4th of July

The 4th of July is my favorite holiday. My mom and Lenord have a huge BBQ and I was so excited to have Tyler there and show off our super cute boy. He swam and played and had a great time. My grandma and grandpa came (Tyler's Great grand and gram) and had the only picture with him. I must get better about pictures. Grandma Libby gave Tyler a silver brush that belonged to my father. It is very nice and very sweet of her. I am glad to have it.

He had a great time and it was so exciting to have his first 4th - notably missing were the Weisners. Brandy was less than a week from her due date and they didn't make it. He did see lots of family and friends.

New album

Pseudo First Hair Cut

Tyler didn't really have enough hair to cut but was growing a bit of a mullet. As Will said 'business in the front, party in the back'. As his first 4th of July BBQ approached we decided the mullet must go. He was excited about all the attention at first, but was less then thrilled at the end. I didn't want to cut all his hair, I am hoping is will grow longer and curl up but we did have to take almost an inch off the back.

9 Month Appointment

Will took Tyler to his 9 month appointment(I was in Portland). He is in the 95th percentile for his head and heighth and 75th for his weight. I guess all that moving is slimming him down. He impressed the doctor with how well he could stand, but no surprise to us he insists on standing all the time.

He can pick up food with both his right and left hand and he uses both often, makes you wonder which 'handed' he will be. He is hitting all his milestones and doing great aside from normal child and daycare sickness - which are absolutely no fun.

Beating the Heat

Tyler is yet to go in a 'real' pool, but he has fun in his kiddy pool. My mom has a pool but we haven't used it yet - 4th of July weekend we will. We have a community pool but that is way too germy for my liking. He has fun in the pool it has a little sprinkler that sprays and its funny to watch him try and figure it out. It sprays his face and he is surprised mad and curious.

Swing!!!!

We went to my family reunion in Goldthwaite and visited a park. This was Tyler's first time in a swing and he LOVED it! He had so much fun. He actually kicked his legs back and forth like a big kid would to get the swing moving faster. Unfortunately he came down with a case of hand foot and mouth that I attribute to me letting down my germ guard (against Will's wishes)and putting him in the swing. He was out of daycare for a week so back to germ - a - phobia. At least he enjoyed the swing. We don't have big enough trees for one so I bought one for my mom's so hopefully he will like it as much.

8 Months

At eight months Tyler has accomplished A LOT! He can clap, although not on demand, I guess as the music moves him. He loves to stand and learned to pull himself up.


He has been army crawling from about six months and after learning to pull himself up I caught this video of his first real crawl.

He is all man, he was going for the remote, I figured that would get him moving :)

He is a charmer, he likes for people to smile at him and loves crowds. He will make noise in a resturant until he gets people to turn and look at him and then he gives them a huge smile.

He's getting so big!

Grand and Great Grand Mommas

We saw all the grandmas on the Saturday before Mother's Day. We had lunch with Nanny and Grandma. Tyler did so great, we were there for two hours and he behaved so well. It helped to have extra loving hands to hold Tyler.
Nanny and Tyler (the lighting could have been better)

Grandmas

Grandma and Tyler

From Grandmas

After lunch we headed over to G Donny and Mary's wedding. Tyler got to spend lots of time with Great Gran. Tyler was pretty intent on getting Great Grans corsage. When it came time to feed Tyler Great Gran did not hesitate to step in and feed Big T. She did such a good job - his bib was barely dirty when she was done. I should have spent a little more time observing her technique.
Tyler and Great Gran and Gramp (quality of this picture is pretty bad, but you get the idea)

From Grandmas

Tyler is very lucky to have such wonderful grandmothers and a great gran as Will and I are to have great moms and grandma to celebrate with.