) with his buddies to ensure a solid nap for Trick or Treating. Ty's cousins were gonna come over, but sadly, they are not feeling well, so we are rescheduling for next week. YUP...more Halloween! Does anyone else remember Halloween lasting this long?

Pictures coming soooooon!
"Who Who Who Whooooooooo"
TTFN

Such a smart little boy...

Ty just amazes me every day. He was on the phone with his Uncle Tarso last night and UT asked him, what kind of motorcycle is green? Ty responds with Kawasaki. UT asked him, what kind of motorcycle is blue? Ty responds with Yamaha. Uncle Tarso proceeded to ask him the remaining colors of the motocross motorcycles and Ty got them all right. He is so amazing. Yesterday we were in the car and saw an old KLR 650 (Kawasaki) and it was a faded green from being in the sun. Ty said look motorcycle. He then said it's a kawasaki. I was amazed!!! The other day Ty came to me with one of his Thomas trains and had a block that fits on it. However he had the wrong block and he was asking me to get it to fit. I told him, "it's the wrong block, go over in the clear bin underneath your train table and find the blue one and that one will fit". He immediately ran over, found the part in his bin and brought it back over and said "here it is". Wow. Just amazing.

He is the highlight of my life.

I love you little TyTy.

Daddy T.

The Great Pumpkin!

Love this time of year, however, it was HOT when we went to Weber's farm last week. It hardly felt like Pumpkin Patch weather...haha but we braved it!
Webers was adorable as usual with the hay slide, hayride, petting zoo, apple cider...Ty loved it and talked about the pumpkin patch all week.



He LOVED the hay maze!

Today we went to the Chapel Hill Farm Fair. LOTS of pumpkins. Tyler rode the "choo choo train" with his buddy Gus who happened to be there. Ty sat in the seat behind Gus and it was so cute, he tapped his head gently and said "Hey Gus"! They rode a couple times together. Ty and I rode the gator tractor ride too. It was cute. Ty pointed out everything...the animals and the little scarecrows all around..and the bulldozer...haha.

We had a fun day...


Just a little update for now!
We are just having the best time with our little man. He is hilarious and so fun to be around. We still meet with our friends on Tuesdays and Wednesdays we have our Terrific Tots class...so much fun. I cannot believe it is the middle of October already! WOW!

Love,
C

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Sing Rainbow?

Life is so much fun.
Tyler is the light of our lives. He is HILARIOUS!
The other day we were up in his room playing drums. He was obviously the band director.
He was telling me what to play, the rhythm, the song we needed to play... It was either the ones he has made up, like 'Sola Ren', or 'We will rock you", So funny. Then Tim came home from work, and Tyler put him right to work with the guitar. It was hilarious...and here we are, a family band practice. It was a moment, let me tell you.

We have the best conversations. Tyler asks so many questions and he seems to really understand. He remembers everything.
Well somewhere, he learned how to "fly"...last night Tim was telling me that he jumped from our ottoman to the sofa and yelled "super hero!" I find myself constantly saying to myself "Dude, you are 2!"

I was working on some pictures of the latest family I shot, and we were going through the "daddy" and who the "mommy" was and he pointed to me and said "mommy" and pointed to the picture and said "different mommy"... I was like WOW! It is unreal how fast they learn.

Ty is just my best little buddy. Very loving, very polite. We have a nighttime ritual...the brush the teeth, prayers, and now the new song he loves me to sing is "Somewhere over the Rainbow" (kinda fitting, huh?) I usually have to sing it 2 or 3 times. The other night he stood up while I was singing and acting like he was rocking a solo on the guitar...needless to say, so hard to sing watching that. Then Sat. night I sang it one time, he stood up in his bed, and started clapping...saying "One more time"... That was the best standing ovation/encore of my entire life. He is just the love of my life....

We now have a sticker reward chart, and he is LOVING that. He cleans his toys, throws trash away, follows directions... We are so blessed...I hope it lasts!

Ty, Daddy and I went to the Zoo the other day again. It was amazing weather, and we just had the greatest time.

Tomorrow we are heading to Terrific Tots class again with Eleni, Gus, and Conner ;) They are cutest little posse!

