Ty's Big Boy Bed

So Ty got his new bed put together today and his new room all set up. I so wish I would have had a video camera going when he first saw the bed because his reaction was priceless. He walked in and I kid you not he said "woo wee that's a race car bed" I laughed so hard and then I thought, when did my child turn into such a hick lol. After I put on the sheets and Cars bed set I let him see it all again for the 1st time and I did record that and its still a pretty good reaction.

Here are the pictures I got of him. I really hope he likes this bed more then his crib and I hope he likes it for a long time because he's got to use it until he has a sibling and they get bunk beds. 

Two Year Old Update

I finally took Ty to the Dr for a well check. After skipping the 18 month appointment and shots I figured I really needed to go (plus I have to have his up to date shot record for when he starts preschool June 5). So since I know all of his official stats and I just so happen to have a bunch of new pictures from his two year old photo shoot I figured I would make a blog post out it all.

I took Ty to the Dr the day after his birthday, nothing says its not your birthday anymore the party is over like a bunch of needles poked into your thighs right? At least I waited until after his bday they originally tried to schedule me on the 21st. Come on, I'm not Satan.

**On a quick side note, this was the boat that Patrick made for my Where the Wild Things Are themed baby shower. It lives in our storage unit so after I found that Wild Things shirt for Ty I thought the boat would be such a cool prop for pictures. However while it was a good idea in theory Ty really wanted nothing to do with the boat because he's too big for it now and kept getting stuck in it. Oh well at least I got a couple of decent shots in it. 

So anyway back to the Dr visit. They took his weight and pulse and got his height, you know the usual and while they were doing all of this Ty was super sweet and easy to work with. Whatever they needed him to do I would tell him to do it and he did. The nurse said and I quote "I have never had a 2 year come in here that listens so well and is so well behaved." Yep no terrible 2s here (at least not yet but I really don't think he's going to go through them honestly) I've said before its nice to get compliments on Ty's looks and his intelligence but I like the compliments on his behavior the best because while yes a lot of his temperment has to do with his genetics (thank you to his calm, sweet father and my mom) his behavior and willingness to listen to me and do what I say is due to the way Patrick and I are raising him and I do work hard on that. I don't want a brat. He's also super polite now he says please for everything, thank you, you're welcome, bless you after a sneeze and he even covers his mouth and looks the other way when he sneezes. Still just laughs when he burps but so do I, baby steps. 

He is up to 26 pounds and in the 25 percentile now for weight. This is huge because his whole life he's hovered in the 5-10 percentile range. He's a great eater still and not picky at all. He loves meat (just like his dad) and always picks fruit and vegetables over junk which I still just think is so odd. 

He is 36 inches tall and in the 75 percentile for that which always makes me happy since I want an athlete so bad. He wears a size 7 shoe which is pretty big for his age so I do think he's going to end up tall. Oh and while we're on sizes he wears 18 months in shorts (because of the skinniness) and a 2T or 3T in shirts because almost all of his height is in his torso, not his legs (he's built just like his dad, I'm all legs no torso) 

His head size is in the 75 percentile too. I don't remember the exact measurement but its big. Duh have you seen his parents' heads? 

He is in perfect health. As previously mentioned in another blog he has only been to the Dr once for an illness and that was the recent vomitorium episode which I found out was going around Austin big time. Apparently all the kids in south Austin had it and I am now assuming he picked it up at his gym. 

The poor guy had to get 2 shots, one in each thigh but this time I was able to calmly explain to him what was going to take place and he said "2 shots? Hurt a little" after I was done telling him what was about to go down. The kid barely flinched. No tears, no screaming which officially makes him less of a baby than his father when it comes to shots and needles. Way to go Ty! 

He was mainly excited about the cool blue camo bandaids they put on afterward. So now that he's all up to date on shots, we don't have to go back to the dr for a year! Which is exciting since we move so much I hate having to constantly change Drs and have shot records transferred all over the place. 

After all the questioning and examining of Ty the Dr told me he on a 3 year old level for his motor skills and intelligence. They couldn't believe me when I told them that he pees on the potty and can pedal his trike. 

I love this little guy so much and we are all just so lucky to have him in our lives. I couldn't ask for anything more, he's healthy, smart, super cute and has a wonderfully sweet and funny personality. 

There are so many times when I really think I don't want another kid because I just don't think they will ever compare to Ty and the standards he has set (well unless they're a good sleeper because then I will love that child more just kidding) but then I think about how sad it will be for Ty to not have a playmate and grow up hanging out with only adults. So we'll see, we've got some time. For now I am just enjoying every single moment that I get being this little boy's mom. 

Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)

Out on the ocean sailing away
I can hardly wait
To see you come of age
But I guess we'll both just have to be patient
'Cause it's a long way to go
A hard row to hoe
Yes it's a long way to go
But in the meantime 

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy 

Before you cross the street
Take my hand
Life is what happens to you
While you're busy making other plans 

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy 

Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It's getting better and better 

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy

John Lennon

New York City Themed Party-Ty's 2nd Birthday

So here it is, the blog entry I'm sure everyone has been waiting for... Ty's 2nd Birthday party wrap up. I think I will be doing a couple on Ty's birthday as the whole weekend and actual day of his birthday we did so much. Patrick was in town and he said the sweetest thing (and I wanted to document because sweet things out of his mouth are a rarity) "No matter where I may be working or living at the time, I will always come home for Ty's birthday. I will never miss a birthday" isn't that so cute? So far so good, last year we were in North Carolina and went to the zoo and I remember him making a big deal about me needing to be in North Carolina for Ty's birthday (I think he still holds some resentment of being left on his birthday one year while his parents went to Hawaii. I hear that story all the time through clinched teeth) Anyway it was such an awesome party. Several people who told me months ago that they would be there for it decided just not to show up  and didn't even bother telling me that other more important family events had come up that they would rather have gone to but I digress even without the 7 or so people who said they would be there we still had a great time! Now on to the party...

This was the 1st present of they day. Oma walked in with it, Ty saw it and he had to open it right then. There wasn't really a present opening section of the party as Ty just opened them as he saw them arrive. Hey it was his party I figured I would let him do what he wanted to. 

I made paper lantern and balloon chandeliers and hung them all over the kitchen ceiling. Thank you Pinterest for these good (and cheap) ideas. I loved how they looked and I saved the lantern ones to hang in Ty's room because the color scheme of the party just happens to be the same colors in Ty's Lightning McQueen bed set. 

More paper lanterns that I strung together ala 70's beaded curtain style and made them look like apples you know for the Big Apple, NYC.

I used pictures that I had taken while we were in New York City this Christmas for some other decor. I blew them up to 8x10s (except for this one, this was from the Empire State Building and taken in front of a green screen for silly, gullible tourists like us) I used frames I bought at Dollar Tree and glued on the police cars and fire trucks to give them a little bit more of an NYC touch. 

The main entry of the party. My dad painted and cut the Taxi out of foam board for me. I made traffice lights out of old shoe boxes covered in butcher paper from my mom's school. The collage is on a big canvas that I used mod podge on to make it look like a faux canvas (again, thank you Pinterest). The red 2 is what I used as a prop in Ty's 2 year old pictures and the I heart TY sign is a play on the famous I heart NY shirts that actually inspired this theme. 

Also in the entry way and all along the hall I hung up famous NYC street signs. 

The New York Yankess cake. I love love love this cake and it was so good. HEB did it this year (thank goodness, no more cupcakes and odd looking smashcake of yester year). I got so many compliments on it not that i made it or anything just everyone loved it especially all my Yankees fans friends on FB. 

Here's Ty playing with Elliot (more like bossing him around) with his new Thomas the Train track that he had just got. 

I served all the famous street vendor foods of NYC. Pretzels, hot dogs and of course thin sliced pizza (got it from east side pies and it was soooo good, just like the pie I had in NYC) Patrick made the soft pretzels and the were sooooo good. I made that odd looking cheese sauce to dip the bits in and it was really good too. These pretzels are making me thirsty. 

Of course it wouldn't be a Lauren party without a custom drink. I made authentic sonic cherry limeaids from a recipe I found on, you guessed it, Pinterest, for the kids and I made a drink called a Cherry-Kazi for the adults. The Soup Nazi Cherry Kazi. 

Oh and I also had NYC style cheese cake. I hate cheese cake but apparently everyone else loved it because it went fast. It was so nice this year to not have someone constantly making fun and turning their nose up at all the food I served. Everyone went on and on about how good everything was and how clever it all was. 

Another shot of the cake. HEB drew NYC buildings along the side. I didn't request them but I thought they were a nice touch. 

I loved the favors I did this year. I wrapped up black and white cookies (from Seinfeld) and tied a I heart TY keychain on them with his cute little picture in his Yankees cap. Everyone who I've seen since the party actually has the key chain on their ring, I was very impressed. Oh and the black and white cookis actually came from a bakery in Brooklyn so they were totally authentic. 

Me and Hoss. Here's my custom made shirt for the party which I thought turned out so cute. 

All the food (we got more pizza its just not in the shot) everything really was so yummy 

Here's the birthday boy eating his pizza. 

And here he is opening a Cars bathing suit from Elliot. Isn't his Lacoste shirt so cute? I ordered it from Bloomingdales for the occassion (I had no idea they made Lacoste shirts in such a small size but it matches one that his dad has)

Blowing out the candles. We practiced a lot before the big day how to blow out candles without spiting. Of course Ty got it right after the 2nd try but I wanted to make sure so he wouldn't gross people out. 

The super awesome gift my parent's got Ty a trampoline. He loves bouncing on stuff and as I've previously mentioned all beds in our home are Tempurpedics so he can't bounce on beds (although he does try) a trampoline was the perfect gift for him. I can even zip him up in hi however Ty knows how to do zippers so I can't just zip him up and leave him like I had planned on doing (not really, no need to call CPS on me) 

Here's something funny, Ty spent the 2nd half of his party without pants on and I"m not sure why because I think we all know how I feel about babies without clothes on. 

Here's me being goofy and showing off how big my shorts are from last summer. I've lost a ton of weight but I still insist on wearing these huge shorts that literally do not stay up anymore. Maybe I wear them so I can do this all the time and show off how big they are. 

We all had such a great time, especially the birthday boy. This year's party was a lot more fun because he knew what was going on and he totally enjoyed himself. He entertained all his guests and was the life of the party and center of attention. Ahhh my boy is just like me.