Vacation with Nana

While mom and dad went on a mini-ski vacation Tyler was in Greenville with Nana. So we didn't miss him too much, Nana (grandma Jackie) was kind enough to take pictures and email them to us each day we were apart. Here is a selection:

a serious cow-lick the first morning!!

play date with Chloe (with a spread of Puffs and Cheerios!)

the cheapest toys always seem to be the best....

Tyler is walking very well now!!

when will you be home guys??

More 1st Birthday Pics

Morning pics with mom, before the festivities began!

Valentine's Day Weekend

Super Bowl Sunday morning... Tyler's first walk in his new Radio Flyer wagon. Burrrr!!! It was cold, but he wouldn't let go of his reindeer Pez dispenser (favorite toy du jour).



Super Bowl neutral, wearing orange (but not-so-secretly rooting for the Saints. Yeah New Orleans!!)



Enjoying the new birthday toys. Tyler LOVES to play with his puzzle pieces, though by banging them together rather than putting them in their correct place :) LOTS of noise around the house (mom's getting more frequent headaches!).




Yet ANOTHER Richmond snow. This is a picture (I'm at a red light and not in a hurry to move) early Wednesday morning. Even though we "only" got about 4 inches of snow this time, it was by FAR the worst road conditions. We took it very, very slow to daycare and work- and passed more accidents than we could count. I was nervous!!! We learned the hard way that less snow does not necessarily mean better roads...

Friday before Valentine's... learning to open the snack container to get yummy yougart puffs.

Is it really all gone?!?!? Tyler's enjoying daddy's raisin bran (and working on his much improved standing balance).

Yummy!

ROAR!!!! We came home from a Sunday morning walk (dad was at work) to find a new birthday gift in our front door- an adorable hand monogrammed lion shirt from Miss Lucy (next door neighbor). Here, Tyler is getting into his role!

Banging his "cymbols", aka wooden puzzle pieces.

Close-up of new shirt

Another new skill this weekend- Tyler can now stand up on his own (without furniture or mommy help) to begin walking! It won't be long before he's running :) We know we're a bit behind our good friends Winston and McLean, but Tyler's made a LOT of progress in this last week! He can now walk about five or six feet at a time!

walking, usually with toy in hand (Stormy the Bear is another favorite... Uncle Brett :P)

Not sure what this is about, but it's cute :)

Practicing mowing the lawn with the talking mower from Mack and Kara (across the street neighbors). They thoughtfully thought Tyler would like to help us in the spring, since we're known to spend a lot of time in the yard. The talking mower cracks mom and dad up far more than it amuses Tyler:

"Power up... it's LUNCH time; Mmm... this grass is goooood; Let's give this lawn a good shave; Power down... this lawn is perfect"

Tyler's One Year Stats

Tyler had a successful one year well-baby check today. Dr. Winters was thrilled with how well he is doing in all aspects... but was hopefull he'd be saying a few purposeful words by now. Since Tyler will be getting tubes soon and we know he has fluid and pressure in his ears, we are all certain that his speach will develop rapidly after the tubes are in. Unfortunately, his surgery has been pushed back to March 3rd.

Weight- 22 lbs, 1 oz (50%)
Height- 30 1/2 inches (75%)
Head circumference- 19 1/4 inches (90%)

Funny... I never thought about Tyler having a big head, but apparently he does!!
I will try to get pictures up after the weekend!

Happy 1st Birthday

We had a wonderful family birthday party on Saturday for Tyler's First... even though we were sadly missing many friends and family due to the weather. It keeps snowing, and snowing, and snowing here!!! Tyler had an absolute blast and was a little ham, enjoying being the center of attention and the object of no fewer than five cameras and camcorders. Our little star for the day :)

"I'm the Birthday Boy!"

grammy Linda

Nana Jackie, Uncle John Mark (who did all the wonderful cooking- Thank You!!), and Grammy Linda

Grandpa Mark, Grammy Linda, Grandpa Jeff

Uncles Drew and John Mark, enjoying a fierce Wii competition!

Uncles Drew and Brett, daddy

Tyler's monkey balloon... Party On!!!

Tyler's birthday loot- you would have thought it was Christmas again.

(the perks of having a large family and being the first grandson!)

Lunch table- tenderloin sandwiches, spinach salad, fruit salad, and cupcakes

cupcakes for our little monkey man

yummy!

Monster bite!!! Shoving it all in :)

Washing all that sugar down with cold milk

showing off his new walking skills

admiring the gifts

one of the new favorites- keeping it simple :)

what an upgrade- Tyler Express 3.0

(hopefully) soon-to-be favorite!

Tyler Express 3.0

The snow just keeps falling!!! Richmond got another 4-6 inches on Friday and Saturday, just in time for Tyler to try out his new birthday present. He's upgrading well- from cardboard and duct tape to stainless steel pot to actual wooden sled!!! We're cruising in style now :)

Enjoying the ride

Holding on to one of my other new favorites, my ball

playing with daddy

zoom!

another family snow photo op

The end of a wonderful first birthday- we love you, Tyler!