Alrighty...better get some work done while naptime is in progess...actually he is singing right now.
Such a beautiful sound!

LOVES!

Summer is almost over...

...and Ty is getting SO big. He speaks in sentences now and 90% of his words are clear and not "babytalk". He says motorcycle perfectly and after watching motocross with daddy yesterday he went and got on his bike and started jumping over toys on the floor. Candace and I just looked at each other and simultaneously thought "uh oh, we are in trouble". He is such a little daredevil. We were walking down the steps the other day and he got to the 2nd step and jumped. I just had to laugh, but we try to teach him he can get hurt doing that. When we go places he is very personable and at playgroup Can told me he walks in the house and waves and says Hi, Hi, Hi to everyone then goes over and starts playing with the other kids. He asks me "how I'm doin'" and is the funniest and funnest little guy I've ever met in my life. He makes our world complete and I've come to realize that everything else in the world means nothing if I can't share it with him.

Daddy T

BUSY summer

Tyler is growing so so fast! Its hard to keep up...and we have been so busy. We got a Zoo membership and it is wonderful!
we have been like 6 or 7 times already. haha Last week we went with Ty's cousins Ellie and Adam and his Aunt Erin...the next day with his buddy Conner and Ms. Cappy (Cathi). We went today with his buddy Luke (Looouuuke) and his Mommy and Daddy...He loves it! I am sure we will be heading there again! We met Curious George at Barnes and Noble last friday. We took Auntie Alexis with us and met Conner and Gus there and their Mommies (Ms. Irene and Ms Cathi)...and we hit Chik Fil A after. It is so awesome to watch his friendships grow...holding hands with his cousins at the Zoo, or playing trains and going on adventures with Conner and Gus...to running and laughing with Luke. So much fun.

Ty is talking more and more everyday...and he is just such a funny kid. He literally make tears stream out of my eyes from laughter. I know it will only get better.

My fave thing with Ty...We have a Mommy and TyTy thing....
CUDDLES (CUDDOOLS) SO cute...
He curls up on me and it is the sweetest thing. He works it though and I eat it up. Tim will say, "Ok Ty, Time for night night"...and he will say "No, no, no, Mommy Cuddoools.." LOVE IT!

Anyway...working on more Disney...I have a few days left to do, and I will post the completed report.

Yucky rainy day...I think I might slap on Ty's rain boots that Aunt Sheryl gave him and go jump in some mud puddles. :) Unless the thunder hits.

Love to all!

C

More Disney...

Here is the next couple posts...


Day 2 Disney-Animal Kingdom and friends...

Day 3 MGM and Tim on TV....haha

Day 3 MGM Playhouse Disney Drama




In case you missed the first three...


Disney Trip Report begins

In Florida...Day2

DISNEY WORLD Day 1

Ty funnies and Disney!

Tyler is talking so much lately, I cannot keep up. Yesterday I asked if he wanted a lollypop..He said "I LOVE Lollypops...yes!" It was so cute.
He used to call a motorcycle a "coolcool", then he changed it to "oooh howelll" Don't know why, but it was adorable nonetheless...On the way home the other day, he was looking for motorcycles, so I said "Look Ty, and oooh howell" He exclaimed "MOTORCYCLE" and corrected me. It was so cute. He says it so clear and cute. I will have to videotape it and post it.
He loves Thomas trains now too...Aunt Erin and Uncle Pat gave Ty a train table for Christmas last year, and we were saving it for when tim finishes the playroom in the basement. He is very close, but Tyler loves train tables, so Tim set it up for him. He say "Thomas", but at first I thought he was saying "Dumba$$"..whew! Thank God it is just Thomas...Just like when he used to say Dinosaur, and it sounded like "a$$hole"...my dad was playing with Ty and growling like a dino and Ty said "A-saur"...My dad looked at me and said, "Did you hear what he just called me?" I said, "A Dinosaur?" haha Either way it is insulting...haha


Here is the third post for our wonderful vacation...Our first day in Disney!

DISNEY WORLD Day 1


In case you missed the first 2 installments to the report ;)

Disney Trip Report begins



In Florida...Day2