Cold

We went to Lowes and Walmart today and when we got in our freezing cold car this morning with the ice on the windshield, I made a discovery that led to my Facebook post for the day:

I left some baby wipes in the car overnight and this morning they are completely frozen. I just found that crazy. I get that its 20 degrees outside but something in my brain can't comprehend that even if stuff is in my car, it can freeze.

Yes my baby wipes were as hard as a rock! It was just weird for me, I'm sorry I grew up in Texas things like that just don't happen nor do we ever even think that that kind of stuff could happen!

I just realized I didn't take any pictures today so I will just post one from Ty's first experience in the snow and the look of disgust on his face when I have to dress him for the freaking freezing temps here! Poor thing you can really tell how much he hates it since he loves having his picture taken and will stop crying to smile if he hears me get out my camera.

Facebook

I thought I would try something else new too with this blog and add my daily facebook status update. Generally my facebook posts are hilarious and/or entertaining and I really want a record of them because a lot of times they are funny stories about Ty or Patrick and they're fun to read again. I really wish I could have them all printed out because I would love to re-read some of the ones from when I was pregnant. So here's what was posted today

Although he looks a little more like a Packers fan with the camo hat (they LOVE camo in Wisconsin) he does have on his Bears gear today so Ty says Go Bears!



The Bears played the Packers today (and lost) but it doesn't matter the Bears are already in the playoffs and the game was useless. We had a big day in Lexington today. We went to a cool restaurant called Old Chicago which was a pizza place. The girls working, of course, went crazy over Ty and how cute he was! Its getting harder and harder to get in and out of anywhere fast because I get stopped by everyone wanting to look at and talk to Ty. But hey I'll take it, its better then having an ugly baby who no one wants to look at.

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.