Ty’s been on the singulair for his allergies for almost a week now, and I think we are going to take him off of it.   It did seem to help his symptoms, but it is clearly starting to effect his mood.  Early in the week, I wasn’t sure if his crankiness and general irritability was… Continue reading Singulair Problems?

Ty had an awful night last night.  He kept having coughing fits, at one point coughing for about 40 minutes non-stop.  (he would cough-cough-cough then stop for maybe 30 seconds or less, then cough-cough-cough again, over and over).  So this morning I took him to the pediatrician on call (Dr. Miekle) who said the coughing… Continue reading Singulair

Poor Ty, he has been having a lot of trouble with hay fever this past week.   He’s been scrubbing at his face, clearly very itchy.  I called the allergist this morning, and she said we can bump up his dosage of zyrtec to 3/4 teaspoon.  I also went and bought an air cleaner for his… Continue reading See, Daddy?

We went out to Barb and Dave’s for Easter.  Ty had fun playing with the little castle and fishing pole that they got for him.  The castle came with a little plastic boulder and catapult, and boy was that a big hit! 🙂

We went to Outback Steakhouse with Dennis tonight.  Oddly enough, just that afternoon I had been thinking of their Victoria filet with the horseradish crumb crust (yummmmm).  Kevin and Dennis got back pretty late from doing spring cleanups and Kevin suggested just going to Outback for dinner!  yay, my unconscious psychic signals must have been… Continue reading Outback with Dennis

Kevin’s friend Dennis came over and was trying out Kevin’s new mower.  Tyler surprised us by letting Dennis take him for a ride on it.  Usually he’s a little too skittish around people he’s not real familiar with, and him letting Dennis hold him for the ride was really nice.

I’m not sure what to call this face Tyler makes.  He does it when he’s surprised and/or startled.  It’s really cute, and I’m glad I was able to get it on film!

Ty got some new tub toys at “Buy Buy Baby” this morning.  It is a set of little plastic animals that squirt water.  There is a fish, dolphin, duck, seal, starfish and a frog.  When Ty played with them in the bathtub this evening for the first time, he took his little stuffed turtle (also… Continue reading New Tub Friends

Tyler was riding his truck toy through the kitchen and rode straight into a bright beam of sunshine.  He squinted, held up his hand to the light, and said “get back, keep it sun!”

Tyler is getting pretty good at reciting the alphabet!  I never would have thought kids could do that this young.  He doesn’t have it down exactly, though.  It usually goes something like this: Me: Ty, can you sing the alphabet song? Ty: a b c d e f g Me: what’s next? Ty: h i… Continue reading Alphabet Acrobatics