project 365- Week 12

March 21- Ty's 10 month birthday and a super cute shirt.

March 22- Patrick and Ty have on very similar shirts and Patrick requested I take this picture.So sweet.

March 23- I knew this was going to be our last nice day outside for a long time so I made sure to get a lot of outdoor time. I rounded up random items from the kitchen and filled some dishes with water to keep Ty entertained.

March 24- We went back to Monkey Joes and once again the little girls flocked to Ty. Total chick magnet.

March 25- A practice night for all the new cracker barrel employees and we got to order anything we wanted to and paid for it with pretend money. It was fun and we had the most delicious coca-cola chocolate cake.

March 26- Bubble bath. Sometimes Ty loves playing in the bath sometimes he doesn't. This night he did.

March 27- Wearing his Nike velour tracksuit, rooting for UK basketball. I get so many compliments on this outfit from black people, curious. 

30 Things About Me

The on all of the blogs that I read, the moms are doing a list of things about themselves. The number of things you write is dependent upon your age i.e. since I'm 30 I have 30 things. I've also peppered the list with pictures I've taken with my camera phone to hold anyones interest who could careless about me and reads this blog strictly for the Ty updates.

(This is a really high trampoline at Gymboree. While I wasn't looking for 2 seconds Ty had pulled himself up on this. Just thought it was funny)

1. I want to own a race horse. If I did own one I would name her zuzu's petals 

2. If we ever own a boat someday we're naming it Cassus Beli. Its a line from a seinfeld and I learned in one of my greek classes at UT it means occassion for war. Cool huh? 

3. Ever since we've been together my husband and I have discussed what we would name things including kids. 

4. I attended UT for almost 10 years. I still miss going to class wish I could afford to be a student forever. 

5. If I could live anywhere in the world it would be chicago

6. My husband and I have been to vegas 3 times together and can't wait to go back. We always swore we'd never take our kids there but now I don't know. 

7. I desperately want a girl but it would be so much cheaper to have another boy so I honestly don't care what the next one is

8. The next baby will either be Brooks or Brooklyn

9. My favorite chore is laundry especially folding it. I pretend I'm working at a department store

10. I am the worst packer ever. On my honeymoon in vegas I forgot to pack my makeup. On my trip to myrtle beach I forgot a bathing suit 

11. I actually want 4 kids but only if I can afford them otherwise I will probably just stop at 2. 

12. I'm looking forward to drinking at Ty's little league and football games. I'm happy to be "that mom" 

13. I love The Office I could watch my dvds all day everyday and often do. 

14. I didn't take my first plane flight until I was 19 but ever since I've flown a ton a lot more then most people because of patrick's job

15. My kids will be very well travelled and well educated on different cultures. I love history and intend on passing that on to them. 

16. One time I asked my husband what he loved most about me and he said "you're really good at history". Hmmmm I think he was kidding 

17. I love mexican food. 

18. I've never ridden a horse despite the fact I've lived in texas most of my life and kentucky (the horse capital of the world) for 6 months. 

19. I love the beach and want to live in a beach city so bad. 

20. I love fashion. I live my life planning outfits for the next event. 

21. I love being a mom so much. I never had any idea I would love it this much. 

22. I was a party girl big time before my baby. I will be again as soon as I'm done with babies. 

23. I love dogs. I love my dogs. I can't wait to get another dog. When I do I'm naming her Pippa. 

24. I've lost all my sports mojo since having a baby. I used to win everything. Fantasy football, basketball office polls, bowl game pick ems. 

25. I could beat anyone at seinfeld trivia. 

26. I love firework shows. My husband loves those stupid loud popper fireworks I hate them. He actually keeps extra in his truck because you never know when he'll need them. 

27. I love weddings I wish I could have another one. Same guy though. 

28. I love my church and I love studying the bible and reading inspirational faith based books. It all has totally improved my outlook on life. 

29. I love planning parties including ones being thrown for me by others. 

30. I hate hippies. 

Project 365- Week 10

March 14th- At open gym at gymboree. He loves that stupid clown so much, all the babies do and I don't know why.
March 15th- With his Grampy when they were here visiting. Isn't that box of rags so classy?
March 16th- I never ever let Ty go naked and when I do he gets so excited. Look how skinny he is and how big it makes his head look.
March 17th- ST. Patrick's day
March 18th- The first birthday party Ty has ever attended and what a great party. It was held at our home away from home, gymboree and Ty even got to play with the parachute and bubbles.
March 19th- Ty's first time to take steps between Patrick and I.
March 20th- Walking a little but really likes to just stand by himself and clap. He's so silly.

