Little Turtle

My beautiful and "Oh-so-creative" friend Sarah made Ty this adorable Turtle for his birthday. We started calling Ty "Turtle" when he was born because he would crane his neck up and look around. Ty has gained a few other nicknames as he has grown, but Miss Sarah still calls him "Widdle Turtle".
Thank You Sarah!

New Toof-er

Ty got a new toof-er (tooth) this week. His bottom/middle/right popped through. Now he has 4!

I just had to add this picture too. Is that not the sweetest face you have ever seen!
I love my little guy. This is such a fun age. Really from 6 months on, it's just been better and better being his mommy. To watch him grow & change, and learn & do new things is just incredible. God is good :)

Riding Forward

As promised, here are some pictures of Ty's 1st ride forward facing in his new car seat. He thought it was so cool. He kept looking around and would giggle.

BTW-I took the pictures when we were stopped at a stop light.

Early Birthday Present

Ty got an early birthday present from Mommy & Daddy today...a cool new carseat. The only one he'll every need (or so they tell us). It breaks down and converts all the way to a booster seat. We needed an extra seat to have one for Dennis' car too and this one was on sale :) Ty really digs the cup holder. This seat is forward-facing only, so depsite the recommended wait til 1 year old, we turned him a few weeks early. We didn't venture out tonight after installing the seat, so stay tuned to hear about what Ty thinks of riding forward in the car!

Ty Update

Houston, we have a climber.

Ty has grown taller recently and more daring (despite his fall from the counter top). His new favorite thing to do is climb up on the ledge of our fireplace and look out the window. He climbs up and down all day long.

I've had a few things going on in the evening lately, so Dennis has been putting Ty to bed. They have figured out their own routine. Dennis sits with Ty in the recliner and they watch Mad Money while taking his sippy cup. Ty loves to watch it for some reason. He doesn't pay much attention to the TV at home, but when Wheel of Fortune or Mad Money comes on, he stops and watches.

Birthday Invitation Pictures

A couple weeks ago, I did a photo shoot of Ty so I could put a picture on his birthday invitations. Now that the invites are out, I can share the pictures with you. I thought they were cute. We decided to have a small family birthday party. I know...weird to not go ALL OUT for our 1st kid's 1 birthday...but it is in March so everyone will be inside our small house. Plus, I didn't want Ty to get too overwhelmed (me either). So just a couple people and some cake :) We're doing a firefighter theme (surprise, surprise). Here's my cutie-pa-tootie:

Children's Museum

My friend Cassie invited Ty & I to the Children's Museum today with her son Luke!

Taking a picture of Luke taking my picture...

Ty playing in the sand at PlayScape...

The feature this time was Lego Land!

Prince Ty

He LOVED this little Dragon puppet

Playing with the blown "glass"

Luke watching for the train. Choo Choo!

Next, we were off to see the Dinosaurs...

Not sure what kind of face Ty is making here. :)

Ty kept playing with this flap that lifted up & down. I wasn't paying much attention til Cassie came over with Luke to see what Ty was looking at. It was Raptor dung... LOL

Playing with Ty-sized dinosaurs

We had a great time. Thanks Cassie & Luke!

1st Trip to the ER

So I feel like the worst mother in the world. Ty fell off our island counter today. I sat him up there and turned to grab something under the sink. Before I looked up, he had gone off the back. I wasn't sure how he fell or landed, or how I even picked him up. He, of course, was screaming. I took him in the hall to cool off by the fan (it usually calms him down). And boy did it calm him, he went to sleep right away. That worried me, so I called Dennis at work. Before the call could even go through, Ty puked all over me. Needless to say, that was the final straw and we headed to the ER. He fell asleep on the way which worried me even more. I had called my mom to meet me there. As soon as Ty saw her, he perked up a bit.

Everything on physical examination and vital signs came out normal, but since he was lethargic and had vomited they decided to do a CAT scan anyway. It all came back fine, Thank God. After I finally calmed down a bit (and Ty too), my mom convinced me to take a picture of him on his first (of many we assume) visit to the ER:

Jump & Play

Today Dennis, Ty, & I went to Jump & Play for Ayden Young's birthday party.

Ty going down the slide with Daddy...

Now Momma's turn...

Basketball in the Black-Light Room

Down the slide with Calvin & Mya!

Growing Vocabulary

Ty has started saying more and more words. His first was Mom-Mom. That has now turned into Ma-ma-ma-ma. His second word was Da-da. Then a month or so ago he started saying Na-na-na-na (meaning No). Now that he's more mobile, he's heard that word more often ;) Last week he surprised us with Ba-ba-ba-ba. At first I thought it was bottle, which he hasn't had for weeks now. But he soon showed us that he was saying "ball". And then yesterday while reading his favorite book, he said Dog :) It's so cute to hear him communicate more and more.

Valentine's Day

Dennis & I celebrated Valentine's Day the day prior since he had to work on the actual holiday. I received these beautiful roses...

...and then that night my mom came to watch Ty so we could have a date night. Dennis & I went to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, House of Tokyo. Then we went to the Firefighter's Union Hall to celebrate my Auntie Frosty's 50th Birthday. We had a great time.

The next day, on Valentine's Day, Ty & I surprised Dennis at work with some yummy cookies. This was the first time Ty was old enough to be really interested in all the fire trucks. He just kept looking around and wanting to touch it all...My Two Handsome Men!

If you follow our blog, you know that each time we take Ty to the firehouse, we take a picture of him next to the firetruck's tire to see how tall he's getting. Here's a recap:

2 MONTHS

5 MONTHS

7 MONTHS

And now at 11 MONTHS!