It's been a while

Well, I just updated this and then deleted the update, so I have to do it all over again. Sigh.. Anyway, I have been pretty busy the last little while. Jeff took last week of work so we had a stay-at-home vacation. We went to movies, a hotel (for one night), the Zoo (Tyler's first time), a children's aquarium, the planetarium, and other fun places. Tyler wasn't too interested in the zoo. He loved the weasel, which was running around it's cage. But other than that he seemed oblivious. At the aquarium he liked the tiger fish. It was a fun week. I took pictures, but they didn't save to the right place on my computer so I can't put any pictures on this entry. Sorry!
Tyler can sit up now very well. He can stay up even when he is throwing a tantrum. He also fed himself for the first time yesterday. I gave him a graham cracker and he loved it! He is getting a lot more independant, although he still always wants to be held. He is still only about 13lbs, so it isn't too hard to hold him all day long. But he has started to grab for things and try to lean over as far as he can to look behind me. He is really learning a lot. I love being a mom!

Ty's Pictures

Here are some pictures of Ty that were taken a month ago. I just got them back today. They are so cute! Tyler can sit up longer without support. He is starting to hold onto me with a stronger grip and he hugs me when I pick him up. Whenever I go down a set of stairs he grips me really tight and starts to scream. I don't know why. This sunday he was much better in church, as long as he had his binky. He usually doesn't make it through the passing of the sacrament. But it was nice to sit through one meeting with a happy, relatively quiet, baby. He has learned how to make high pitched sounds, and decided to practice during the talks. The other day Jeff and I went out to eat and he started to be really fussy. We forgot his binky and the server took so long!!! I was embarassed because he was screaming and wiggling and everyone was looking at us. It's amazing how un-shy you are when you are little.

Spiders!!!!

I am so sick of seeing spiders in our house. I kill atleast one everday. They are almost always Hobo spiders, which are poisonous. I used to be deathly afraid of them, but I kill them so often that I'm almost brave enough to step on them barefoot, which probably wouldn't be smart with the poisonous ones. We had our house sprayed twice this year, but it hasn't done a thing! There is always atleast one in our bathroom. We had a trap in our kitchen that had about 25 of them in it. I replaced it about a month ago and the new trap is already full. I just hope that Tyler never gets bit by one. I remember when I was little I would always pretend to kill bugs. I would deliberately miss them because I felt bad killing them. But when I kill these spiders I smash them until all their legs fall off and their bodies are mangled into a bloody pulp, just to make sure they are dead. I have killed 2 so far today.

Learning

It's amazing how many things you have to learn when you are a baby. Things that you do everyday took so much effort to learn in the first couple years of your life. But you sure do get praised a lot when you first learn them. Jeff and I have been try to coax Tyler to learn how to sit and crawl. He seemed very reluctant at first, but I am starting to see our efforts pay off. He is doing so well at holding himself up in a sitting posistion if he doesn't lean to one side. And whenever I put him down he almost always ends up on his stomach whether he is screaming or just being curious. He hardly ever makes enough effort while we are feeding him to grab the spoon and get food all over his hands, and he is very good at holding a cup and knowing where he should put it in order to spill the liquid all down his outfit. I am really enjoying watching his development. And he is getting so big! It seems like he grows so fast, even though he is still only about 13lbs. He laughs a lot, and smiles a lot if you can believe it. He still hates to be put down and has a bad case of stranger anxiety that isn't limited to strangers. He even cries when Jeff holds him. If I give him to someone he turns to me with his pouty little face and starts to cry with a look that says, "Mommy, why are you doing this to me?" I never in my life imagined that I could have so much love for such a high maintenance little boy. I am greatful for him.

Feeding Tyler

Jeff really helps me out a lot with Tyler. There are some days that I don't get around to feeding him solid foods. Who knew that taking care of a baby would be so time consuming! Tyler loves bananas. We usually give him those, but we have started trying apple sauce, too. He didn't like it at first, he seems to have warmed up to them. He hates carrots. Once he knows that what he's getting, he shuts his mouth tight. Carrots were the first solid food we gave him (not including baby cereal). It's really funny to watch his face when he tastes a new food. He gets a very disgusted look and slowly chews it with his mouth open a little. Jeff has discovered a way to get him to open his mouth when he doesn't want to. He blows in his face and that makes Ty smile wide. It's so cute! We got professional pictures of him today. He did really good. They are the first ones we've taken professionally of him because I was always afraid he would cry the whole time since I wasn't holding him. He only cried afterward because I took too long to decide what poses I liked the beat. I won't get them for about 2 weeks, but I will put them on this blog when I can. They are adorable!!!