The drive down to south Florida went very well. Cora slept almost the entire way there and we only stopped to feed her once. Tyler watched movies, took a short nap and played with the trucks his G-ma brought him. We weren't as fortunate on the way home. Tyler was disinterested in movies and toys, didn't nap, and kept screaming at the top of his lungs (not crying, just screaming...SO annoying!). Cora cried quite a bit on the drive home and we had to stop twice to feed her. It was worth it though (right, Mom?)!
Cora was very fussy on this vacation and it was hard to keep her happy. She started off the week waking up at night A LOT. But as the week went on, she had a few really good nights. It is still hit or miss, but having those occasional "good nights" really keeps me going! Tyler had such a great time swimming with G-pa in the "pool" (the jacuzzi, since the pool was way too cold), feeding the ducks, throwing rocks in the "yucky water" (the lake behind their house), going to the zoo, going to the beach, going to the park, going to Busch Wildlife, going on walks and just being with two of his favorite people (G-ma and G-pa).
Tyler did and said so many cute things on this trip that it's hard to remember them all. He is talking SO much. Every week is just so different from the previous one. His vocabulary is constantly growing.
I took LOTS of pictures (like, over 300) while I was there, so I tried my best to only post the best ones. There are still a lot, though!
Tyler got lots of presents last week, but one of his favorites was his new Rex, from Toy Story.
Best buddies!
All dolled up in the name of St. Patrick.
Smiling at Aunt Joy on the beach.
"Mommy, I hear a air-pane!"
Driving the tractor at the zoo.
Tyler was SO cute on the carousel! He was laughing so much, and didn't want his mommy to hold onto him (such a big boy). Every time we would see my sister and my parents, he'd wave and say, "Hi!" or "Hi G-ma!" When we stopped, I tried to get him off the ride and he yelled, "Nooo! One more minute!" So, of course we had to ride one more time.
I love this shy little smile.
Cora slept the entire time we were at the zoo.
The zoo is centered around these fountains. Tyler was thrilled! He was so cute running around the fountains, jumping up and down and laughing. Just before we were about to leave, he collided with a bigger kid, fell back and hit his head on the concrete. Poor little guy.
We promised Tyler an M&M if he took these pictures. Then, later on in the week, when he'd sit still for a picture, he'd say, "What I get, Mommy? What I get?"
Wearing G-pa's shoes.
We had a play date with two great friends and their precious kids. It was SO great to be with them and I was so sad when they had to leave.
Ladies' Man.
I think he ate more than the ducks did.
Cora meeting "Kiki" (Corrie) and "Tia" (Jessica), two of my oldest and best friends.
Cora update:
About two weeks ago, Cora rolled over from her belly to her back. Matt witnessed it before I did (and he likes to remind me of that fact), but then she did it two more times while I was watching (Although, she hasn't done it since). Tyler thought it was hilarious. He was laughing, saying, "More!" Then he got down on the ground and kept rolling over for us.
At her two month check up, she weighed 9 lb., 15 oz. and was in the 35 percentile. Quite a drop from her one month appointment when she was in the 70th percentile, but the doctor wasn't very concerned. She's grown an inch since her one month appointment.
She smiles quite a bit now and I just love it. She is getting cuter and cuter as she grows and I just can't wait to see what type of personality she has.
Tyler update:
Tyler can throw a MEAN tantrum, especially when he's tired. He gets into a frenzy, he doesn't know what he wants, he throws stuff, he hits...It's no fun. Other than his tantrums, he's at such a fun age. He's so cute, funny and SMART. He can say pretty much anything that we say, and his memory is excellent (We were talking about his Uncle Chris and he said, "M.M.?" because Chris had brought him M&M's at Christmas.). He is also very observant and doesn't miss a thing (I recently bought a certain brand of almonds and Tyler saw them and said "G-pa's almonds!" They were the exact brand that my dad was eating at Christmas.).
In my parens' neighborhood, there were three trees that had "happy faces" (decorative faces on the trees). My dad took him to see two of them (My dad didn't know about the third face, but Tyler had seen it while on a walk with me) and Tyler kept saying, "I missed one!" So, for the rest of the week, Tyler would always say, "Ty-Ty go see the one I missed?"
One morning, he caught a lizard, brought it into my parents' house and excitedly said, "I caught it! I caught a yee-yard (lizard)!" Then he dropped it and my dad had to go chasing after it. Another time, he caught a lizard and he broke its' tail off by accident. The tail was still moving and Tyler said, "A worm!"
There were trucks working on a road in my parents' neighborhood. While on a walk with Tyler, my mom told him that they were fixing the road. So when they came back to the house, my mom said, "Tyler, tell mommy what the trucks were doing on the road." Tyler said, "They're pixing da road. Somebody broke dat road!"
The other day, Buster and Tyler were out on the deck. All of a sudden, we heard Tyler yelling, "Bubba! Right now!" Buster had somehow escaped off the deck (even though we had it blocked off) and Tyler was calling him back.
When Corrie and Jessica came over and were holding Cora for the first time, Tyler got upset and said, "Dat my baby Toya!"
One morning at my parents' house, Tyler was really whiny and ready for his breakfast. So, in a super whiny voice, he told my mom, "I need pancakes!...I need syrup too!"
I want to record all of the funny things Ty says so I can look back at it, but it's hard to remember it all!
