Happy New Years!

That's right, its 2011. My number one resolution this year is to keep up with this blog! Seriously, since the last time I updated it Ty has turned into a different baby! He crawls, he cruises on furniture, he climbs on everything, he eats real food and he will eat anything (he's the least pickiest baby ever). So instead of these once a month (if that!) super long updates I'm going to do my best to try and write everyday to truly capture the great moments of him growing up and not just the major milestones, thats what the baby book is for. So here's to a great 2011, its going to be hard to top 2010!

Kentucky or Bust

I haven't updated this thing in so long. Since I last wrote anything Ty has changed so much an we've actually moved to Frankfort, KY because daddy has a job here. Ty took his first plane ride on November 22 and then sat and played in his first snow 2 days later

Since it has been so long I will just do a quick run down of what he's doing now and maybe list the big milestones he achieved and how old he was.

Currently Ty cannot sit still. He is a constant wiggle worm. He doesn't crawl but he climbs and he's actually quite close to walking. Ty would much rather be standing then sitting and he pulls himself up on everything.

Patrick never crawled and walked super early. I only crawled a short while before walking early too so I'm thinking Ty's not going to crawl at all. I'm fairly certain he can because he has taken a few crawl steps here and there and sometimes when I turn around and the look at him again he's in a different place and I don't know how he got there. He's been so advanced at everything else in his life I have a hard time believing he's going to lag behind in crawling.

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart. Jeremiah 1:5

Timeline of Ty

Ty is 5 Months Old

Happy 5 month birthday to Ty! I can't believe how fast its going. Here's a quick update on everything that is Ty...
He ate his first solid food today. He had carrots and he loved them! Patrick made all his food from organic vegetables steaming them and mashing them in our food processor so all his food is super healthy and yummers. I didn't let him feed himself but I did let him inspect the spoon and in the process he spread all excess carrot all over his face. You should know that my goofy dogs love pureed vegetable baby food so they will be getting all his leftovers.
When I shower I have been placing him in his bouncer on the floor. It kind of makes him lay back at an angle. Recently he has been sitting straight up in it and then leans forward and scales down the leg of it and onto the bath mat. I saw it all go down the other day with conditioner in my hair and not a whole lot of options. When I finally got to him he was just laying there smiling his big toothless grin.
At our last Dr appointment Ty was a little skinny for the Dr's liking so we've been working on monitoring his food intake and supplementing his normal feedings with expressed milk in a bottle. I weighed Ty today on an olive scale at the grocery store (yes I really sat my child on a grocery store scale) and in 2 weeks he gained 1.2 pounds so he is now officially up to 14.2 pounds. Thats only going to go up as we add more and more solids into his daily routine. He's still in the 85 percentile for height though at 26.5 inches.
Its almost halloween and we are so excited! This pumpkin get up I have him in is not his costume its just a cute outfit I saw for super cheap one time before he was even born. Not sure what I was thinking buying a fleece pumpkin suit for him to wear in Texas in October where its still 90 degrees everyday but oh well he looks darn cute in it.
He laughs all the time now. He especially enjoys it when I make funny sounds and use funny voices for him. He's also incredibly ticklish so its pretty easy to get him to laugh tickling him too.
He knows his name now and will look at you when you say it. I'm pretty sure he knows who Paris and Payton are since I am constantly yelling at them all day long. He may even know them as idiots as I shout that at them all day too.

Napping in the crib

OMG my child is actually asleep, in his crib, in the middle of the day and has been now for almost 2 hours! He's growing up, I'm so proud of him. After all the times I complained about having to hold him to nap now that I've put him down I'm kind of sad that I'm not holding him and at a loss of what to do with 2 hands free.

Fall has officially arrived and the weather has changed a little but its really alot to any Texan who has made it through this past summer we had. It was 57 degrees when we took the dogs out to potty this morning and when we got back in Ty's little nose was red, so cute.

We spent the morning watching the news because there were 2 supposed gunmen on the loose at UT. Auntie Em was stuck there on lock down in her classroom for 3 hours! SHe mad eit out safely though as the 1 gunman only wanted to take his own life and wanted to do it in a grand way. So sad and annoying.

There's not too much going on with Ty. He's getting huge. Not so much fat but so tall and way heavier. He also gets cuter everyday. He had a conversation with me this morning and the raising of the eye brows, the furrowing of the brow and the different tones of his voice are so freaking cute! He is just turning into a little person.

He is an excellent baby. Very sweet and quite most the time (as long as we're not in the car). He just takes everything in, he's so observant. He can sit almost completely by himself now and he will flip on his belly and raise up like he's going to take off crawling. He loves playing with his toys his favorite one right now is sophie the giraffe. (ok back to typing with one hand, he just woke up)

Ty loves to swing and my mom just bought him one for her house. So far everytime we've put him in it he has promptly fallen asleep. I take him to the park swings about 3 times a week too.

Its football season and from what I can tell Ty enjoys watching it (no he doesn't actually watch it but will occassionally glance at the tv when its on) and he loves da bears who by the way are surprisingly good so far this year. Of course he likes the longhorns too but they're not very good this year and not very exciting to watch.

September Already!

Quick little update on Ty since its been so long. I really would update this thing more if I could actually put him down for naps but alas I cannot just yet so whatever. I just finished a book on sleep training babies. You can't start until they're 4 months old so we have a few more weeks of waking up every 45 minutes at night and not laying down to nap. I think I can make it I think I've gotten used to functioning on little sleep I forget everything and I'm not the most pleasant person all the time but hey, I try. Here's what Ty has been up to lately:

He is really good at rolling. The other day he rolled across the bed to get from one end to another. He doesn't like being on his belly very much but we have tummy time everyday for a litle while so he can practice scooting and work on his crawling posture. Its really not going to be long unti he starts crawling.

He has started teething. He is a drool monster and everything goes into his mouth to chew on. No teeth have been cut just yet but they're coming.

Ty has a bath every night and just a couple of days ago I removed the newborn insert that was in it so now he is more submerged in the water and he loves it. He splashes and plays with the rinsing cup for a long time before he wants to get out. I can't wait until he can sit up on his own and take a bath in the normal tub with toys.

I have heard him laugh one time and he sounded so much like me. However I haven't heard him do it anymore and he just squeals with excitement. Hopefully a big belly laugh will come anyday now. He laughs alot in his sleep. I wish I knew what he was dreaming!

He is very vocal. He will have a "conversation" with you pausing in his speak for you to say something and then responding. He is extremely animated with his eyebrows and facial expressions and he uses different tones and inflections in his voice as if her were actually talking. One of my favorite things that he does is he will just look at me and raise his eyebrows a couple of times.

He is now sleeping in his new crib at night. When we first put him in there he was sleeping 5 hour stretches so now I'm not sure what the deal is with the 45 minutes stretches but I'm sure *fingers crossed* its just a phase.

He HATES going in the car and screams at the top of his lungs the whole time we are driving. He tolerates it if I am able to ride back there with him and entertain him but since I can't afford a driver thats not often. He has started to put up a pretty good fight when I go to fasten him in his carseat. He thrusts his pelvis up and tries to keep me from locking him in.

He can hold himself up on the laundry basket standing up. Sometimes I think he is going to walk before he crawls because he prefers standing over everything else.

Thats about it he will be 16 weeks old this friday already! I can't believe hes already almost 4 months old. Oh yeah I almost forgot Ty "watched" his first UT game last weekend and of course was dressed for the occasion. UT won. Hook em horns!