Three

My baby boy is three! On December 3rd, we put up some decorations, ordered pizza (which Tyler ate none of), and ate cupcakes. Tyler was so excited. He happily sang "Happy Birthday" to himself.










Looking at himself wearing his new robot costume.


Unwrapping his presents.


Building his new truck.



We closed on our first home the day after Ty's birthday and I had planned for Tyler's party to be the following Saturday. So, we had the party in our new backyard at our empty house. My sweet friend in Tallahassee recently threw her son a construction themed birthday party. I had been planning to do a truck theme for Ty's party, so I called her to ask for ideas. She ended up giving me great ideas and sending me tons of adorable hand made decorations. The party turned out great, and my little buddy had a wonderful time.


















































Opening presents about five minutes into the party.



My best friend called the fire department and asked if they would bring a truck by our house during the party and they said yes! It was so fun. Ty seemed a little nervous at first, but had a blast climbing in the truck and pretending to drive. The Fire Chief even showed up!



















After we (and all the neighborhood kids) were done exploring the fire truck, we went back to sing "Happy Birthday" and eat cake. Ty Ty was so cute trying to blow out his candles.











I'm so blessed to be this little boy's mama.

Thanksgiving

I'm sure I've lost almost all of my readers since I only post about once a month, but I can't seem to pull it together more often than that.

We had a quiet Thanksgiving here in Jupiter, and it was very nice. Cora loves to eat and enjoyed just about everything we cooked. Tyler ate a plain roll (Needless to say, his eating habits are not quite what I'd like them to be).



Cora 10.5 months old and is changing every day. She is finally sleeping through the night on a regular basis. She waves, dances, cruises, stands on her own without holding onto anything, she says "mama" (although I'm not completely sure that she knows that "mama" is me...I'm pretty sure, though), and she says "uh oh". She still only has 6 teeth, but I'm pretty sure she is cutting two more on the bottom.



My Ty Ty will be THREE years old in less than 2 weeks! I cannot believe it. He is so up and down. One minute, I'm swooning over him because he's being the cutest little boy, then the next minute I am furious because he is being SO disobedient. Sometimes he's very sweet to Cora and he'll run up and hug her saying, "Hi, Baby!" But, he can be so mean to her. He hits, kicks, pushes her down, etc. It's very upsetting, but she still loves him dearly. I recently got a second part-time job as a waitress. I came home last night after Tyler was already asleep. When I came in, Buster barked and woke Tyler up. After hearing, "Mommy?!" I went into his room and he gave me the biggest hug and said, "I missed you!" I love that child.































Outfit from G-ma...Had to be photographed: