Birthday/Christmas

I guess I better get used to having this title for Ty around this time of year, but maybe I'll start doing his birthday in November so I'm not so stressed! Anyway, we did have a birthday bash for Ty on his birthday, the 23rd. I planned a Sesame Street party cause Ty loves Elmo and Big Bird. He doesn't really watch Sesame Street, but he sure knows who Elmo is! Donna and Olivia were kind enough to make an Elmo cake for me, so that's one thing I didn't have to do, especially since we were traveling. It turned out amazing I might add! I had a few games for all the cousins to play which were Oscars trash toss, Ernie's Rubber Duckies, Count with Count and Twister. Ty wasn't quite sure what to do at first when all the older kids started going crazy, ha! His favorite game was probably Count with Count where I had made a poster board w/ different things to count on it. Twister was quite comical once the adults started playing. The pictures below will explain the games. Then we opened presents and had a Mexican feast w/ carne asada.

The Cake

Ty Loved Blowing Out the Candle, Then I Pushed His Face In The Cake

He's Probably Saying "Happy Birthday Ty!"

The Counting Game

Talor "bobbing" for ducks. (I made the older kids get them w/ their mouth)

Birthday Table Decorations

Then came Christmas! Ty was a pro at opening presents by then. He actually was taking his nap when everybody came over and opened presents, so he opened his all by himself later in the day. We took more video of him than pictures for Christmas this year for some reason. He got some great things and wanted to open his presents more than move on to the next present. He got lots of cars, the cutest little dog (stuffed animal might I add), a doctors kit, a new blanket, etc, etc.

"Angel" Ty and "Joseph" Claire

Ty Didn't Want To Keep His Angel Costume On

Ty and Talor

Best Month

I do have to say that this month has been so fun for us so far and it can only get better with Christmas right around the corner. The holidays are so much more fun when you have your own kids I swear (and more stressful)! Ty has been SO excited about Christmas trees, lights, snowmen, Santa, presents, baby Jesus, etc, etc. It so fun to watch his face light up when he sees anything to do with Christmas. We decided to get a real Christmas tree this year and that's our only decoration cause we're moving after Christmas. Yes we bought a house, but more on that after the move! I'm so stressed over it I don't even want to think about it, k!

Our Homemade Nativity

Anyway, Mike and I were actually able to have a little get away last week by ourselves, which was great. Mike's parents watched Ty while we went to San Francisco for the weekend. Mike had to work there during the week, so we decided to stay for the weekend. We didn't do anything fantastic cause we've been to San Fran multiple times, but it was nice to sleep in and take naps and eat out with no interruption! The only bad part is that we did get caught in the dumb "Occupy Wall Street/San Fran," whatever you want to call it. It's so STUPID!!! It was much needed and fun other than that.

Mike's Grandma's Headstone (We Miss Her Dearly!)

The Only Picture We Took In San Fran

Ty's birthday is on Friday and he goes around the house saying Happy Birthday Daddy! He cracks me up. I will do another post on his birthday cause we're having a big bash on Friday! One funny thing about Ty that he said on Sunday as I was getting ready for church, he said he wanted to put on his missionary clothes (he usually says church clothes)! I've never said that too him, but he does love the song "I hope they call me on a mission," so I'm sure that's where he got it from.

Ty And Our Neighbor On A School bus (Ty LOVES School buses)

We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and we will post again after our move!

All Decorated

Which Tree Should I Choose?

Phew

Phew, it's been awhile! I seriously need to do better at blogging, cause our little family is changing so much. Lets see...Ty will be 2 next month!!! Can you believe it? I can't. I'm working on his birthday bash right now and I'm already stressed about it. Geesh, he's only 2! I know I've said this before, but with his birthday being so close to Christmas, it's so hard to do anything. So we have celebrated with family instead of having a big bash. I'm excited for this years birthday and Christmas though cause he'll actually know what to do with the presents. We already got him a Strider bike in July for his birthday present. He's getting pretty good at it and soon enough he'll be taking off.

