MORE water fun

Surprise... surprise! It's more fun in the water! :-)

We can now enjoy pool time with Tyler in our own yard! I got a great deal on this little pool a couple of weeks ago and we finally set it up this past weekend. I love that it's small enough for Tyler to play in and large enough for us to lounge with him. Uncle Justin made a quick trip to Texas this weekend and Grammy came to hang out with us, so they were able to enjoy "new pool day" with us.

*filling up the pool*


















*just a silly video of the boys being... silly- and yes, that is my mom that sounds like she is choking on something. haha*


*Uncle Justin's motorcycle. He is temporarily storing it in our garage and Tyler loves this thing! He makes little motorcycle sounds and does the motorcycle movements with his hands.*






We met Julie and little Emily last week at a playdate that we both attended and we met up today for some fun at Deep Eddy pool. Emily is 17 months old and is such a tiny little thing. Tyler got along really well with her and he just adored her mom, Julie. We had a great time with them and already made plans to hang out next week!













It didn't take long for the kids to find the dirt pile. I think they played in the dirt longer than they did in the water! These are some really cute pictures that Julie got.

Fourth of July weekend

We had a great long holiday weekend (even though Travis had to work on Friday)! Tyler enjoyed shooting off some fireworks and watching a great fireworks show from our front yard that the neighbors put on. He was really cute clinging to us when the fireworks shot off and then clapped after each one was done. Cooper was a scaredy dog as usual. :-) And about the only thing to do to escape this Texas heat right now is to get in the water, so we did A LOT of that this weekend!

*our new sprinkler pool*




















"too cool for school*


*Tyler and his best bud, Zayd at 'Amberganza 2009'- just getting out of the pool. Happy Birthday, Amber!*




*More pool time at the neighborhood pool*












And what 4th of July weekend is complete without watermelon pictures??








Happy 4th of July!!! Hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday!

Gummy bears

Tyler definitely shares his Mommy's love for gummy bears!



"Pleeeeezzzzzze"


*mmmmmmmmm*


*one happy camper*

Mmmm Corn

I don't know why, but Travis and I got the biggest laugh out of Tyler eating his own corn-on-the-cob last night at dinner. Seriously, how cute is this??

14 mos old

I'm really losing track of time these days. Mr. Tyler is already 14 months old and what a character he is becoming! He keeps us on our toes and laughing all day! I've decided that there is no amount of baby-proofing that could actually give me a little relief aside from locking everything down and moving all of the furniture out of the house. (sigh..) He now knows how to climb up on the dining room chairs and if you look away for a second, he's trying to climb on top of the dining room table! He climbs up on all the living room furniture and tries to jump down from the sides of the couch! (Can we say heart attack for Mommy??) This child knows no fear! Fearless and funny definitely sum up Tyler these days. In addition to the dare devil acts, he does the silliest things. For example: he thinks every food we put in front of him is hot and he repeatedly tells us, 'hot!' while blowing on it to cool it off (it could be ice cream and he still thinks it's hot- haha); he sticks his finger IN his nose instead of on his lips when saying "shhhhhh;" he tries to assist us in blowing our nose like we do with him; he pretends most objects are a telephone and blabs away with it stuck to his ear. Oh this list can go on and on....

He has the 'h' syllable down. He's been saying 'hi' and 'hot' for a while. Now he has added 'cat' and 'light' to his vocabulary, but he says 'hat' and 'height.' Something else to add to the list of silly things that he does. :-)

He's very generous with his hugs and kisses for Mommy and Daddy and blows kisses and says "hi" to complete strangers. As you can imagine, he gets a lot of attention when we're out and about and he loves every single second of it!

And for those interested in our sleep situation- He has dropped to one good nap during the day and is sleeping for much longer stretches at night. He still wakes up once or twice a night, but he's come so far that I can't complain about this. We still haven't moved him to his crib and I continue to find some reason not to. I'm beginning to wonder if we'll ever get any use out of that crib!

Enjoy our 14 month pics~

Lunch rinse

Explanation: quick/easy clean-up after the messiest lunch consisting of pasta with tomato sauce and fresh, sticky pineapples for dessert. I'm actually surprised that this is the first time we've ever rinsed him off in the kitchen sink! haha!