one little monkey....

Friday afternoon I had an appointment for a manicure/pedicure as a little treat to myself for Mother's Day. Gramma Pickerd was nice enough to come over and watch Tyler while I was away. He had gone down for a nap right before I left. By the time I had got home he was no longer napping. He had slept for about an hour and Gramma had heard him over the monitor and then all was quiet again. All of a sudden was the sound of a door opening and then the pitter patter of little feet. Gramma got upstairs as fast a she could only to find out one little monkey had climbed out of bed, went into Mommy and Daddy's room, shut the door and turned on the TV. WHAT A LITTLE STINKER!

That afternoon........ after waking up for a nap, no need to call "mama", sure just get out of bed and go play in our room.

Saturday morning...... Al shot out of bed startled by the sound of our door (which startled me out of a dead sleep) to find Ty awake and out of bed. "Hiiiiii" says Tyler.....

Saturday nap times..... who needs a nap when you can crawl out of your bed FIVE times?!?!!? At this point was not willing to stay in his bed and ends up falling asleep in Mommy's arms on the couch.

Sunday morning..... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! "Hiiii" again from Ty as he pulls and pulls on my fingers to get me out of bed at 7:00 AM..... Guess he didn't get the memo that mommies are supposed to sleep in! That day we dropped his mattress to the absolute lower (was yet - didn't think this would come so soon!).

Sunday night.... I think he was just way to exhausted, but stayed in bed all night!

Monday night..... I put Tyler to bed around 8:45 p.m. and he was good until I hear banging and then the door trying to be opened. Sure enough as soon as I get up there and open the door there is Ty and this time he knew he was in trouble. When I scooped him up he started crying instantly. So I just told him "You are tired and it is time for nu-night. You are to stay in your bed and you do not get out of your bed". To very much my surprise he did! YAY! He did cry, which I figured he would but not for long and went right to sleep.

I am hoping that this tactic will work, I know he is becoming a "big boy" but Mommy is just not ready for Big Boy Bed.

Hope all you mothers had a nice Mother's Day!

little heartbreaker

So, Tyler has not really ever had a problem with going to daycare. The exception was a phase of separation anxiety when he was an infant which passed in like two weeks time. Since then he has always known when we got there and would scramble like crazy trying to get out of car seat because he was so excited to be there. And during that time he could care less that I was leaving him there. Recently when we pull into the driveway he is still be excited and wants to go in but now once inside, he will suction himself to me like a starfish, wrapping his legs around my leg, locking his feet and arms around my neck grabbing my clothes. And he is UNBELIEVABLY strong for how little he is! He also recently has been extra whiney, clingy, just really not seeming to know what he wants exactly. Anyway..... Today was the kicker. Brought him to daycare, was ready to get out of the car and go in. Got in there and, that's right, STARFISH! Did NOT want me to go. We tried distracting him with basketballs, bouncy balls, even the slide and wanted NOTHING to do with it. I think he has figured out what we are trying to do, sticking little smarty. I finally said that's it, I had to go. Told Tyler "Mama is going to say good bye and then give you too Mrs. Sandy" I gave him a couple kisses and handed him over. Of course he was crying instantly as I walked away. I turned around to say "Bu-bye" and there he was in Sandy's arms with his hand just a reaching for me crying "Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma". And as I continued to leave, tears rolled down my cheeks.

Family Time

This weekend Tyler and I took a little trip with Gramma Pickerd up to Traverse City. The main event was Uncle Tom's wedding (Congrats!) but we also got a chance to enjoy some time with all the family, including Papa Pickerd! Allen was unfortunately unable to come with us since there was a scheduled race already. We left Friday morning, and Tyler did pretty well. Slept most of the way and by the time we got there he was ready to be OUT! We stayed with Granny Yetter. Did a little shopping (you have to any time you go there) and spaghetti dinner and a movie to follow. I was really nervous about Tyler sleeping (or rather NOT sleeping) for the night. And tried to hold him 'til he fell asleep and ended up having to put him in the pack n' play and just let him cry. Didn't take very long, but before he fell asleep he managed to pull about 10 books (guesstimate count that I pulled out when I went to bed) off the shelf his bed was next to and into bed with him. At 5:30 a.m. he woke up and I think he realized he was not at home and freaked so he ended up in bed with Mommy for the rest of sleep time.

Saturday morning we got up had breakfast with Granny and got ready to go meet Papa Pickerd at the Great Lakes Children's Museum. They were having a special day - Clifford the big red dog and Curious George were visiting! I thought Ty would be totally afraid, well much to my surprise it was the exact opposite and the second he saw them he took off to go say "Iiiii" (Hi). TOTALLY cute!!! He had a blast the whole time we were there and really took to Grandpa..... After, I was STARVING, so we headed off to Taco House (I have to stop every time I am there - so YUMMY!) for an early lunch. We said our goodbyes and headed back to Granny's for change and get to Uncle Tom's wedding. What a handful Tyler was. At this point he had not had a nap at all, so I think he was just overly tired and had had it at that point. We did find out, however, that Tyler does like both fish and tomatoes. He must have eaten about 5 cherry tomatoes, just popped 'em right in his mouth. Needless to say, as we headed home Saturday afternoon, Ty was OUT like a light the second the car got moving and slept most the way home.

Sunday, Allen and I took Tyler over to Grandpa Davis'. The car is finally finished with paint, stickers and all!! I just had to see it! From there we took a nice little family walk through the neighborhood down to Dairy Dip. It was too nice of day to not grab some ice cream! It felt so good just be out in the sun and enjoy some nice relaxing time together. Now, if we can only keep this weather around, what a bonus that would be!

Just one of those kids.....

So for the last couple weeks Tyler has had a gunky draining nose along with this congested cough that just progressively sounded worse and worse. He acted fine for the most part except a couple days he did not want to eat or drink hardly anything, and was going to bed at 7 or 7:30 even with 2 two hour naps at daycare. I finally took him to the doctor on Friday morning, and low and behold (not to my surprise) yet another ear infection in the right ear. I did talk to them about the fact he has had quite a few, and I was told that at or after 18 months their Eustachian (sp?) tubes start to descend make it had to fluid to get backed up and cause them. So we are just going to see if it gets better between 18 months and 2 years and go from there.

Our weekend was pretty laid back. Friday, Ty and I were at the doctor and did some grocery shopping and then Grandma Pickerd came over so Mommy could go to a Ladies Night Out. :) Although I always miss him, I had a GREAT time! Saturday, as most any one who lives in the Midwest knows, there was tons of rain and thunderstorms, so Allen's race got cancelled. I was actually quite happy for this cause it meant some quality time together. Grandma and Grandpa Davis came over while Allen and I hit up dinner and a movie. Today, we have just been lounging around, had a nice big Sunday breakfast, Tyler played and watched movie on TV with us. I didn't plan on doing anything since I expected it to rain ALL day and right now the sun is shining?!?!?! Leave it to Michigan meteorologists......

I have mentioned (and prolly repeatedly) what a ham Ty is lately, so I thought I would share with you a few of his antics..... Clearly thinks his bucket is a hat and he just loves the beads so how can I say no? And yes, Tyler is putting on Mommy's PINK headband.... Aunt Kate B. couldn't believe that Kendall and him had this in common right now. And last but not least, what kid doesn't like shoes? But some how it's just WAY funnier when your little BOY is putting on clearly what are GIRL shoes..... Priceless.....

Testing, testing......

What a BEAUTIFUL weekend we had with the weather! And I am so excited for another one! We had a lot of fun this weekend with LOTS of outside time.

Friday, I met up with my friend Mandy and her girls and took all the kids to ware off some energy at Millennium Park. It was really nice there since there was a range of ages, toys for every kid. Afterwards, we ran home to grab sweatshirt and something to eat and then headed to Allen's softball game, where there is dirt EVERYWHERE. Tyler could care less and had a blast with his new rake from the Easter Bunny, and of course all the balls around. Saturday was a stay at home day, but we had some fun together playing outside with T-Ball, golf and sidewalk chalk. Allen was at the track for the first race of the season. And then Sunday it rained...... oh well with all Ty's toys there is still plenty to do!

Tyler has been receiving more time outs lately. He sure is trying our patience and seeing what he can and can't get away with. Before a year old he threw everything. We did get him to understand to only throw balls and NOT at people. Well now we are back to throwing everything. Only now you tell him not to, he looks at you, throws it, then laughs. ha.... ha.... Mommy is not laughing. But he does sit in the time out well, and is getting even better at saying "sorry".

When Tyler is not being naughty he is certainly one of the funniest kids I know. He LOVES my shoes, my jewelry, my headbands, both of our sunglasses and belts. Who the heck knows what it is about these things, but he loves them.

I do have some new pics, and have finally figured out how to get a slide show on here. So once I upload those, come back and take a look!

Have a great weekend!