5 months!!!!!!!

Tyler is 5 months and I DID take pictures on the exact day he turned 5 months and meant to post but.... didn't. So I did improve a little bit.  Here are some pictures.

This is Tyler talking to us... he is very very vocal these days

 Tyler's favorite thing to do these days is eat his foot.  Very cute but it makes it harder to change his diaper :)

 And of course, he is a laugher and smiler. I LOVE IT!

 It doesn't look like it but he is sitting up on his own.  He does very well with that now.  I don't leave him by himself when he is sitting up. I know he will fall over so I try to put pillows around but he usually stays up!  Good job, baby boy!

 Again, he is talking...

 I just thought this was cute... he fell over. haha

 This is a picture of Tyler's hair when he was born.  I am posting this because you can see how much hair my little man lost... nearly all of it.  I won't lie and say it's ok... it's not!  I'm sad about it all the time. I miss his hair.  AND not only do I miss his hair, I miss his dark hair.  It makes me want to cry.  WHY?????  Seriously, I don't know.  I just LOVED it and now it is gone.  Sad, very sad!!!  

Tyler update!

 I was reading a friends blog today, she just had a baby not even a month ago and she already has a couple posts about her cutie!!  She is good!!   My baby is creeping up on 5 months now and I have what, 4 posts???  I suck!  I decided to be better and follow my friend's example. I know that I am going to look back and wish that I wrote down everything that Tyler started doing during the first bit of his life but stupid me just thought I would remember.  Guess what?!?!?!  I FORGOT!  AHHH, I'm mad at myself.  "All things Tyler" are running into themselves.  I can't remember what happened during what months.  I'm just going to post the 3 and 4 month pictures of my cutie pie and then just get better from here on out!  Here he is at 3 months.  I LOVE these pictures.  First, I just think he is the cutest!!  Second, I will never forget how much I LOVE the way he focuses on something and THIRD,  I need to remember that he puts up with a lot from me and my "picture taking."  I'm not good at it but I'm trying to learn and he is who I'm learning on.  I am hoping to be worthy of a professional camera purchase someday so I HAVE to practice practice practice.  I'm SURE he does not love it! (Hence the crying baby in the last picture - I waited one picture too long to take the Santa hat!)

Here is what I remember (not all of these things are done at 4 months.  Probably 3/4 were done at 3 months.)  Onto the 4 month pictures! First, his pictures don't look much different than his 3 month pictures. Thank goodness I take a million pictures EVERYDAY of this little man ... at least I have some proof as to what happened for some of his milestones! hahaha  Can I tell you how much I love these pictures too?  Tyler is such a day to day baby.  Meaning, one day he is happy and the next he is REALLY happy!  He struggles with sleep (yes, still, during the day he has a hard time sleeping) and it makes it hard sometimes but he still smiles.  Unfortunately, for me, he just smiles a little less on the days he is having a hard time.  I hate to say my baby is a hard one. Tyler is my first so I don't really have anyone to compare him to.  With that being said,  on the days he struggles with sleep he is a little less happy.  Never the less, I LOVE this little boy!  He makes me the happiest!!    Tyler's smile in the second picture makes me tear up!  Is that crazy or what?!?!?!  I just love how happy he is!  This is how he is most of the time... unless you catch him when he is hungry or sleepy (which is also a lot of the time. haha)

  At 4 months we took Ty to the doctor and he weighed a whole 

12 lbs 10 oz.   25%

 24.5 inches long   25%

 Head:  17.2   

I don't know the % for this but the doctor did mention that I shouldn't worry that his head is bigger than his body because it's normal. HAHAHAHA  I never thought Tyler's head was big, but I guess it is??

 The doctor was impressed that Ty jumped into the 25% for height and I thought, jumped??  I thought he always was in the 25%.... but NOPE!  He was in the 15% and NOW he is in the 25% . So my post for his 2 month visit was wrong.  Oh well!!  (maybe I should go fix it??)  

Facts about Tyler:

HE LOVES TO JUMP!!! And thanks to Chad's cousin, Candace, he has some place to do it!  It is the BEST!!!  Now he jumps everywhere, even if he isn't in the jumper.  I LOVE IT!

He LOVES to kick!

He loves to hold my face like this:  

Usually he is eating my face and/or pulling my hair when he does this, however this is the only picture to show what I'm talking about so please excuse my face!

 Tyler can sit up all by himself.  He is bent over and can only stay up for a half minute but he can still do it.  

He can roll over from front to back and back to front.  He doesn't do it often but he can still do it and it is so fun to see.

He can laugh so well.  OH MY GOSH it is so cute!

