mommy is a slacker!

Boy am I behind on this thing or what? It's not been easy to get some time to do an update - I swear the older Ty gets the more active he is so the busier he keeps us!

We have been having some good time lately. Now that he is 2 going on 20 I find there is SO much we can bring him too. Just recently we had a family outing to Tyler's very first Monster Truck show. I was super nevous thinking as soon as we got in there and all the trucks started up he'd freak out at the noise. Boy oh boy did he ever prove me WRONG! I have not ever seen a kid get so excited about something - his body was literally SHAKING! I think Allen would agree we had more fun knowing how much fun he was having and he is STILL talking about it. Unfotunately my camera batteries died before we even got there :(

Remeber how when they are babies we can't wait for that day the first "mama" or "dada" comes out? Yeah - you can't take that back so new moms - be careful what you wish for. Apparently Tyler has a lot to say because he doesn't ever stop talking. But I'm always thankful being that's the one thing we were told he may for sure have a problem with from the stroke - how blessed we are! Especially with his unusally large vocabulary and word distinction.

Other then the normal every day in the life with a 2 year old things are pretty much the same. He does seem to be growing more and we're finally seeing some good weight gain - he'll be in that booster seat before we know it.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy a few pics - they might be old, but he is oh-so-CUTE!

two year check up

As I am driving Tyler to his appointment, this is what I hear from the back seat.... "Yay! Doctor Conner's office!".... My how blessed I am to have a kid who gets excited to go to the doctor! He was great! Played and listened well in the waiting room..... Got on the scale like a champ.... and then of course his usual showing off for the nurse and Dr. Conner.

Tyler weighs in now at 25.8 lbs putting him in the 20th percentile for weight (I think that is what she said) and is 34.4 inches tall putting him in the 40th percentile for height. Our peanut is still a peanut. But he is healthy, has a good appetite and his growth chart shows consistant growth since birth. Dr. Conner was most impressed with Tyler's speech as he did such a wonderful job talking her ear off. He did a great job of saying as many words and sentances as he could. And even a little bit of his "crazy side". All in all it was a great visit, complete with NO shots for once :)

Sometimes I still can't believe he is TWO.... how blessed we are to have a such a precious miracle.

air zoo

Couple weekends ago while we had a break from all the snow and storming, we decided would be a good time to drive down to Portage and visit the Air Zoo. As a the typical extroadinary boy Tyler is, he LOVES air planes.

Althought he may not have understood the history of it all, I think it helped put into perspective just how big these things really are! They also had a hot air balloon and bi-plane ride that he was big enough to go on with one of us. He is STILL talking about going on the hot air balloon with Mommy and Daddy :)

It was a really fun day and so nice to spend some quality family time together. Hopefully we can go back this summer with more of our family and make a day of it!

fun at gymnastics.....

Saturday night we met the Gallaghers and VanderMolens at For the Kidz for open gym night. As much as Tyler loves to run, jump, bounce, crash and monkey around, I thought he would have a pretty good time - I did NOT know he would have as much fun as he did! He had a total blast and NO FEAR at all. There was a foam pit that had about a 4 foot mat that you jump from, and apprently he thought it would be fun to RUN and JUMP into the foam pit. No fear I tell you! They also had this inflatable obsticale course that he wanted NOTHING to do with, until Allen and I conviced him he should try it. Well it only took one time through and then it was like pulling teeth telling him we had to go :( There was SO much fun little stuff there.....toddler sized trampolines, balance beems, running tramp, and even a little climbing steps with a slide. It was a great place to take a monkey like mine and I can't wait to bring him again - This time with my camera!!!

proud mama....

I meant to post these couple of things when they happened, but with Tyler being such a busy body, those kinds of things just don't happen anymore!

As some or you know, "Santa" brought Tyler his very own big boy potty for Christmas. Well about a week ago, Allen notice that Tyler was making his "poop" face while hanging out in the basement. He quick grabbed him, ran him upstairs, whipped off his pants and diaper and sat him on the potty. Sure enough, he actually pooped on the potty for the first time!!! I don't think I have ever seen Allen so proud. And Tyler got rewarded with a sticker.

Yesterday morning I was getting Tyler ready to leave and had gotten all his winter gear on. He saw my coat laying there and says "Mommy, coat on." So I put my coat. Then he says "Mommy, button coat". So I am buttoning up my coat, and as I am doing so, Tyler decided he was going to count my buttons "one, two, free, four....YAY!" It was SO stinking cute and was so proud for him counting on his own!