Tyson is 10 Months

 First let me start off with, isn't that shirt cute? I found it at Kohls the other day for $10 and I believe my first clothing purchase ever at Kohls. I love it! Ok so back to some 10 month updates. Oh and there is one major element of these pictures missing but she is already back in Austin and unavailable for the monthly picture.

 Ty, at 10 months you are the sweetest, most loving baby ever. You love giving hugs and kisses and you wave and say hi to everyone. You always have a smile too for anyone who even looks your way. I'm not sure how you got so sweet with parents like us, you must have inherited that from your grammy!

 You just started walking about a day before you turned 10 months. You're not walking in the real sense of the word but you can stand completely on your own for as long as you want to and you are taking several steps so as far as record books are concerned, you started walking at 9 months. When you do walk I feel like you should be saying "Brains" as you look much like a zombie, looking for brains to eat. Everywhere we go people can not believe how young you are because you are so mature and so advanced. You point at everything now and where you want to go. You also recently became very obsessed with cars, trucks and tractors.  All of the sudden you like your stroller so we have been taking a ton of walks lately i this beautiful Kentucky spring weather and you are so happy just watching cars.

Tonight, you mooed like a cow when I asked you what the cow says which was the first time I've heard you do that. I've also heard you say uh-oh twice but can't get you to say it again for some reason. You love books. You read them on your own when you're playing and you sit quietly and listen when I read them to you. You also love music and I'm trying to decide if you're going to play the piano or the violin when you turn 3. You are doing much better in the car, as long as you either have food or something to play with. I'm about to get you a new big boy carseat so you'll be able to see out the window and I think you being able to see all the cars and trucks will help.

You say mama and dada all the time but not when calling us. You just say it while you're playing I'm fairly certain you will start addressing us by our names soon. Oh yeah I almost forgot, I can see a tooth now. Your first tooth is finally out and coming up. So it probably goes without saying that you've been teething pretty badly and not sleeping very well at night. I'm tired but you're so perfect in every other way I honestly don't mind my lack of sleep, its not that bad I just pretend that it is when your father is around so he feels sorry for me.

Happy 10 Month Birthday Ty!!


"While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about."
~Angela Schwindt

"Why Fly a Kite When You Can Just Pop a Pill"

The title of this blog is something Kramer said on an episode of Seinfeld and since this entry is primarily about kites I thought it appropriate. Anyhoo we bought a kite on Sunday. I swear it has been windy every single day since I've lived here. We bought our kite and when as soon as we got to the park it was dead. No wind. Figures.  I suppose it doesn't really matter anyway because A. I've never, ever been able to fly a kite in my life and B. Patrick ended up getting some stunt kite that had 2 controllers and he couldn't fly anyway even if there had been wind. I tried to tell him to buy the cute little simple owl kite but he needed something more manly and look how that turned out. Needless to say we returned it to the walmart but not without using it as a cute picture prop. So as far as I'm concerned it totally served its purpose. I hate kites. 

 See, look how stupid I look just trying to get the kite up in the air. Patrick knew what he was doing when he handed me his stunt kite and tried to make me fly it. He had the camera ready.

On a side note look how cute Ty is in his baseball cap! He looks like a little boy. 

Ty's 1st Birthday Party

Well the first birthday party he was ever invited to and attended. His friend Vincent had his party today at Gymboree. It was fun. Ty had a great time and for the first time he stood up completely alone. He was in the middle of the mat and I looked over and all of the sudden he was standing. There was nothing around him to pull up on. 

Vincent had a little smash cake that his parents tried to get him to eat but he wouldn't and it took everything in my power to keep Ty away from it. He was hauling ass to get to the cake to eat it for Vince. I did let Ty have some cake eventually but I shouldn't have a problem with him eating his "first" cake come May.

 Patrick even came inside for a while to watch Ty play. 

Oh another huge milestone today, we walked to Kohls (its down the street) and the entire time- the walk there, shopping for 45 minutes and the walk back- Ty was happy. He was happy to sit in his stroller just looking around. This makes me happier then anyone will ever know. 

