Picture Catch Up

Not much time to talk...just wanted to get some pictures up before I forget all the funny stories that go along with them...

Timothy has recently discovered that he can climb onto his rocking horse by himself...this is a huge help for us, obviously, and it's all he wants to do now, sit on that horse and rock the day away! And what kind of cowboy would he be if he didn't stick his tongue out while riding?

This one shows the lovely chip in his tooth, the top right tooth...and you can see how green his eyes are, aren't they pretty?

He's also found a new favorite place to sit, not sure how much Dixie likes it, but she stayed there for a while and just let him climb all over her, she's a good dog, no matter how much I try to deny it!

This one shows the nice patch of hair he has on the top of his head...that's the only spot where it's really thick, it's coming in more now though and it's lightening up a bit too!

He learned that he could roll balls under the entertainment center and then Brandon got down there to get it out and Timothy laid down next to him and tried to look under there to see what was there...he does it on purpose now and then he'll look back at us and say, "see?". It's pretty cute!

Happy Birthday Daddy!! You're the best!

Wrestling with daddy...I think Timothy won!

Pre-temper tantrum

Post-temper tantrum

Anyway, that's all for now, I'd better run because he's waking up from a nice three hour nap!! Enjoy the pictures and happy Memorial Day!

Armless Wonder

So I was just checking out the latest Simpson blogs and I was laughing at your funny Google pictures so I thought I would see what mine would be and when I put in my grandmommy's name, a cartoon picture came up of Martha Morris, the Armless Wonder...that made me laugh.

We've been busy little bees as usual. Tonight we were over at my parents' house helping them move around furniture. Brandon's sore and I'm tired from keeping Timothy under control. He's developed quite a temper lately and enjoys throwing things when he's really mad. Not a good habit to start! He's still trying to talk a lot. When he points now, he'll say, "see?" and anything he picks up goes up to his ear like a phone and we get, "hi". It's pretty cute. He's picking up on things so quickly now. He loves to take off his socks and shoes, but now he tried to put them on too. And today he was helping me put away laundry, he would hand me hangers and put his clothes in the dirty clothes basket. Sunday night at church he was being loud as usual, so we went into the training room and he was snacking on a fruit snack and he threw it so I put him down and asked him to go pick it up and he actually did. I was so proud. He's such a big boy now, and I'm sure it will only get better from here.

No new pictures, the battery on the camera died and I just recently remembered to replace them so I haven't gotten any new pictures recently. I know this one is short, but I'm tired and when I saw the "Armless Wonder" I knew I had to post that quickly or I'd forget...too funny!

Chatty Boy

Our little man has become such a talker lately! His vocabulary so far consists of 5-10 words and it seems we catch a new one every day now. His newest are "all done" (sounds more like "ah da") and "truck" (sounds more like "guck"). He can consistently sign "all done" and "more" now so we're working on "milk" and "please". It's crazy to think this time last year he was just starting to smile! He's still walking strong and dancing more now. It's kind of like a funny little knee bend thing, but it's cute! He can climb onto his rocket now too which is nice and saves us from some fit throwing! He's back into the sticking out his tongue phase so we have a lot of drool again...it's great. And I tell you what, this little boy is set for the summer thanks to all the birthday clothes from TX and the two huge boxes from the Caseys...thanks Karen!!! Tonight though, he wore the jammies to bed that Jax wore the last time they were at our house, so that was a little sad...but they fit him great.

Today we did the JDRF Walk to Find a Cure. It was so much fine. The weather was beautiful and it wasn't too cold. We started out on the beach at walked five miles. It was a little tough at first with the huge hill to climb, but once we got up that, it was easy going. Timothy made it in the stroller a little more than half way and then got fussy so I took him out and held him for a few minutes until he fell asleep and the we laid him back in the stroller and he took a pretty good nap in there! We had over 50 people walking on Team Ty! It was so encouraging to see everyone there, it was hard not to cry...but it was great and hopefully next year we won't have to walk because they will have found a cure!!

This is Team Ty! Timothy was asleep in the stroller and a lot of people had already left before we had a chance to get a picture...but you get the idea!

This is Timothy showing off his Team Ty sweatshirt...and yes, those are socks on his hands, we didn't have any gloves for him...oh well!

Anyway, I know this is short, but it's been a rough couple of weeks and I've had a lot on my mind so it's hard to think of things to sit and talk about...Timothy starts at his new daycare on Thursday and in three weeks we get a four day weekend, so I guess there's always something to look forward to!