Anyway, I guess I should start w/ Halloween. Ty was a cow as you will see from the pictures and he loved his costume. Didn't fight me at all and didn't care if he took it off or not either. He has asked a couple of times for his costume, but I just say it's being washed and he drops it. We went trick or treating with our neighbors and he got the hang of it after about 3 houses. Silly Ty would say trick or treat, but he wouldn't say thank you! We came home after about 10 houses and wanted to pass out our own candy, but we only had 3 trick or treaters. Lame! I think I needed to decorate the outside of our house better. As for bedtime that night, it was a little funny. I think Ty was a little scared to go to bed from all of the different things going on. I had to rock him to sleep and then sleep with him for a little while before he would let go of me. His grip was so tight on my shirt!

Me Looking Very Sick w/ Ty Confused and Mike Sleepy

Got The Hang Of It

Not Quite Sure What To Do Yet

Kisses For Daddy

Getting Ready

In other news, I have been SOOOO sick. Because, yup I'm pregnant! For the last month and a half I have thrown up every single day, sometimes twice a day. So this past month has not been fun for our family. I do feel like the worst mom, cause Ty doesn't do much throughout the day. I don't let him watch too much TV or movies, so he's been pretty good about playing with himself. He was so funny the other night though, Mike and I were just sitting watching him play and we both got up to do something and he came over and grabbed both of our hands and said, "Sit, play." Ha, boy he just might have a little culture shock come June! I'm due the beginning of June, so hopefully this dumb sickness is almost over!

Yes I am biased, but Ty is the cutest thing ever! This age is so fun to me! He says the silliest things sometimes and will repeat anything we tell him too. He still uses his Spanish which is great, I hope he keeps that up and I hope I can keep it up cause I feel like a broken record! Yes he does have his moments, but for the most part I could not ask for a better child.

Family Wake Boarding Trip the End of September

How Do You Like His Jacked Up Haircut!?

Sickness

Oh man it's been a rough one lately for our little family! (Not to complain about motherhood) Ty has been to the doctor 3 times in a week and a half. Poor little guy! He has what they call Gingivostomatitis. Yea I had the same reaction, what? It's a form of herpes that forms in the mouth. So basically he has cold sores all in his mouth. So he really hasn't eaten much since last Tuesday. He only sleeps for an hour at a time and wants me to hold and rock him constantly. Ugh, I thought ear infections were bad! Then last Saturday they started showing up around his nose and outside his mouth. So today I had had enough and called the doctor and told them there had to be a medicine to help not only him but my sanity!! I guess the sores on his lips and nose are Infintigo. He can thank is dad for that one! Mike and his siblings have had this since they were little kids too. Anyway, I got a prescription today so hopefully come the end of the week things will be looking up.

Our Poor Little Guy

We celebrated Mike's birthday last week. We had planned to go to Olive Garden for Mike's favorite "Never Ending Pasta Bowl", but with Ty not feeling well we knew it wouldn't be good. So I just made him a banner and took him to In N Out burger! That's about all for us. Ty is great other than his mouth. He's very helpful and loves to push and wrestle his daddy! He's talking more and more everyday. He still really loves the water and asks me everyday if we can go to the pool. He still has a few teeth pushing through. He knows all of the actions to the nursery rhymes/church songs I sing to him. He loves to read books and I love to hear him in his room babbling away! It's so funny how he makes the same sounds I make to him while reading. I wish he would stay this little and sweet forever!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Blowing Out Daddy's Candle

Activity w/ Daddy's Shaving Cream

Ty's Movie Night Car Box

Ode to Summer

Here in Burbank, school starts today. I know I don't have a kid that goes to school yet, but that still means summer is over for us too because we can't go on mid week dates anymore cause of course it's a school day. All the neighbor kids will not be visiting us in the mornings anymore, the gym won't be as busy, kids will have curfews now, etc. etc. And for some reason I'm having mixed feelings about all of it. I guess I've come to realize that I don't really like change. It makes me really nervous and I get really anxious. I didn't use to be like this until I had Ty. Hormones? I think so!!

Anyway, my nieces and nephews don't start school for another week, so I think I'll finish off MY summer with a 2nd week at the beach this year with my toes in the sand and a trip to the zoo with the family.