St. Patty's Day

I've always liked St. Patrick's Day and I don't know why. Maybe I like the fact that its a holiday in which the only way to celebrate it is to drink all day or maybe because I've always looked so good in green. Either way I'm kind of excited now because I'm married to an Irish guy (well at least part Irish his name is Patrick) and that makes my child half Irish so now I'm Irish by association and therefore have a legit reason to celebrate it.

Of course this year since I have a baby I couldn't exactly do a pub crawl but I still had a pretty good time. Ty and I took our morning walk to Starbucks in our matching green and got many-a-compliments then we went to Gymboree where I suddenly regretted not ordering a special ST. Patrick's Day shirt/outfit because all the other kids had one on and looked so cute! The moms didn't look as cute as me though and lets be honest the kids didn't compare to Ty in his spring 2011 green polo shirt.

For supper we didn't have any kid of Irish fair but we did have fancy pants Omaha Steaks. My parents got Patrick a gift certificate from there for his birthday because there are few things in this world that Patrick gets more excited about then meat. And keeping true to form he was soooo excited about this gift certificate. They were good. He made grilled mushrooms and onions and Ty ate his weight in mushrooms. Ty never ceases to amaze me. He eats and loves everything and its awesome makes it so easy on me. So anyway we had a great St. Patty's Day now on to Easter (and you better believe I'm getting special Easter outfits for Ty).

The Pugh's Visit Kentucky

Yay my family came all the way to Kentucky to pick up my car and dogs and take them back to Austin. How awesome is my family to spend their spring break to come and help us out? They do so much for us all the time I just don't know what I'd do without them!! Anyway while they were here we didn't do a whole lot since (surprise, surprise) the weather was cold, rainy and disgusting. We did make it to Gymboree though and a good time was had by all.

 Ty is getting so close to walking I really think it is going to happen any day now. He can stand alone forever and he can take 4 steps in between Patrick and I. I'm hoping he can walk by at least Easter because I think walking around after easter eggs will be so cute!

 Let me just say I miss my dogs so much! I didn't realize what a good job they really did at keeping my floors clean. I have had to get out my shop vac 3 times today to clean up after Ty!

Only 2 more weeks until we are back in Austin! Figures the weather would get super nice here and we have to leave.

Project 365- Week 9

March 7th- Say what you will about Kentucky (yes its always just me talking trash about it) but it is a pretty pretty state. This waterfall is at the park we frequent.
March 8th- I was cleaning out the coat closet and saw Ty's Bumbo chair. I wanted to see what he would do if I put him in it. When I went to get him out, it got stuck on his butt guess he is getting bigger.
March 9th- He's such a happy baby and he loves this furry blanket. He always gives it a hug like its a real animal.
March 10th- Patrick laid on the floor and everyone decided to join him.
March 11th- Ty is such a good eater. he eats everything you put in front of him. He loves feeding himself now so I rarely give him baby food anymore. He still has no teeth.
March 12th- The first time Ty get's to see mother duck who said Quack, Quack, Quack and all 5 duckies came swimming back.
March 13th- Caught Ty engaging in one of his favorite past times, going through the fridge. Please see the following picture of what happened when he heard the camera and knew he had been caught.

Monkey Joe's

Oh what a fun day we had today. The weather has been just disgusting all week (in fact its snowing right now) so after gymboree me and my friend decided to take the boys to a place called monkey joes. Its a big place filled with bouncy castles. 


We had been to one in austin before but a. it was ghetto and dirty and b. ty was way too young to enjoy it. We walked in today and his eyes just lit up. They had a special play area for kids 3 and under and Ty crawled and threw himself around everywhere. He even climbed up these stairs and slid down the slide by himself. During our time at monkey joes 3 little girls about 3-4 years old decided to hang out with ty. After he gave them all hugs and kisses they were smitten. Here's a pic of them in a little boat together 

(I'm so mad all I had was my cell phone camera today. Elsy had her camera but I don't know how long it will take her to email me the pics) the little girls kept kissing ty's hand and then he would hug and kiss them. I swear I am in trouble I have a ladies man and he's 9 months old! What am I going to do when he's in high school? I'm sure he'll be ok though. I'm going to try and keep him in church and raise him right so he turns out like colt mccoy. Anyway that was Ty's big day we have to go back before we leave! I really want  patrick to see him playing and having a good time. Sometimes I think patrick is scared of ty, like scared to go out in public with him or something like ty will have a crying breakdown and he can only be out of the house 2 hours at a time. This was the case like 7 months ago but not anymore ty is so much fun and my little sidekick.