New Ride

Tyler has been quite the busy little guy since last time we wrote. He is now crawling up a storm and will follow me from room to room as I move around the house. He can pull himself to standing on occassion, but it's still a shaky new skill. He has already learned that late in the day when he is tired he just needs to crawl up to me and put his hands on my feet to be picked up... probably not a good habit to reinforce, but it's so cute I can't resist! He is all smiles and giggles these days, and is showing lots of love to mom and dad. He definately has a special love for his daddy though- he lights up whenever Austin walks into the room.

Tyler has gone through a few new tricks. He was clapping his hands, and saying dada... but now he's decided to move on. (In earlier days he has gone through razzing, "a-boo", and "a-tsss"). I'm not sure if Tyler is storing these new skills in his brain as he learns new things or if they're just short-lived phases (each new noise lasts about three days and then vanishes). Time will tell- maybe one day he'll just start speaking in sentences!

Tyler's playtime this morning before leaving with dad for work and daycare. It's supposed to be chilly and rainy here the next few days... brrr!!

This is the first morning that Tyler get's to "walk" out the door with daddy. Prior to this morning he would leave in his infant car seat, but Tyler's quickly outgrowing it. We've only bought one new seat so far, so he'll still be in his old seat in mom's car until we get a second big seat. We've probably got a few good weeks left before Tyler's officially outgrown his infant seat- 22 pounds or 29 inches. We're almost there!!

Tyler's not so sure about his new seat!! He's looking at dad saying, "I don't know about this!!" Hopefully he'll grow to love it- he's potentially in it until he's 65 pounds!!! We'll switch it to front facing sometime in his second year.