Walking

My baby is officially a toddler. Shortly after his birthday, he started walking. He gets better at it each day. Right now he is walking about 70% of the time, and still crawling about 30% of the time. It's so funny to watch his little body stagger around the apartment. He smiles so big when he walks, too; I think he's proud of himself.

In addition to walking, he is also getting his ninth tooth. I think it might be a molar because it's a little far back in his mouth, and he has a swollen, painful-looking blood blister where the tooth is pushing through.

I'm not sure if it's a result of the teething, but for the past week or so, Ty has been waking up super early - usually around (sometimes even before) 5am. He's gone through phases of early rising before, so I hope it passes soon. I refuse to get him up for the day until 6am, so he needs to learn to entertain himself until then each morning. This doesn't help me get any sleep since I'm still awake, but I'm hoping that he will get the point and start waking up later.

Tyler had his one-year appointment with his Pediatrician the other day. He had to get 4 shots and it was heartbreaking to watch. He weighs 19 lb. 11 oz. and he a little over 29 inches tall. He is in the 10% for weight, 20% for height and 60% for the size of his head (He is slowly growing into that big head).

Last weekend, two of my best friends, Jessica and Corrie, came to Tallahassee from south Florida to visit with us. They hadn't seen Tyler since he was 3 months old, so it was nice that they could spend some time with him. We had a wonderful weekend.



























Jessica bought him this Puma jumpsuit. As you can tell, he does NOT like wearing it.



Tyler thought the girls were hilarious.













One night, we took Tyler to see the Christmas lights at Dorothy B. Oven park. It was cold, but Tyler didn't seem to mind.





Now, we're looking forward to spending Christmas in Eastpoint with grandma, grandpa and Gigi, and spending New Year's in Tallahassee with Nana and Papa.



Happy Holidays!

First Birthday

We had a great weekend celebrating Tyler's life. We had a small party for him on Saturday and even though Tyler was a little cranky, it turned out pretty great. My parents, my sister and my two cousins came from out of town. We just talked, watched old Tyler videos, ate, and watched Tyler open gifts and eat cake. Matt blew out the candle on the cake just in time because Tyler was reaching for the flame. I think he might be the first baby in history to reject his cake. He was poking the chocolate polka dots and crying. Nana and Papa got to witness the whole thing through Skype!











































Other fun things we did on Tyler's birthday weekend:

Played with ballonons:





Used the new swing from grandma and grandpa:













Picked out a Christmas tree (It had to be a small, table-top tree due to Tyler's destructive nature):



Went to see Santa Claus:











Played at Brookestone until grandma and grandpa bought him a present:





Decorated for Christmas:









We also went to the park one day (I forgot my camera at home) and Tyler went on the swings and went down the slide. He loved it! He giggled the whole way down the slide. It was the sweetest.

Tyler developed his first cold over the weekend and passed it on to me, Matt, Joy and my Dad. He's had trouble breathing, he's had a runny nose and he's been fussy. Because of all this, he's had some trouble falling asleep.

Since Tyler is one year old, he needs to transition from formula to milk. We have been working on that for the past few days. We are mixing milk and formula together and adding more milk (and less formula) at each feeding. After we master this, we need to switch him from the bottle to the sippy cup.

Other than Tyler getting sick, it was a great weekend!





































Happy Birthday, Tyler!