He can really cry too.  OH my GOSH it is not fun to hear!  I don't know what happened!!! One night he decided to use his diaphragm and WOW it was loud! (don't worry we took the monkeys off the straps!)

Tyler is also eating rice cereal.  (NOT everyday - mostly because I'm lazy!)  BUT this week I will feed it to him everyday and then when I get back from NJ it will be onto Green beans!  He is going to LOVE green beans! :) 

Tyler found his toes and he LOVES them! I love how he is cross eyed, in this picture, looking at them.  Usually they are in this mouth!

 He loves to look at himself in the mirror. He smiles at himself every time.

He is good at holding onto things.  In fact, while at the doctor, Tyler grabbed hold of the his stethoscope and the doctor said he was impressed at how well he was able to do that! He can even hold his bottle, for a second at least.

He is getting really good at standing.  I think it is because of his jumper.... again Thank you,  Candace!

While I don't have a picture and really need to get one,  here is one of my favorite things Tyler does....  I have been encouraging binkies, why you ask???  Well because I come from a long line of thumb suckers (well, maybe not a long line.... just some of my siblings)  but my youngest brother and I sucked our thumbs until we were..... older.  I didn't want Tyler to get stuck on the thumb.  It is easy, if you have to, to cut a binkie.  It is NOT possible to do that to a thumb.  So, binkie is is.  However, my little man has been sucking his thumb since he was in the womb.... (see second picture) 

Anyway, back to my favorite-ish thing....now that Tyler is able to hold onto things he will grab the binkie out of his mouth, hold onto it and then put his thumb in his mouth...  OOOH I really wish I had a picture of him doing this, next time I will get one.  It is pretty darn cute and funny.  

One of Tyler's favorite things, besides me of course :), is his dad!

Chad is the best dad in the WORLD and my baby lights up when he sees his dad come home at night.  I am telling you, Tyler LOVES his dad!  Chad can get Tyler to smile and laugh better than anyone else!!  And while I might ... maybe just a little... take for granted how awesome of a dad Chad is to Tyler I LOVE LOVE LOVE to see these two together.  I LOVE how both of them just love each other so much.  They are equally happy to see each other when Chad comes home at the end of a very long day.  I swear Tyler just knows that Chad is coming home and wakes up.... he wants to see his dad.  I can't say it enough, Tyler LOVES his daddy!  and It is AMAZING what having a baby can do to a man.  I must say, I am really liking the change!  (Not that Chad needed to change; regarless, it is awesome!) 

 These two!!  AHHH I just love them!

On a more difficult note, Tyler is still struggling with sleep. (he is doing better in his crib though, he will sleep there for more than 15 minutes.  It is GREAT!!) I talked with the doctor about it and am getting help. Don't get me wrong, I sleep... when I am tired, I sleep.  I sleep at night and wake in the morning rested.  I do not feel deprived. Tyler sleeps.  He might put up a fuss and he might be a very light sleeper (like his mother)  and he might wake up more times than I would like (at night) BUT he sleeps.  It is just during the day that Tyler really struggles.   I know that our trip to NJ isn't going to help the situation.  It isn't going to be easy and his sleeping pattern is going to be SO off.  After NJ it is going to be a HARD transition.  There will be a lot of crying in this home.... from Tyler and ME.  I am going to really be working with him to get him to sleep.  UGH I'm not looking forward to it.  I hate to see my baby cry!  I HATE IT!  Anyway, the doctor gave me some information and ideas and tricks that I am hoping will work.   Wish me luck!

My little man is growing up!  When I look at his newborn pictures I miss him.  I miss his hair!  I miss that it used to be really dark!  OOH MY GOSH I MISS IT!  Isn't that a silly thing to miss???... hair????  but then I hold my sweet baby boy and he smiles and laughs and the missing goes away!  He is growing up way too fast and before I know it he will be changing the world... in the meantime, I'm just going to love him and soak up all the smiles and cries and just be thankful I'm finally a mom and that I have a beautiful family!!

 Oh by the way, as of today, Tyler weights 13.7 lbs.  LOVE IT!  LOVE HIM!!

Merry Christmas!!

