Don’t take note of all the toys in the bin.  Don’t ponder on the fact that it is just one of two bins of toys that size, not even counting the “big” toys.  No, he’s not even a little bit spoiled… 🙂 (In our defense, a large fraction of those toys are either gifts or… Continue reading No, He’s Not Spoiled at All…

Yesterday was Tyler’s first Thanksgiving!  We went to Barb and Dave’s house for the day, and had a wonderful time.  Tyler got to sit at the table with the grownups (in his new little booster seat), sample new foods and met lots of fun puppies and kitties!  He totally wore himself out crawling around following… Continue reading First Thanksgiving

Kevin is usually the one who is good at coming up with funny lyrics for songs.  One of Tyler’s toys plays the music for “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and Kevin sang “Tinkle Tinkle In the Car”.  For some reason, an entire verse for this variation popped into my head: Tinkle, tinkle in the car Boy,… Continue reading Creative Inspiration

Tyler had his 9-month checkup yesterday.  It went well, he is now 21.1 pounds and 30″ tall!  The doctor said he looked really good, and is on track development-wise.  He had to have blood drawn (via a finger stick) for  standard anemia and lead tests.  They distracted him from the finger stick by giving him… Continue reading 9-Month Checkup

Tyler stood up all by himself last night!  He had just gotten done eating, and I took him out of the highchair and set him on the floor in the kitchen by his toy cellphone.  He was on his hands and feet, with his butt in the air.  He grabbed the cell phone in one… Continue reading Standing Ovation

ok, I was pretty freaked out when I changed Tyler’s diaper this morning.  He didn’t sleep well last night, waking up a few times and giving a little yell before going back to sleep.  Then this morning he woke up at 4:30 and was wide awake and crying.  Kevin and I decided to give him… Continue reading Eek, What is That?!

Kevin and Tyler were playing yesterday, and Tyler went to the stairs and stood there looking up.  Kevin was with him on the stairs, watching over him.  I was making lunch, and all of a sudden Kevin yells “missy, come look at us!”  They were at the top of the stairs, and Kevin said Tyler… Continue reading Little Monkey

Haven’t you heard?  Oatmeal and prune facials are the in thing now: 3113 3110 3104 3101

…has arrived!  There’s now 4 on the top and 2 on the bottom.

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