Month of LOVE & 4 yrs

We love February.  Not because of the cold or the snow or the ice or even the Cherry Cordial M&M's - okay maybe the M&M's make the love list...

2/12/2014 = Our 4th Anniversary!

2/14/2014 = Yeah, Valentine's Day...

I will probably say it every year, excuse me for that, but it's a good and bad celebrating so close to V-day.  But it is what it is.  So we spread the L O V E out all month long :)  And we split the planning.  This year I had 2/12, David had 2/14.

And it was our first celebrations with Tyson!! ?? Hmm what to do??  But we found a few babysitters and had a couple nights out and some at home.  Again, spreading the fun out a bit.

4th Year traditional gifts = Fruits & Flowers.  I had a hard time, but David was right on.  I had a delivery of a lovely bouquet of chocolate covered strawberries.  YUM!  And they were gone fast.  I gave him runts (fruit?) and then a Mario Wii controller (no idea how it fits in).

Here are some of our celebrations going in order from anniversary to V-day:

• 1-hour massages, Tyson spent an hour with Grandma Clark
• Candlelight pasta dinner at home by Andrea
• Settebello & Leatherby's, a good way to nix the Vegan diet
• D's lemon chicken pesto dinner by David
• Movie at home for V-day night

For V-day Tyson and David gave me flowers, awe.  I also got "coupons" to use monthly from David.  SO excited to open each month and find apparently 3 that are hidden around the house (good idea to the other men who read this - hahah, are there any?! no)  Tyson and I got David some candy, duh, and the Luigi controller and I put together a book of our random love notes since we were dating.

I love my boys.

Tyson: 6 Months

Seriously can't believe Tyson is 6 months old!  This is such a fun age to be around 24/7.  Really, his personality has always been there, but it is just shining through more and more each day.  I'm surely not ready for him to get big, but love watching his little achievements and growth each day.  Since last month, here's what he's been up to:

• Saying da da dadad all the time, along with other syllables too, but that's his favorite.  And I'm pretty sure he's starting to know that dadada = dad
• Now rolling from his back to his stomach, still stubborn and not doing stomach to back (2/5)
• Sleeping in all sorts of positions, funny to go in when he wakes up and see where he's kicked or rolled himself to - he'll be getting lots of bumps and bruises shortly
• No teeth yet - but they are SO CLOSE!
• Messed up his sleep schedule somehow, so we had to "cry-it-out" again
• Ty is waking up at about 7am, naps are now earlier at 9ish and 12ish, and not sure if he needs another possibly
• Got a cold from Dad :( but got extra loves and lots of saline drops to help
• Eating 6x from mom and now up to 3-4 bottles a day supplemented afterwards
• FIRST rice cereal!  Didn't like it at all, and has only had it every few days since then just to get used to it.
• Grabbing everything still but reaching much further - to my phone, computer, food on table, hair, scarves, and anything laying next to him
• Gets his feet in his mouth just barely, eww (2/6)
• Is really good at getting Daddy wet during bath time, loves bath time
• Almost sitting up by himself, he does it for seconds or if on a lap or bed
• Loves standing more than sitting even and kicks his legs like he's walking, the left one bounces a ton
• Lots of grunting still, funny breathing too
• Weighed 15.5 pounds at a sick dr visit on 1/25
• Still SMILING and LAUGHING a ton, we love that so much
• Tyson and Mommy get lots of time laughing in mirrors or while nursing and she breathes funny, but Daddy gets Ty laughing even more and so easily just doing anything
• Ty loves to put his fingers in his mouth while nursing
• A bit violent - slaps our faces when eating, scratches chairs, couches or our arms
• Loves his color rings the most - makes so much noise and saliva when he eats them, all toys still go directly in his mouth
• Clothes size is 6-12 months tops, 9 month bottoms.  Frustrating as all the tops seem to be getting too tight, even 12 month ones won't last long.
• 6 month appt on 2/13 - 15 lb 14 oz, 26 inches long, still in the 10th percentile for both - and had 6 separate shots since he's on Medicaid, so sad.

Tyson: 5 months

Can't believe Tyson is already 5 months old as of 1/9/14!  He's growing up so fast, and still oh so fun.  Here's what he's been up to this past month:

• Tyson is now biting or sucking on his bottom lip
• And talking when his lip is being sucked on making new sounds
• He's been much more interested in his head, ears, feet and grabbing his pants and showing a little leg too
• First roadtrip! 12 hours to AZ and back
• And has visited his 2nd state (Arizona)
• And met Everts relatives and Burns relatives
• When semi-reclined he can pull himself up almost, but can't hold himself there
• We haven't done as much tummy time, but he's fine if he's not hungry or tired - if he is then he really doesn't want to be on the floor
• Everything is still ending up in Tyson's mouth if he can grab it
• Loving my hair - grabbing and pulling
• Tyson is way into touching my neck, chin, shirt while eating - and while sometimes it's soft and sweet, usually he's grabbing and digging his nails in - ouch!
• Had his first prune juice and soon after roadtrip blowout
• When reading books Tyson is getting good at holding the sides of the books
• Getting interested in food - not necessarily eating it yet, but just watching us eat it and loves noisy food like chips
• Baby's First Christmas: Tyson can kind of pull off the wrapping paper and then it ends up in his mouth as that was what he liked best.  He is enjoying all his new toys, he has a bunch of little things to put in his mouth mostly or lay down in.
• 12/31/13 Tyson rolled over!  And hasn't done it since.  He did do it 4 times on 12/31 and once on 1/1 and we got it on camera - but it seems like it scared him and he hasn't ventured it again yet.
• Started using a highchair in the kitchen and loving it
• Wearing 3 or 3-6 month clothes, size 1 diapers are really getting tight
• Probably 14 pounds?

 is he falling?  nope...

 show a little leg there Ty :)

 we won't ever take Daddy seriously...

so cute.