Lovin' on his daddy

Attempting to skip rocks at the bay

Digging in the sand

Of course we did A LOT more this summer than just go to the beach! But the beach is always the highlight of the summer. Ty loves the sand, jumping the waves, throwing and eating the sand and everything about the beach. So until next summer...

(Hopefully I'll get around to posting before then)

18 Months

Happy Summer!

Eighteen months is fast approaching for Ty and it's CRAZY! Since it is officially summer, we spend a lot of time outside. The only problem is that we don't have a back yard, so we run around the front yard, so all of our neighbors know when his nap time is vs. play time. :) Some days we are down to 1, 3 hour nap, but other days he still wants to take 2 naps. He still wakes up at the butt crack of dawn, so naps are different everyday! He is a little obsessed with his signing movie. It is the ONLY movie he will sit and watch. He always hands me other movies to watch, but he thinks every movie is his signing movie. So needless to say, he knows how to sign A LOT of things. I'm teaching him Spanish, so he says please, hello, etc. in Spanish. I will speak it to him and he understands it, but doesn't quite speak it all yet. He LOVES talking on the phone. He especially likes talking to his dad onhis way home from work. He knows Mikes ring on the cell phone, so he runs to the phone when Mike calls. He was really talking up a storm

to Mo and Mar the other day on the phone too. I think as long as somebody is laughing at him, he will talk to them. He's such a ham!

Almost Ready For A Summersault

Ty Has A Major Obsession w/ Belly Buttons

Oh the Concentration, Only to Have the Ball Fall Off the Tee!

He also loves the pool! We were at my parents house last week and I had to really watch him cause he would just go jump in the water if the gate was open to the pool. I love that he likes the water, but it's so scary sometimes. We take him to the pool every Friday night at our gym, which he loves! They have little toys for him to play with and all kinds of things there. Me and him go to a gymnastics class during the week too. He almost had a spill off the balance beam the other day. He doesn't really care to play with the other kids, but he definitely gets some energy out.

Crusin' In the Hot-Rod (He killed it once, I didn't kill it at all!)

Conquering Getting A Drink From the Hose

Watching The Airplanes/Helicopters Fly Over Our House

Those Are Goggles Around His Neck

He finally got one side of his molars in. That was a rough 2 weeks if I do say so myself! Anyway, Ty is so much fun and we can't get enough of him. We are going to Utah for the 4th of July, so I'm sure he will love seeing all of his cousins there. I'm sure we have other trips planned too, but until then, have a fun 4th!

Paradise

We are back from Hawaii and I'm trying not to

think of the beauty of Hawaii as I type this! We had a blast, but we really missed Ty. I know I'm lame, but I kept texting and calling my mother-in-law to make sure he was being good and sleeping good for her. Oh well such is life and I guess it will be like that the rest of my life.

Missing Ty

Anyway, we didn't get to our hotel until about 10:00 (Hawaiian time) Sunday night and we were exhausted. We took one look off the balcony of our room to check out the view and then went to bed! Monday we woke up and just walked around the resort and enjoyed the scenery. We stayed on the North Shore at the Turtle Bay Resort. The rooms are nothing great, but the views are AMAZING! I won't bore you with what we did each day, but we definitely saw some beautiful things around the island. Our favorite was snorkeling at Hanauma Bay! The fish were so pretty and so cool to get that close to them. I wish we had an underwater camera, but they were all sold out! Waimea falls is a total waste of money! So if you're thinking of going to Hawaii I would do a different water fall! We did go to Waimea Bay and the waves were huge. Mike and I both tried to take a wave and we both got totally tore up by it. We could feel each other under water as the wave was tossing us every which way. We did do the norm like PCC (Polynesian Cultural Center), Pearl Harbor, Waikiki, etc. Another highlight was going to the Laie Temple and meeting up with Wi (a friend from Thailand) at BYU-Hawaii. Most of all we just relaxed and lived the life for one whole week! (Beware overload of pictures)

Our Favorite Restaurant In Our Favorite Little Town (Haleiwa)

Hanauma Bay

Mike Snorkeling

Me Being Annoyed That Waimea Falls Was a Rip Off

Mike At The PCC

Our Dinner At The PCC

Mike Enjoying A Shrimp Truck

View From The Hotel