 My intentions are great... but I lack some serious follow through skills.  I spent HOURS upon HOURS :)  putting this card together.  I shouldn't admit that it took that long but I'm secure enough to do so....  AND I STILL haven't sent anything out.  Don't worry, I still plan on sending them... tomorrow.  BUT just in case I don't I thought I would post my families very FIRST Christmas card and letter!  So, when you actually get the card (and maybe letter) it will be the same as what you see now :) Yes, I'm that awesome (or lame, whatever you prefer)

Dear Family and Friends,

This has been the best year of our lives, so far.  2011 started with the exciting news that, after a long lesson in patients, our prayers were answered and we were going to have a baby!  There is no better way to start the year!  Of course, like any pregnant couples we just wanted the nine months to be up and have this little baby in our arms.  BUT we had to wait and it seemed like the LONGEST 9 months of our lives.  Now that the nine months are up I look back and to be honest it is all now a blur. Here is what I can remember:

Chad - After a long stretch of being under employed got a job with a company call Stantec and is working full time and sometimes more. Along with the job change came better insurance.  Blessing??  Yes!! and for many reasons!  Along with work Chad is still going to school full time.  This year, however, he is attending Salt Lake community instead of University of Utah because SLCC has more night classes available to him.  Also a blessing because SLCC is a lot less expensive!  Chad just finished with the semester and did really well!  I'm so proud of him.  This upcoming semester he gets to start working on his major classes which means he has a little over 2 years left.  Of course I will be so happy when he is done but for now I'm thankful he is finally taking classes he enjoys and doing so well.  I'm so proud of him.

Tyler-  Well, he is growing so fast.  He is now 3 months old, can you believe it??  Time really does fly!  He went from 6 lb 2 oz down to 5 lb 15 oz and now he is a whooping 12 lbs 2 oz.  He is nearly double his birth weight!!  Tyler is able to hold his head up really well and even has pretty strong legs.  When we stand him up he is able to hold himself up for awhile (yes, I am still holding him up but he is using his cute little legs to stand.).  He doesn't sleep as much as he used to, cries with real tears (very sad), is now laughing and cooing and it is so extremely cute.  He LOVES to kick.  When he gets excited his legs just go and it is so fun to watch.  He smiles a lot (for mom and dad, he is NOT a performer.) He LOVES lights.  He will look at them for hours if I let him.  He rolls to his left side and loves to watch TV.  (please don't misunderstand though, I do NOT put him in front of the TV often.  I just think he likes the lights and color that come from the TV. Remember, he loves lights!!) Tyler is a momma's boy already and I would not be telling the truth if I said I didn't love it.  I take my baby boy everywhere and I just can't get enough of him.  He is such a good little man and VERY VERY cute.  We are so thankful for him!

Margie-  well, I'm a new mom and loving every single second of it.  Yes, it is sometimes hard and I'm not ashamed or afraid to admit that being a mother is sometimes overwhelming but I love my little man to death.  He is worth every single overwhelming moment!  I am so thankful to everyone who showers my baby with so much love.  Thank you for all the sweet thing you say to me about him.  I'm so blessed to have so many people love him so much!!!  I don't know what to say.  I LOVE my family, I'm so grateful for them.  They are the reason I feel so blessed and happy in my life.  I have a beautiful baby boy and and an amazing husband who is patient and so extremely kind to me.  I'm blessed beyond words and I'm grateful to know that life only gets better from here.  My cup runneth over!

Well, that is us in 2011... we are looking forward to 2012!  

Merry Christmas and a very happy new year!  

Love, 

Chad, Margie and Tyler 

Tyler, meet Santa!

Some might find me silly BUT!!!  I wanted to get Ty's picture with Santa.  Chad, on the other hand, did not.  Bless Chad's heart and I love him even more for this but he didn't want Santa, who holds tons of little kids on his lap and thought would have too many germs to share with Tyler, to hold him.  However, after much convincing :)  well, you can see who won.  hehehehe

Merry Christmas!

Wind storm

I initially woke up because of a bad dream.  I'm shocked, however, after hearing the wind that I didn't wake up to that crazy noise because I'm such a light sleeper.  Anyway, Chad was sleeping on one side of me and Tyler was on the other but because the wind was so crazy loud I asked Chad if we could switch directions so that if the window broke Tyler wouldn't be the first to get hit.... so we all switched positions and went back to sleep.  How???  I don't know!  I'm not surprised Chad fell asleep, he can fall asleep to anything and I mean ANYTHING but I.... well, if I can hear my father in law snoring through the floor (and it isn't ever very loud when I do)  I can't fall asleep unless I turn the TV on to drowned him out.  :)  I'm a VERY light sleeper.  Anyway, we woke up (again) that morning and Chad went outside to check things out.  He came back in to tell me the fence was down, shingles were every where, trees were down and a couple of our neighbour's windows broke.  It was crazy windy until about 11:30 then it calmed down and picked back up again for a bit.  We drove around the neighbourhood to find this:

You can see the shingles coming off the two houses at the end of the street.

 These two trees were on both sides of my friends house.  They were so lucky the trees fell the way they did.  Everyone was lucky for that matter.  No one was hurt.

 This is our next door neighbour's house.  You can see the window broken, tree down and the mailbox broken.