Back to Normal

It feels so nice to have a normal week this week. Timothy has gone to daycare for two days in a row which hasn't happened all month and no one is sick so far this week! It's been nice and relaxing (so far) and that's the plan for the rest of it. So while I have time and energy, I thought I would catch up on what Timothy has been up to lately.

He has picked up some bad habits...the worst being throwing food off of his high chair tray. He knows he's not allowed to do that but he'll look at me and move his hand to the edge of the tray just to see if I'll say "no". He also knows he's not allowed to touch the fireplace screen so he plays next to it and gets as close as he can so that he has an excuse to touch it. It's been so much fun learning to discipline a one year old! And I can imagine it will get worse before it gets better, but oh well, that's what we signed up for I guess! He has also been incredibly sweet lately. He's giving lots of hugs and kisses so I can't complain there. He's hilarious when he's walking and he needs to turn because he just pivots on his foot, we call him our little basketball boy, Brandon's all excited because Timothy will only (usually only) throw with his left hand, BUT he only points with his right hand, so whos knows what that means! He's starting to try to talk more and more, it's so cute, he just babbles all the time. He can say "mama", "dada", "no no" and "Dixie" (our dog). It sounds more like "ditty" but we know what he means...and his "no no" usually comes out "na na" but you definitely know what he means when he's saying (yelling) it! He will also open a book now and just start babbling at one page and then turn the page and babble some more like he's reading.

We're having a bit of a problem with his daycare though. He was in the infant room there until this week because the age limit there is one year so he moved up this week to the toddler room. It totally makes sense and I'm glad he's with kids his age. The ages in the toddler room are 12-20 months. But it's a completely different environment. The teachers in that room are much less involved and seem really impersonal and they make the kids eat sitting in little chairs at a table and they sleep on cots. Maybe I'm still baby-ing him, but at home he eats in his high chair and sleeps in a crib? So I was getting a little upset about it yesterday, they send home a paper each day saying when they ate and slept and all that and he hadn't had anything to eat in 5 hours which is a little ridiculous for a one year old and he had only slept an hour which means he fell asleep on the way home which means he was fussy all night...so anyway, I said all that to say that I had been really upset and praying about it a lot and I remembered that Brandon had put Timothy on the waiting list for the daycare at Fort Lewis where he works so I asked him last night if he had called back to check on his status as far as the waiting list goes and he had not so he called today and they had a spot for him! So Brandon is going to register him tomorrow and we're going to orientation as soon as possible to check it all out. It's much less expensive and Timothy would be able to get more sleep at night and he wouldn't have to be there as long as he is now because Brandon works less hours than I do plus I would get more sleep and be able to get home sooner so we're really praying that this one works out.

Anyway, sorry that got a little long...we don't have too much else going on the rest of this week, my parents are in TX for cousin Linden's first birthday so Happy Birthday Linden!!! We wish we could be there to celebrate with you all and hope you have a great birthday and we love you all! Next Saturday is the JDRF Walk that we're doing for Tyler so I've been practicing walking long distances. I did two and a half miles last night which is half of the JDRF Walk so I think I can make it next Saturday! If anyone still wants to donate or sign up to walk, the link is http://walk.jdrf.org/.

I think that's all I have to post for now, I have to finish getting things ready for this afternoon, we're taking Timothy to get his one year pictures made...I promise I'll do better at keeping this current now that all the craziness is over! Oh yeah, and here are some more pictures from birthdays and TX...

Push me Daddy, push me!!

My balloons wanted some cake too....

Meme, Timothy, Mrs. Christy and Toby

I love this picture, this is Brandon's grandfather and he and Timothy played with that hat for like half and hour and I'm so glad we got a picture of it...I hope Timothy realizes some day how special it is that he was able to play with his great grandfather!

Finally!!

Yes, I know it has been a long time...but you wouldn't believe what a crazy couple of weeks we have had lately. I thought a chipped tooth was a lot to deal with, but then I was definitely proved wrong. Here's what our family has been up to (warning...this might be a long one).

