Secret Bunnies

And the Easter goodies keep coming! Tyler received a special package from the "Secret Bunnies" (aka Poppa and Peggy) today. He was very excited to receive his own mail ("mine...mine") and loved the treats inside! Thanks so much, Poppa and Peggy! Here's some pics for you~

23 months old

The count down to turning TWO is official! I can't believe it! For now though, I have a 23 month old baby and I'm going to enjoy this last month of him being one. :-) (sniff... sniff). I don't want to jinx myself by saying this, but we've had the BEST month with Tyler! I've had so many moments over the last year where I thought we were entering 'terrible two's' early and while that phase should be quickly approaching, Tyler has been quite the opposite. He's eating well, sleeping well and playing and laughing all day. He's been in a great mood and so much fun and I'm certainly not complaining! I think the nice weather and being outside has a lot to do with it and I also think he's just happier with being able to communicate/verbalize his needs to us better. It's been great and I'm crossing my fingers that this happy, little boy stays around for a long time!

He's actually getting over being sick and we did have a few really rough days of him being cranky, but that's just because he wasn't feeling well. I'm not sure if I mentioned this on here or not, but we joined a playgroup back in January with four other kids that were Tyler's age and since January, Tyler has been sick three times and has had to see Dr. Anna twice. Now Travis and I both have what Tyler had. Blah~ We dropped out of the playgroup this past week and I'm hoping our health gets back on track.

He's starting to put a lot of words together now. Not sentences, but he does make sense. "Cassie eat." "Tyler outside." "Momma bath." Well, it actually goes something more like this: "Tashie eat." "Tylur ousigh." "Momma baf." You get it. :-) We can understand him and it makes things a lot easier and less frustrating for us all!

I do have to brag on him a little with potty training. Nothing has really changed from last month. He still uses the big potty in the morning, before bath at night and occasionally some during the day, however, I recently read a post about potty training on a baby board that I follow and it seems like Tyler is way ahead of the game here! As I've said before, I know we still have a long way to go with this, but it seemed like most of these other kids from the board barely had an interest at 2 1/2 years old (some older) and they all stated how boys potty train later. Tyler has shown interest for several months already! I'm just so excited and proud of him. And who would have ever thought potty training would be so exciting?? haha.

Early Easter fun

Mamma and Grammy came over for a visit today and brought Tyler some Easter goodies! A basket full of candies, bubbles, some great books AND a kite! He sure loves his Mamma and (Mammie) and they sure do a good job at spoiling him. ;-)



The kite was a perfect gift and it was a great day for flying it!











And then Tyler let go of the kite~ haha.

Sick/sleepy boy

Tyler hasn't been feeling great, which means he isn't sleeping at night and he's so tired. He passed out in his highchair after taking two bites of his lunch. My poor baby~

Austin Rodeo

We took Tyler to the Austin Rodeo yesterday. It was a little chilly, we went on an off time and missed the shows and Tyler was too short to ride the rides (except a few that required an adult to ride as well, costing a total of six bucks for a two minute ride!). It was his first time to ride a pony though and he really enjoyed that. He also had a great time in their small petting zoo and checking out all the animals (lots of cows!). We had an okay time... I think next year will be better.

Lookin' sharp

My little man looked SO handsome at his Great-Grandpop's service. Everyone kept asking me if we already had this suit for Tyler.... nope. This was a special purchase just for Grandpop and I'm sure that Grandpop was looking down on us, smiling and just as proud as he always was. :-)














Since this will probably be one of the very few times, if not the only time, that he wears this suit, I did take a lot of pictures at the house. He just looked so handsome and grown up. Wish he would have smiled more for these.