 This is my in law's house.  Shingles are all over the yard....  Fence is down in front and back and well, you can see...

 This isn't the greatest picture depicting the torture this green house endured.  Let's just say the green house has seen better days. (also my in law's house)

 My in law's back yard...  the fence is down.  Broken.  That's not good...

 This is my favorite picture....  A trampoline in the tree.  Can you believe it?  Seriously it was windy!

 This house has a whole in the roof, can you see it??

 trees down everywhere!

 The trees even lifted the side walk.

I think it is safe to say the golf course has seen better days as well

Isn't it amazing was nature can do??  Chad and I were lucky for sure, we are walking away with scratches on our car from the shingles but nothing else.  I know that is only because we don't have a house but a lot more could have happened to our cars but nothing did so I consider myself blessed.  At my in laws (where I live)  the shingles blew off (not all but enough), the green house got tossed around, the fence fell and some things they had in the yard got thrown around as well.  What with all the trees that fell I think we are all blessed no one got hurt.  

I'm grateful for today.  Yes, that sounds silly but I am.  It was an experience and I was impressed.  In the very short time I was outside I saw several people walking around the neighbourhood trying to help out and make sure no more damage would be done.  We live in an phenomenal area and if I hadn't noticed it before I definitely noticed it today.  Well, that is all!  I hope everyone else got through today unscathed!  Oh crazy wind!

2 month stats

L.O.V.E my baby boy!!

I can not believe Ty is 2 months old already.  Time is flying by so fast.  I'm loving being a mom to this sweet little man!  

Tyler had his 2 month well check today. 

Here are his stats:

Head size: 16''

Weight: 9 lbs 15 oz

Height:  22 - 1/4'' 

He is around the 25% for all 3 stats

Ty was a champ getting his shots.  He cried and I felt so bad but once I picked him up he seemed to be fine.  

I love that my baby is still a little guy... even though he is getting so big!!!!  LOVE my baby!

Here are a couple other fun facts about Tyler right now:

*We just ran out of newborn diapers yesterday and even though Tyler still fits into them we decided to just graduate him to size 1.  He was just about too big for them anyway.

*When Ty isn't sick, hungry or tired he smiles a lot and is a very happy baby!  

*Ty is a little kicker!!!  He loves to move around so it is wise for us not to bundle him up too much or he can't move and isn't happy.

* Ty loves lights and loves to look at them

*It seems that he likes to look at the color red. Well, he finds things that are red and just looks at them so I think he likes it.

*He has found his hand and loves to put it in his mouth. He can almost put his entire fist in his mouth.  (it is only his right hand) I've tried to give him his binkie instead but it just doesn't taste the same.  :)

*Ty makes so much noise now, I LOVE IT!  It is so fun to hear the sound of his cute little voice.

*He likes to sit forward and look at everything

*He is really good at holding his head up and can sit in his boppy chair because of it.  IT is so CUTE!!

*His acid reflux is so annoying :)  He spits up so much it is very frustrating at times.  He literally can soak through 2 or 3 burp cloths in 2 feedings. He can drench his shirt in one shot. Seriously, it's a lot and so frustrating but we are giving him medicine so hopefully that will help.

*Ty is starting to grow out of  his newborn clothes.  I had to graduate one of his shirts to the "no longer fits" pile yesterday.  It was so sad for me!!  But I'm excited for him to fit into his  0-3 month clothes now.  He has  several cute shirts he will look so cute in!!

Well that is all for now!

To Sleep or not to sleep. That is the question

Would you jeopardize your child's sleep by taking a picture, with the flash, of this??

Apparently I would.  

Do I need to explain this picture?  I guess I should but it has to be quick. I don't think he will stay asleep like this for long.  Tyler has been sick and I've been holding him a lot more than normal. Well, I guess that's not completely possible!  So, what I mean is Tyler has been sick so I've been holding him a lot during his naps and at night he has been sleeping on my chest.  (He has slept so well like that considering)  I'm not sure if he is still feeling sick.  He has/had (I don't know) a full blown ear infection and I'm not sure how long it takes for that to go away.  Anyway, he is still pretty fussy at times which is NOT normal so I assume he is still feeling a little sick.  Anyway, I tried to put him down and it didn't work; he woke right up and cried right away.  When I put my head next to his to see if I could get him to fall back to sleep before picking him up he immediately stopped crying.  A light bulb turned on in my head and I got this idea.  That idea turned into me HAVING to take a picture because it worked!  He slept with a bear on his head and at his side.  Who knows for how long he will sleep like that but whatever, it worked! AHHH he wakes.  I knew it won't last long but it was funny nonetheless.  Off to help my little man!