Tyson: 11 months

Last time we will be counting the months before he hits 1 year!  Tyson is 11 months as of July 9, 2014.  What a cute little boy he is turning into.  Fun and silly but yet picky and wants his way for sure.  He makes our lives so much fun.

• June 10 - Started walking across the couch this week
• June 12 - Crawled up the whole staircase in our home
• Since our 2 vacations Tyson has been waking up at 4:30am - it went on for almost 2 weeks - we just let him chat in his crib till 6am.  Early risers here!  After though he's pretty consistent at about 6-6:30.  Latest ever was 7 over the last several months.
• Ty is really loving Daddy being home, especially as Mama was sick a lot of June, or working, he got lots of Dada time and he's a big daddy's boy.
• June 14 - first haircut!  Mama cut it, and saved a few pieces :)  He was really wiggly even though we tried to distract with a movie.  It luckily didn't take long to cut.
• New favorite toys - an EOS chapstick, beach ball or any ball, his red police matchbox car, Elmo stuffed animal, his stuffed animal monkey, duck and horse he loves to talk and throw them places, and still loves the mail key, as well as his batman/wonderwoman and other figures
• Favorite words - he's saying "tiggle tiggle tiggle" or tickle all the time!  So cute, and he smiles when he says it like he knows we're going to tickle him.  He does a lot of non-sense but also is getting some alphabet sounds down - T (turtle, tree, truck, teeth), K (key), CH (Cheese, Cherrios), B (Ball, Bones), R (red)
• June 15 - We stopped nursing.  It was a rough end (mastitis and sicknesses so we had to really do it slow).  He really didn't seem to notice, although I missed the cuddles, and maybe he did a little too.  But with all the issues, it was time and painful for a few days but we moved past it.
• Eating - Since the nursing stopped he has been a bottomless pit!  Really, I can only think of one day when he turned his head from being full.  He has 4 bottles a day (4-6 oz each) and then rice cereal for breakfast, and a fruit and veggie jar either at lunch or dinner and now is eating a LOT more of our food mixed in, he's trying it all.  He loves: tortilla and cheese (carbon copy of daddy), fruit smoothies, egg, chicken salad, mom's yogurt, curry, taco meat, pasta, pizza, cantaloupe, etc. etc. He isn't so hot on: strawberries, tomatoes, or anything with that texture or lemons, oranges, and such.
• June 20 - Ty stood up for 3 seconds on his own!
• June 24 - Daddy made Tyson his first cage in the family room, haha, but so much easier to keep him contained then getting into all the things that's "not for Tyson"
• July 3 - first fort made from his pack and play on it's side
• July 4 - First 4th of July and also stood for 10-20 seconds on his own!
• July 8 - first sip of whole milk, almost was okay with it, but not yet
• He's between size 3-4 diapers
• Wearing 18 month tops still and 12 month pants.  Sometimes 2T shirts.
• He seems to be getting taller and taller
• Still wants to walk with us assisting him all the time.  Some days he's all about that, and some he's more into exploring his space or getting in trouble.
• Also Ty nods his head back and forth as no, but when we try to do yes, he does the no with his head
• LOVES music.  Like really.  Even if he just hears a beat, he's bouncing his little belly/legs around.  It is so cute no matter what the song or commercial or anything.  We need more around the home probably but he definitely has our love of music so far.
• Doesn't like swinging or being changed on his changing table or being left in his crib
• And loves the window, piano, getting the mail with the "key", watching for dogs, climbing the stairs, seeing "bones" down in the basement

Happy 11 Months my little man!

Can't forget AZ trip

We knew we were a little crazy to go to Arizona in the beginning of the summer, but we did it anyway.  Had to see our new niece, Havynn Maeve Everts.  Born Jan 8, we missed seeing her as a baby baby, but at least she was only about 5 months old.  We flew in on May 30 and stayed till June 2, and yep, it hit 110 degrees about the whole time we were there.  Yikes!  Good thing we were inside mostly and it didn't seem too bad.

It really was a quick trip with Havynn as our #1 priority.  Although we still got to see all the family and had an enjoyable time.  Havynn is just adorable.  She is tiny, don't let the pictures fool you - those chunky cheeks are all that are pudgy - and so cute.  She has her daddy and mommy wrapped around her finger - and also is pretty high maintenance.  I hope she eventually lets them sleep longer than a couple hours at night.  Stubborn girl, they have their hands full, but just look at her. Awe.

Tyson wasn't as interested in Havynn as she was in him.  She is full of smiles and definitely gave some to Tyson.  Cute cousins!  

They even went swimming for their first times, together!  We swam, had a BBQ and Tyson tried to nap there.  Poor guy was really messed up on his sleeping this trip.

Umm Tyson's hair is getting way long, good thing it will (has been) cut!  Look at that sticking up!

So fun E&A have a pool! We may have stayed in the shade, but how fun.  And their 3 dogs - Tyson wasn't sure what to think and didn't warm up to them too much but now he's woof-ing a bit at other dogs when he sees them.

Sunday we went with Dad & Diane to church and hung with them all day.  We tried for impromptu pictures outside, hot hot, and by Sunday Tyson was just out of sorts missing naps (just crying through them) and too many new people.  So we tried a few photos outside but the rest below are just of the kiddos playing together before/after eating.

Max was adorable with Tyson, giving hugs and kisses, awe.  And then the newest nephew, or Tyson's other cousin, Roc, also got some play time together.  They are only a month or so apart so it was fun to see them somewhat interact or just play with the same toys at the same time ;)  Roc, is a cuddly boy and about 2x the size of Tyson - and has such a sweet smile and personality.  When Ty and Hayvnn were crying he was just smiling away at us all.  He must be the 3rd child huh?

Loved watching all the boys interact.

The above picture never worked - melt down by T and then H.

And below a few more tries at a picture, pretty good I'd say.

Matchy matchy

The last day we all got together before Eric headed to work and did some pictures of grandma and her 2 new grandkids.  That was - umm - fun :)

Sure did love holding this girl.  Ty got jealous at the end.

We also said goodbye to Baba at his office, that meant we visited him there twice this trip!  Again Tyson was just ready to be done, but he cooperated well enough when he was given the cell phone - yep Tyson won that one :)

Until next time everyone!  Thanks for a great weekend and here's to next time being not summer and with a boy hopefully less tired and grumpy.  Thanks Havynn for bringing us to visit!