Ty's 1st 4th of July

Tyson's 1st fourth of July at Grandmas house. We went to the Hula Hut with Oma and Opa and the rest of the family to celebrate mom's birthday. Ty hadn't napped the previous 2 days so when he fell asleep on the way to grandmas house so I dropped the dogs at the door and told everyone we would meet them at the restaurant! He slept all the way there and while I drove around the parking lot in circles. Of course as soon as we got to Hula Hut he woke up screaming so me and grandma took turns eating and taking him outside. Not a super successful trip to a restaurant but he is only 6 weeks old! It should only get better (hopefully). After lunch we went back to the house where Ty was in a super good mod. He laid on the floor and smiled at everyone and was talking quite a bit. I was shocked that a baby who had been up for almost 8 hours could be so happy and well behaved. When we got home he finally slept for 4 hours, woke up for 2 and then went to be for the night. Now that daddy is back in Houston and Ty doesn't feel the need to stay up in case he misses something he should sleep better and get back on his schedule. Next year will be more fun because Ty is going to be in the Circle C parade and we can go to a firework show and he should enjoy it. Happy Independence Day!

So I thought I would make this blog a summary of what Ty does now and how he is growing (way too fast). Also I am currently typing with one hand while holding Ty so he can eat.
Ty recently smiled at me for the first time and it totally melted my heart. He primarily still smiles at objects on the wall or his toys but occassionally I (or grandpa) can get a smile out of him.
He absolutely adores this large circle mirror that hangs over the couch where I usually sit to feed him. Helikes to smile at that first thing every morning while having his breakfast.
He doesn't mind taking his baths and he has one every other day.
He is such an alert baby. Everyonewho sees him or his pictures tells me that. I believe that Ty thinks he is older then he really is. Alot of times he will fight sleep because he thinks he will miss something. Some days he will stay awake for 7 hours at a time!
This evening he played on his play mat by himself for 30 minutes just looking around and talking.
He makes so many cute noises now coos and giggle sounds as well as grunts. He is a very vocal baby especially when he eats. He is always talking and loves to listen when I talk to him.
He goes to bed around 11 and will sleep until 2:00, eat and then go back to bed until 5. Its a pretty nice schedule for such a young baby. However he's not too set on this schedule just yet because he woke up at 2:00 last night and stayed up until 5:00 in a great mood and wanting to play.
His neck and back are getting so strong and he can really hold his head up well. He has a lot of tummy time everyday and can pick his head up and turn it. I will sometimes prop him up on his belly and he will push up with arms. He will push off of my hands when I push up against his feet. He is going to crawl early I think.
Anyway that's about it he will be 6 weeks on Friday and my time with him is just flying by! I can't believe he's already been here for 6 weeks and its funny, although its only been 6 weeks I can't remember my life without him. I love you Ty!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GT-h9TQ9Kk

Here is a video of Ty smiling at me. He has been smiling at various objects around the house but never at me until yesterday (June 23) and he kept doing it over and over so I was lucky enough to catch it on my video camera. I had to upload it on youtube because there were errors with this blog program.

I decided to take Ty's picture on the 21st of every month to commemorate his month birthday. I also decided to take his pictue with Payton so we can see his size in relation to something else. Not sure that was the best idea...its kind of hard getting a dog and a one month old to be still all wjile balancing a sign declaring his age.

So the flash drive that I was saving all of Ty's pictures on decided to stop working for some reason and now I can't get my pictures off of it. I am so upset but I do have a lot saved in my email that I send out everyday (thank goodness I send pics daily) and my mom has a lot saved on her computer. Patrick did remind me that I had this blog and that I can save pictures on this site that won't be erased should my computer, flash drive and external hard drive all get ruined or stop working. So I am going to try and post as many pics as I can on here in order to save them. Please note the pictures of Ty in the green hat and blanket, he looks like those old toys in the 80s called Glow Worms.

Happy First Father's Day

Today was Patrick's first father's day. Ty got him a nice card and a gift certificate to Foot Locker because both Ty and I are tired of him wearing his current Nikes that are taped together because they are so old. Ty actually spent most of the day with my mom and dad while Pat and I wentout to eat. It was the first time we left him and he did great! He has been so fussy lately and refusing to sleep. Yesterday evening he was awake from 7:00-12:00! I keep trying to reming him that he is still a newborn (4 weeks!!) and most newborns don't stay up for that long!!

Patrick made me a big breakfast and while he was making it I told him that it should be me making breakfast for him but then we both just laughed. We didn't take any pictures of Ty and daddy together but daddy did take this one of the 2 of us while we were sleeping. Oh and don't worry, I don't sleep with him in our bed it was 7:30 and he was fussing so I brought him in bed with me and daddy caught us resting our eyes.

Bath Time