precious little angel

i just had to show off my sweet little boy in this precious little photo. isn't he just a doll!!!!!!!!!! i really want to eat him up for dinner :)

christmas day in palestine

tyler in front of the christmas tree at palestine christmas
opening presents with big grandmother (tyler's great grandmother)

oliver, lisa (chad's sister) nana, granddad and us in front of the christmas tree

after our special walling lane first christmas morning, we drove to palestine to spend the day with chad's family. tyler enjoyed opening even more presents and spending time with the cousins from that side of the family.

christmas day on walling lane

sweet baby in front of the christmas tree with all the presents

tyler and rose sweet baby in his new sunglasses daddy gave him in his stocking. he smiled like this immediately when i put them on him...hilarious!

daddy reading from the bible to his family on christmas morning

daddy and sweet baby in the snow in our front yard. tyler is in his new "sweet baby" bear outfit daddy custom ordered for him. cute huh!!!

mommy and tyler in the snow

chad and i have always spent christmas morning by ourselves in our home on walling lane since we got married 6 years ago. we've had a fun tradition of drinking coffee by the fire in our "winter living room" as we open our stockings and presents. chad has always read from the bible as well and this being tyler's first christmas, we decided to keep the tradition alive!!! we fed tyler his cereal and fuji apples, opened presents and then went outside to take some pictures in the snow still left on the ground from the night before. it was a perfect 1st christmas morning for tyler.

christmas eve at poppy and zuzie's

family photo in front of the christmas tree

poppy, zuzie and sweet baby tyler

sweet baby looking through his beautiful stocking that zuzie made for him

snow with the cousins

i think this photo is hilarious. it looks like chad and i just got married and we're running off into the sunset...kind of :)

sweet baby looking at the snow fall from the sky

tyler's first snowman

poppy and zuzie hosted the whole family for christmas eve this year. it was so much fun opening presents, eating a ton of fantastic food and spending time with the family. tyler didn't really know what was going on yet but he sure enjoyed all of the attention he got. around noon, we looked outside and it was SNOWING....in dallas by the way!!! and it snowed until later in the night. how wonderful that tyler's first christmas was white!!!

also, if you haven't noticed by now in all of our photos up to this point, tyler is smiling. it is not because we just happen to catch him smiling and click the picture. whenever he sees a camera, he automatically just smiles for some reason. it's hilarious and says a lot about his sweet and happy personality. mommy thinks he's going to be a model :)

the face monkey...

chad went into tyler's room the other day and caught him sleeping with this monkey on his face. we thought it was hilarious!!!!!!!!!! mainly because i have always slept with my "face pillow" to block out the light and cover my ears while i sleep. so now tyler has a "face monkey" to do the same. we're obviously related!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanksgiving...finally!

tyler in daddy's first christmas outfit at nana and granddads
the family in diana for thanksgiving

nana and granddad

sooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the happy parents at zuzie and poppy's for thanksgiving

tyler looking at his little scarecrow zuzie set up for him...hum...what is this?

i love the way tyler is looking at uncle carter...who is this interesting human???

his first experience eating rice cereal...yum yum yum!

well it's been a little busy around the frantzen household and i am just now able to sit here and post our fun thanksgiving pictures. we spent thanksgiving day with zuzie and poppy and then drove to east texas friday to spend the night with granddad and nana. tyler loved all of the excitement.

he also has started eating solid foods which has been a real treat for him i believe. he loves fuji apples and butternut squash!!!! mommy has made these first fruits and veggies for him and i have really enjoyed it. not a big deal or a lot of time at all. today i made fresh peas. we'll see if he likes them!!!