Beavers Bend

We spent  a long weekend out at Beavers Bend in Oklahoma with my family. It was fun getting out of town and enjoying the cold weather and woods. We drove up late on Thursday night and Tyler was a champ and slept the entire drive. I have noticed that when I have the sun roof open it doubles as a "noise machine" so we drove the entire way with it open :). 

Once we got there we spent most of our time there in the hot tub, watching football, building with legos, and picking up sticks. It was very relaxing (other than my one minor meltdown when Tyler refused to sleep). He caught a cough the first day we got there which made sleeping a little more difficult. I think it was Sunday night when he cried for 4 hours before we just put him in the car and drove around (at 11pm) until he fell asleep. We brought him inside and he slept the rest of the night in his car seat :). 

It was really fun watching Brian interact with Tanner...just a little preview of what is to come! Here are some of the pictures from our weekend in the woods. 

Tanner loved the fire pit. He is very into being naked and peeing on things. He was very proud of himself for peeing "in the woods" many times on this trip.

 The grandkids :)

Brian was in heaven...cold weather and his hammock. 

Our little moose man at the beginning of our hike.....

 and at the end.

Hanging out with Uncle Grant.

Tay Tay and Tanner

While the boys went biking we went on a walk. Tanner thought it was fun to ride on the front of the stroller and Tyler loved kicking him. 

Grant doing a little Crossfit on our hike. Tanner was very impressed! 

One of my favorite parts of the hike was Tanner saying over and over "I wanna go shopping!" It was hilarious! Apparently, before we left on the hike he saw suckers at the gift shop and really wanted to go and buy one. 

 Brian was trying to use all the legos to build a tower. Tanner had a very hard time being patient...he just wanted to knock it down!

Uncle Mark brought some fun squirty toys. Brian was teaching Tanner how to fill it up with water.

 Get em Tanner, get em!

Everyone took a ride on the train while Brian and I drove around the park trying to get our child to nap :). Maybe next year we can join them. 

Tyler took Tanner down with the squirty toy. Go Tyler! He obviously is taking it very seriously...

Enjoying the camp fire.

Hanging out with Grammy.

I love my family of 3! Looking forward to next year's trip to Beavers Bend.

Tyler's 4 Month Birthday

We started off this month with our trip to Atlanta which I wrote about in an earlier post. Since then we have been pretty low key and trying to figure out our routine for this fall. I started a study at Watermark called Equipped Disciple which meets for a few hours once a week. Tyler started going to childcare for the first time. He did great even though I was a little nervous. It's always so fun going to pick him up and seeing him smile when he hears my voice. Such a momma's boy :).

Brian has been really happy with the start of football season which means Tyler wears the same outfit every Saturday. His Aggie onesie, of course! We can't wait for Tyler to grow up and love the Aggies too :) 

Tyler has also discovered his feet. Sometimes I catch him just laying on the floor holding both feet and just staring at them. It is almost like he wants to say, "Are these mine?" He is still sucking on his hands, shirts, thumb, toys, and probably his toes very soon. 

Since the weather has been nicer lately we have started taking advantage of the running path by our house. I am doing more walking than running these days but hope to work my way back into it. Its not so easy trying to run and push a heavy stroller! Here is a picture of us on the trail with Brian's childhood home in the background. Who would have ever thought we would be living less than a mile from where he grew up?!

Our bedtime routine has been working pretty good this past month. We usually put Tyler down between 7:30 and 8:30 and you will sleep until around 7am. It isn't the night time sleep that is difficult but the napping. There are some days I think I am going to lose my mind because he will only sleep for 30 minutes between each feeding. That means most of the day he wants to be held or is fussing. Brian has been such an amazing encourager to me during this time. He has come home early from work many days and is always there to listen when I need to talk. :) Here is a sweet picture of Brian reading Tyler a book at bedtime. This kid has some long legs on him...

These have been the hardest 4 months of my life but I wouldnt trade it for anything. Especially when I catch a moments like this...

Height: 25 5/8 in (75th %)

Weight: 13 lb (30th %)

Food: Still breastfeeding every 3 hours (7:30, 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30)

Sleep: Naps are a little tricky but he is still doing great at night. He goes down around 7:30 and doesn't usually (key word being "usually") wake up until 6:30 or 7am. 
Clothes: 3-6 months
Likes: To be held, being around lots of people, standing up, sucking on his hands
Dislikes: 

Favorite Mommy Moment: Tyler has started snuggling with me and I love it! Oh, he rolled over from back to tummy for the first time on 9/7/12.

We love you sooo much!

Tyler Laughing

Tyler just started laughing this week and we think it's pretty darn cute! I took this video while Beth and Jerry were driving us home from the airport so it might make you a little car sick to watch. :) 

Tyler's First Visit to Atlanta

We spent the Labor Day weekend with Brian's extended family in Atlanta. Tyler was such a trooper and loved meeting his cousins, aunts, uncle, and great-grandparents. We started off the trip at DFW on Friday afternoon. Brian and I made sure we were the very last to board the  plane to minimize "sitting" time. (Tyler doesn't like to be held when you are sitting down. He wants to be held standing up...high maintenance, I know!) I fed him during take off to help with his ears but about 30 minutes into the flight he started to scream. We tried everything we could but nothing seemed to work so I got up and held him in the back of the plane. I think what it came down to was him being overly tired. We left for the airport around 2 and didnt get him to fall asleep until we were getting our rental in Atlanta around 9. Here are some pics from the flight over.

Heading to the airport

Dont let this picture fool you...the smile was VERY short lived. 

Look who FINALLY fell asleep.

Saturday we spent the day hanging out with the family and celebrating Grandmom's birthday. We always have such a fun time when we go to Atlanta. The cousins introduced us to a new game, Spikeball. The boys spent a lot of time outside playing. 

Tyler was quite the hit. There were times that he had up to 8 people touching and playing with him and he never once fussed. I think he enjoyed all the attention :).

Grandmom and Grandude

 Aunt Leigh

Michael loved playing with Tyler and Tyler loved staring at Michael!

Lots of attention!

 He needed some pictures with mommy since she is always the one behind the camera.

 Grandude got out a dancing monkey and Tyler loved it!

 "Hey dad your beard is scratchy!"

 Playing a little poker. This was only my second time to really play and I actually was winning! WOHOO!!!

 Michael and I ended up having the same cards so we got to split the pot. 

This was the whole crew (minus Scott, Adrian, Jackson, and Will. They had to stay in Dallas because the boys were sick.)

Tyler was a champ and did great with naps and sleeping at night. We headed back to the airport on Monday and he did great on the flight back! Yes, I did have to change his diaper on both flights. Brian was worried he was going to fall in the toilet! 

Walking the aisle to keep this little man happy. Tyler's face cracks me up!

We survived!!!

It was a very long day of travel but we were so glad to get to spend time with family. We hope to visit again soon!