So post-chipped tooth, we spent that Thursday night at the Oden's watching some of survivor and hanging out with friends and then left to board the plane for TX. It was a great trip, Timothy slept through the whole thing and actually didn't wake up until we were putting the bags in the truck at the Houston airport. We made it back to Brandon's parent's house where we napped most of the afternoon and laid around being lazy and catching up on our rest. We were supposed to take family pictures that afternoon, but it got rained out (plus it was REALLY windy) so instead we all just went to dinner (at Cracker Barrell!!!) and bummed around the mall for a little while. Saturday was party day so we were all busy. Brandon's family handled all the food and that stuff so a HUGE thank you to everyone down there for such a wonderful party, we had a great time. Timothy has a complete summer wardrobe now, he'll be stylin' all summer long! Sunday we did the normal church thing and then Monday we headed home. I tried to pick some of our favorite pictures from the weekend, there were so many it was hard to pick just a few!

Timothy had an Elmo cake, of course, and it was so cute...especially since he had a matching Elmo shirt!!

And then he tore into the cake and got it all over himself...he had so much fun!!

Baby Easton looking cute as ever...Timothy's so jealous of all that hair!

And of course, we have to get a picture of the family whenever we're together

And what trip to TX in the Spring would be complete without a picture in the bluebonnets...Timothy was too thrilled to have his picture taken again, but oh well!

We made it home Monday evening and all was well until about 10:30 that night when Timothy started crying in his crib and I almost didn't go in there but something told me I should and when I did we discovered he was covered in puke. Not the best surprise at that time of night so we were up with him until around 2am...it was a little scary, it was the first time he had ever done that. Tuesday was ok and Wednesday was ok and then early Thursday morning Brandon and I both woke up sick and throwing up so we spent Timothy's birthday at home taking turns in the bathroom all day. I know it's gross, but it's the truth! By Friday we were all feeling better though, so I think we're in the clear. I'm still a little sick feeling, but haven't actually gotten sick, so I think my stomach is just trying to get back to normal. I lost 10 pounds though, so I guess I can't complain too much!

Timothy had his one year well child check up on Friday so we had lots of fun at that. He weighed 22.12 and was 31 in. and his head was somewhere around 49 cm. So that puts him in the 85% for height, 50% for weight and the doc didn't actually say the % for his head, but he said it's "bigger than most". He also added that it's normal and growing consistently so we don't have to worry, but it's a little annoying having to buy 2T - 3T size hats for my one year old! We left the doctor and spent the afternoon at my parent's house. We went out to dinner and a movie with Grammy and Grumpy and Tyler on Friday night, it was a lot of fun. The movie wasn't great, but it was pretty funny and the best part was that Timothy actually sat and was quiet for the entire movie. We've tried movies three times and that's the only one we've made it through.

Saturday (yesterday) was his birthday party and it was so much fun. I was worried since he didn't get much of a nap, but he did great and we had a lot of fun. Thanks to Grammy and Grumpy and Aunt Brittany for all of your help, it was such a wonderful time. We are just so thankful to have so many people, in TX and WA, that care and love for us and for Timothy and gave their time to spend at his birthday parties. We didn't even need presents for him, just seeing all the people there celebrating our little boy was plenty. Of course, he loves he presents. He plays with his fire truck all the time and we took him on a walk today on his "bike".

More cake! Yummy!

Why on earth is she making me wear this ridiculous hat?

I think all the kids enjoyed the fire truck and dump truck!

Look out, here I come!

It's still a little crazy to me that we have a one year old now, and I saved all of my crying for the ride home from mom and dad's last night since I was alone in the car. We just couldn't have asked for a better child and are so incredibly blessed and thankful.

We take a picture of Timothy every month in his chair to see how much he's grown. The one above was taken a few days after we came home from the hospital and the one below was taken this morning...I can't say much more or I'll start crying again, I just hope this feeling doesn't go away with any other children we might have...I never want to forget this...

Thanks to everyone for making his first year so great...and I promise I'll do better at updating now that the craziness is over!

Snaggletooth

Ok, when I said I wanted to blog again before I left, I didn't dream I would be blogging about this. We've found a pediatric dentist! And the reason we found one is that Timothy was being a little braver than usual last night in the bath tub and fell and hit his mouth on the side of the tub and chipped his tooth! It was pretty traumatic, he screamed for a few minutes and I grabbed him right away and got him out of there. Brandon kept saying he had chipped his tooth, but I didn't want to go feeling around in his mouth until he had calmed down some. So when it was all over and done with, we had a chipped tooth, a sad boy, and now today a pediatric dentist! He's actually been fine, he calmed down pretty quickly and took his bottle fine last night and slept through the night. I was worried he might wake up in pain, but he slept fine and he ate fine this morning, so we're all good now...I'm sure it was more stressful and traumatic for Brandon and I than for Timothy!

