Let's finish up 2009 shall we!

One thing we always love to do at Christmas time is make a gingerbread house. I love it because of the quality time I get to spend with Tyler...he loves it because of the amount of candy and icing he gets to consume. I can't say I blame him. Some might say that I should limit the amount of sugar he gets to eat during this time....but look how happy it makes him!!! :)

The end result wouldn't stay together. But that's okay, more to EAT!
Friends are what get you through the good times and bad. These are friends who have done just that. Tyler has been blessed beyond measure to have so many people love him the way they do. They treat him as if he is their own and still come to our rescue when we call. We love you guys!!

Chase and Kassie Gassaway and Michael and Jenny Cole

Christmas time with the family. These are treasured times! Tyler's great grandparents love him so very much!

Uncle Ty does too!

I love the generations in this picture.
After spending time with the Loro side of the family...we head over to the Kniffen side. Tyler was so thrilled to get the ONE thing he asked for for Christmas...a SCOOTER!

Tyler got a nice surprise when PawPaw showed him the horse swing he got for our backyard! Daddy and Uncle Ty were helping him give it a little test run.

Checking with MawMaw to see if there was anything else.
Aunt Mande and Uncle Ty brought Lamar this ukulele from California. It now serves as Tyler's guitar...and he is pretty amazing at it too!
Again with our wonderful friends. Nate is one of our greatest friends. He loves and adores Tyler and it is very obvious that the feeling is mutual!

Our friends all came over to spend Christmas time with our family. Like I said before...we are blessed! If you look carefully, you can see Lamar up in the tree!

2009 was a wonderful year for our family of 3. We looked forward to seeing what God had in store for us in 2010!

Stay tuned for a recap of 2010. :)

It's been a while!

I guess I need to catch up a little bit. :)

Now this may take a while...so stay tuned and keep checking in.

November of 2009...

After we found out we were having a second baby, we decided to take one final trip with some friends. Our second "babymoon" if you will. Tyler stayed with grandparents and we headed to HAWAII!!!! with our best friends Nick and Lindsey. We will be forever grateful for this experience they gave us.

Nick and Lamar
Lindsey and me
Lamar and me...pre-baby #2.

We have big news!

You're gonna to want to pause the music at the bottom to hear an important announcement from Willie T.

First trip to the doctor.....6 weeks, 3 days

Innocent Criminals

Like Father Like Son!!!

And people wonder where Tyler gets his looks.....

Buzz Cut!

The realization that Tyler was in desperate need of a hair cut....(a.k.a. - Lamar said his hair made his head look HUGE!)

The way to save money on a haircut that is going to inevitably grow out in a couple of weeks!
It tickled.......

The point when mommy gets sad because she realizes all her babies hair is GONE!

The best way to get a little boy cleaned off fast because he is "so scratchy!"

Domain Dillo

So we went to the Domain to hear our friend Clint play with his Jazz Trio. They were wonderful but Tyler was entertained for all of 2 minutes...so we played with the Armadillo and Butterfly chairs.

I love Mommy and T time!

Proud Mama Post

Time for Tyler to go back to Pre-School again.  

He was really excited to go see his new "friends", even though only 2 of the kids in his class are from his class last year. He didn't care!  Everyone is his "friend"!  But his favorite part of going back to school was his new lunchbox.  He has been asking for his lunchbox everyday since I bought it......3 weeks ago!  

This is Tyler's new "say cheese" face! 

His new "first day" shirt. FLASH to the rescue!!!
Now what teacher wouldn't love to have this adorable face in their class?
Can we just say that my son is "too cool for school". I mean seriously, who is this tough guy?
I do have to brag on him just a bit. Even though Tyler is only 2 1/2, he is in the 3 year old class. And even though he is the SECOND YOUNGEST in his class...he is the ONLY ONE POTTY TRAINED!!!  Not only is he potty trained, he gets a sticker every time he goes in the potty, and he came home Tuesday with 5 stickers!!!  I am so proud of my big boy.  

Well today when Lamar went to pick him up, Mrs. Lisa asked if she could speak to Lamar in the classroom for just a second.  (My thoughts.....UH OH! The last time we were asked to "be spoken to" or got a note home, it was because Tyler was being too aggressive, hitting and pulling hair!  Crap!)  BUT.....instead, Mrs. Lisa said, " I don't think we can send Tyler home with you today.  We love him too much and he is just too funny, so we are gonna have to keep him here with us."  YAY! His teachers love him.  But how could I blame them....I don't want to let him go either. 

And just FYI: Tyler went to see Dr. B. Wednesday to get caught up on all his immunizations for school.  He did great. He cried more about having to leave before he finished his book than he did about the shot.  But we also got his new stats. 

Height: 38 1/4 inches  (85%)

Weight: 31.8 pounds  (70%)

Where does this come from?

Hello Again!

Do you remember that movie?  Shelley Long and Bette Midler were in it.  I used to love that movie.  

Anyways.....sorry it's been so long.  I can't believe I have neglected to fill you in on all the amazing things that have been going on this summer.  From swimming in the pool, to building sand castles at the beach, to entering Tyler in his first rodeo, to buying a h

ouse, to potty training, to getting our dog Simon back, to seeing our friends from Cali,.......let's just say we have been RIDICULOUSLY BUSY!!!  

So bare with me...I will try to catch you up as best as possible, little by little. 

One of the most amazing things we did this summer, was our trip to Panama City Beach, Florida to do a camp with Topher, Leya and Drew.  It really was an amazing trip that went much better than expected.  Tyler slept the majority of the way there and back, and only got fussy one time and it didn't last long.  I was so proud of him! Now I'm not saying that Tyler didn't enter into the terrible two's stage (clingy and attached to mama) once we got there.....but other than that....it was such a great week.  

Tyler absolutely LOVED seeing his cousin Drew again.  They played so well together all week, and it was just precious watching the two

 of them interact.  

And praise the Lord that Gammy was there!  Beth was such a huge help in Florida (meals, bedtime, beach time, tantrum time....she did it all)!  Thanks Gammy!  

And of course, Lamar and I were so excited to get to see Toph and Leya.  We miss them like crazy and it was a great week of hang out time!

Here is a glimpse of our week at the beach.

Sweet cousin reunion

Tyler loved being buried in the sand!  

Tyler and mommy footprints

Oh how I've missed my Leya!

My sweet husband and me.....pure bliss!

My silly family

The whole Stockton Crew!  Gotta love em'