the arboretum

tyler loves grass...and tulips at the arboretum!
i think i see my girlfriend...

and now a plane...

oh...here's my girlfriend!

at the arboretum for zuzie's birthday

zuzie and poppy with sweet baby

zuzie with her home-made strawberry cupcakes made by jennifer...yummy!!!! ok is this really the way to hold a baby uncle monkey carter??????

we have been enjoying going to the arboretum a lot! chad received a year pass from his parents for his birthday and i think tyler and i have been getting the most use out of it! the weather has been beautiful and the spring blooms there are just outstanding!!! tyler and i meet friends for kindermusik on tuesdays at lunch and then we've also gone for zuzies birthday party. we just love springtime!!!

Welcome back camera......

can you believe this hair!!!! and he's standing up in his crib now (once i sit him up)

daddy and mommy going out for date night :) tyler got to stay home and play with nana and grandad

notice the precious noah's ark painting in the background. that was an early birthday gift for tyler from my good friend michelle. isn't she a great artist!!!!

tyler loves to stand up behind his "lawnmower" a friend from MOPS passed down to us

i think it's really a bus but that's what daddy calls it :)

always happy!

playing in the laundry basket while nana folded our laundry...very sweet of her!

walking with daddy before he goes to work

playing in our front yard while mommy plants flowers. rose is multi-tasking...sunning herself and guarding sweet baby

this is one of his favorites right now...a screwdriver out of a toolbox he got for christmas from grandad

ok so we were going to plan a "creepy gnome" 1st birthday party but decided against it...so i took this as an idea. i still think it's hilarious!

i think a plane was going above them. i love this photo of my boys!

Well hi!!! i bet you thought i forgot about this blog...well no! we were having some camera/memory card issues but we're back on track now. so prepare for a lot of posts to come :) i'm actually not really sure where to start so i thought i would post just some random cute pictures and describe each one and what we've been up to the last 2 months. Tyler is almost 11 months old now!!! i just can't believe how fast "they" grow. he is changing and developing every day while his personality just gets sweeter and more playful! Here are some updates on the sweet baby:

• he has 3 teeth that are totally grown in and 3 more on the way in now...so 6 total!
• not really crawling yet but scooting from point a to b
• he wants to pull up on everything now--from his toy basket to my leg to the sofa...
• likes to say...dadadada, mamamama, tatatatata, and nanananana a lot
• is eating solid food on his own...in fact so much so that the only thing he has let me feed him the past week is yogurt
• still just adores being outside. we go on walks almost every morning and he just seems in his element when we're outside, no matter what we're doing. so i'm assuming hunting/fishing with daddy will be in the near future.....
• smiles at everyone!!!! tyler has not met a stranger yet. i can not count how many people/strangers comment on how happy/joyful he is. we also get lots of "he looks like a gerber baby."
• he really is so loving and cuddly...i know he gets that from daddy! when he wants to kiss you, he just opens up his mouth really wide onto your neck or face...a towel is required after he gives his love :)
• still extremely laid back and easy...this is very good for mommy :)

i still feel so blessed to be able to stay home with tyler every day and watch him grow. he brings so much joy to my life as well as chad's...i could never have imagined how wonderful parenthood really is!!!

big bird

tyler and his girlfriend....she just doesn't know what's coming...

oops...i am caught!

so...how do i say this...but tyler has a girlfriend.

her name is big bird. (and i know big bird is really a boy...but tylers big bird IS a girl...for obvious reasons)

our neighbors donna and wes gave him this stuffed big bird for christmas and he just loves it...a lot!

seriously, i gave tyler the big bird for the first time and he just gazed at her for a while...then took her head like he was fixing to make out with her...and then DID!!! he just sucks on her beak and it seriously looks like he's kissing her. i about fell out of my rocker the first time he did it i was laughing so hard!!!!! anytime chad or i need a laugh, we just give tyler his girlfriend...big bird!

Snow Storm of 2010!!!

our little snowman. in case you can't see...she has wine corks for her eyes and mouth and is holding the "tyler" cup!

daddy is funny! can you believe our backyard....crazy!!!

sweet baby getting all geared up to go outside and see his snowman

"are you serious, i really have to go outside in this?"

the family trying to huddle by the fire to keep warm. daddy even made us our morning coffee by warming up some water in a saucepan in the fire!!!! notice rose in the background trying to stay warm on my....snuggie!!! ha!

Well what a nice surprise to wake up last Thursday morning to a crazy amount of snow in Dallas (so much so in fact it set a record). we were so excited to go outside and play in it with sweet baby...until our power and 200,000 other dallas residences power went off. after one night in our freezing house expecting our power to come on at any moment...but didn't...we decided we'd had enough and we had to leave. we packed up our refrigerator and sweet baby and headed for zuzie and popies. what great hosts! but luckily, we only had to stay one night because our power came back on saturday morning!!!! we did finally get to make our snowman. here are some pictures!

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.