He was so cute at the dentist too, we had to wait forever, but thankfully they had plenty of toys and then when the dentist came to see us they didn't make me put him in a chair I just sat him on my lap and laid him back so the dentist could see in his mouth and he sat so still through the whole thing, he was really good. The dentist let him keep the mirror that he used to look in his mouth and he got a new toothbrush and a fishy bath toy and a certificate for having no cavities! I would have died if he had had a cavity already, but I guess that happens...I really liked the dentist too and the office staff were all really nice. They said it wasn't a bad chip and they wouldn't try to fix it since it's pretty small (it looks big to me, but whatever). And that everything else looked fine, no permanent damage! That's all we were asking for, so I'm definitely happy about that!

So for the rest of the day we're off to get a hair cut (for me, Timothy doesn't have much yet still) and then to play with Aunt Heather and Tyler's new puppy JJ and then to dinner and church! I think I'm doomed to never have a normal relaxing day off of work. In between dentist visits and getting everyone dressed and ready I've been trying to finish packing, but I'm sure I'll forget something...oh well, it's only a weekend trip, can't be too bad. I'll try to get some pictures of Timothy's "new smile" up soon and then pictures from his party when we get back from TX.

What a Month!

Sorry it's been so long since I've been able to get on here and give updates on our family...everytime I sat down at the computer something came up and I just haven't had much time. Where to begin...work is going just fine now, I actually got to call in sick today and stay home with Timothy for a change so that was nice. I probably shouldn't have since we'll be gone Friday through Monday this weekend, but oh well. He needed it, he's really going through the whole separation anxiety thing bad. I didn't really realize that's what it was until today, but it's bad. Any advice?

We're leaving for TX on Thursday night. We're taking a red-eye so we'll see how that goes with the little guy. He'll sleep when we hold him so as long as we can get him to sleep we'll be ok. More than likely he'll just take a big nap when we get there Friday morning which is fine with me. I'm sure I'll need one too! Last time we flew Timothy fell asleep and we laid him across our laps and he actually slept like that for about an hour and a half! Thankfully he's sleeping now. He had a rough night Saturday night and I had to go in and wake him up and clean out his nose because he couldn't breathe and then he refused to take a nap yesterday afternoon and he had a rough night again last night and ended up in our bed around 5am. Oh well, he was pretty snugly so I can't complain too much!

He has really taken off with walking. He won't crawl now unless he has to and he's getting fast! He can stand up too with holding onto anything so that's pretty helpful. He has also discovered a new talent in turning off light switches. He'll point to them anytime he sees one and we have to go over and turn it off. He points at everything now, it's cute...and pretty helpful at mealtime! He will sign a little now, we can usually get "all done" and sometimes we get "more" and we're working on "airplane". There's a small airport right by our house and so we get the little crop duster planes flying around all the time and he loves to stand at the back door and watch them so we're working on the sign for "airplane" now too. I think we might take a baby sign language class through our pediatrician's office. We'll see.

We had the parent's portion of the one year old class at our pediatrician's office last week. It was weird being there without the kids. We've seen these people for the past year with their babies and it was weird not to see the kids there too, but I can understand it would be hard to teach a class with a bunch of one year olds running around. It sure was easy at that two week old class when they all just laid there and slept! But, we had fun, it was like a mini date...and we learned a lot of good stuff too. Timothy's right where he should be developmentally so that's just perfect for us. And surprisingly out of a class of 10 or more couples, only one was pregnant again. We're hoping to be in that boat by the 18 month visit, we'll see!!

So this week should be a little hectic, we're having family pictures made in TX and a birthday party for Timothy. We're pretty excited. But before any of that can happen we have to do laundry and pack and get the house clean before we leave and probably go to work somewhere in all of that! At least I have Wednesday off too, only two days of work this week!! I will try to get birthday pictures up as soon as I can when we get back and I'll try to get back on here again before I leave. Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter, here's some new pictures!!

Checking out the Easter basket...imagine that, the Easter Bunny knew he liked Elmo!

Apparently it's more fun to play in the toy box...

Messy spaghetti night!!!

Check out the new teeth!