Electronic age...

Gee I wonder if he'll take after his Daddy and go into computer science?

Laughter's the best medicine

I know every Mom thinks her kid is the funniest kid EVER... But I REALLY AM! (and since I only have one kid I can say that he's the funniest kid EVER). We were watching tv tonight (gotta love Bill Engvall) and decided to play with the boy. He was standing there looking at me so I started tickling him (he has recently decided that this is a fun game), and since he was standing he started hopping from foot to foot and giggling. I am apparently easily amused and started laughing hysterically. This confused Tyler and so he kept giving me these looks of mixed confusion and concern. Then as I started to regain my composure, he'd grin at me and I'd lose it again.

I'm sure it was much funnier to watch than it is to read. Jess was thoroughly amused, especially when I begged him to take the baby so I could pee. Either way my stressful and crazy day is now much better! Gotta love kids.

cooking

Yes I do know a few things in this area. Mainly the decorating/plating part of it as opposed to the prep part. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to make a camping cake for my Dad's birthday. So far I've figured out that it will be easier to cut the cake if I chill it first. I've also learned that fondant and I don't get along. I don't like the taste or working with it (though I may use it for lines)... Now all I have to do is learn to embrace piping...

How does that relate to Tyler (since this is his blog)... I always loved when my mom would make our birthday cakes. I figure that is something I can do with my limited cooking skills (I used to be fairly skilled at it). So I figure PopPop is a good guinea pig for seeing if I can still do it. Hopefully there will be pictures at some point of a good cake.

Feel free to offer suggestions on ideas for a tent, water feature, animals and other general camping ideas :)

Teething!!

We are officially teething... We now have TWO teeth coming in. So far not too much complaining. Tyler is a bit crankier when waking up from naps but otherwise not so cranky. He also recently rolled from his back onto his tummy once. He has a knack for doing those fun milestone things as soon as I walk out of the room.

We got to play with Cousin Maisie and Henry again this past weekend too. It was Katie and Reed's birthday party (Katie is 4 and Reed is 1). So the cousins came down from the mountains. We had fun! Jess got to play hopscotch with Maisie and the boys had fun playing with Nee Nee and Pop Pop.

And now for the recent fun photos...

Someone decided that he was too tired to stay awake in the highchair while out to lunch with Mommy, Daddy and Amira. Instead of taking him home we just took pictures :)

A phone booth. We were pretty sure that Tyler would never have to use one as he grows up. I remember that I always had to have a quarter in case I needed to use one these. Plus its a fun photo with Gramma Deb and Grand Dad.

He really did like the big ball pit the first time I put him in it. But by the time I grabbed the camera he was tired and hungry.

Playing on the phone with Daddy.

Playing with his feet makes him tired.

playing... Family style

First of all... WELCOME Kayla Anne Glockley, born 7/7/09 at 9:10 pm. She weighs 7 lbs 2 oz and is 19 3/4 inches long. Congrats to the happy family!! She's a cutie...

Tyler got to play with his cousin Henry today. They have both become such cute little boys. Henry is pushing 3 months old. The boys loved looking and smiling at each other. I think they both thought they were looking in a mirror. They are surprisingly similar in size.

Tyler on the left, Henry on the right

They became good friends too. It may look like this was contrived, but it wasn't. It also wasn't a "lucky" shot... they were actually holding hands for a while.

They loved playing footsie too!

Such a proud NeeNee!

Reading time with PopPop... I believe they read the Jabberwocky.

4th of July... oh my!

Fourth of July was a hoot! We started the weekend on Friday since Jess had that day off. We ran some errands and then helped do some computer stuff with his folks. Then Saturday we slept in and hung around for a while. Then headed up to Boulder for a BBQ at the Odums. Tyler decided that Grand Dad's shoes looked tasty. Especially the lace parts!

He also loved hanging out with Gramma Deb. He had a knack for sticking his fist in his mouth every time he smiled.

We then all went to watch the fireworks. We usually go to Aurora 7 (the elementary school Jess went to) to watch the Folsom field ones, but they're doing construction stuff so we went to another place to watch them (same show different viewing place) this year. Tyler loved watching them. He was mesmerized through the whole thing.

Sunday was a lazy day. Even Tyler found some time to sleep.

He got to play with Nee Nee and Pop Pop today. He decided to sport one the shirt his Daddy got for Father's Day. (My dad has Super Powers)

If you hadn't noticed his hand spends a lot of time in his mouth, and for good reason... He's gotten his first tooth! (follow the blue arrow). My little boy is growing up!

In other news...

He has also managed to roll (once) from his back to his tummy. I had just left the room and Jess watched him do it. Figures! He's gotten very good at grabbing his feet and rolling onto his side. He just can't quite get over his arm.

He is also now sleeping in his crib full time. We started putting him in there at night when we got back from our big trip. I was having a hard time picturing him in that big room all by himself, so we decided to do it in baby steps. We used the pack-n-play for the trip so that helped. (And he's getting way to big for the bassinet in our room.

So my little boy is growing up...