3 Month Pictures

On Friday we headed up to Camera Shy in Lehi to get Tyke's 3 month old pictures taken (about 2 weeks early...  plus Easter pics and blessing outfit pics).  Tyke and I picked Chad up from work around 11 a.m. and headed north.  Our first stop was for lunch at Cravings Bistro in American Fork.  My friend Angela owns the place and makes gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches.  She has a lot of gluten free options now so we had to go try it out.  Our food was yummy and I wouldn't mind going back again someday.

We made it to Camera Shy at 1 p.m. for our photo appointment.  Tyke was in such a good smiley mood so I was excited for some cute pictures.  Well, as soon as we were called back for our turn Mr. Smiley turned into Mr. Grumpy and would NOT give any smiles to our photographer.  In fact he got down right mad and cried at us.  I finally got him calmed down and he fell asleep.  Little stinker!  We still got a lot of good adorable shots.  We're so happy with the way Tyke's pictures turned out!  And of course he was all smiles as soon as his shoot was over with...  

He is the most beautiful little boy we have ever seen and we're so in love with him and his sweet, sassy, determined little self!

A picture with his teddy bear his Daddy bought him on his birthday!  Look at how he's grown!

His blessing outfit and the blanket behind him were made by his Great Grandma Clayson! (The blanket was made for him, it was a baby shower gift which I absolutely LOVE!!!! And the outfit was borrowed from his cousin Waylon)

Mr. Mobile...

We have a baby on the go in our house!  Good grief Tyke is only 2 months old and already knows how to move across the room or his bed.  The little stinker uses his head, literally.  He shakes his head back and forth, pretty hard too, until he has wiggled right out of his blanket and to his new destination.  Most mornings I'll find him completely turned from where I placed him in his bed, or better yet, moved right up into the corner of his bed.  Last night after his 11:30 feeding, and changing his bum, I bundled him up in his blanket burrito-style and layed him on the floor.  I jumped up quick to hurry and take my meds and then we were headed to bed.  I could hear him grunting and moving his head back and forth but I was super surprised to see what he had done.  He had left his blanket behind, still in its burrito form, and wiggled towards the t.v.!  I couldn't believe it!  It happened so fast and he was all smiles about it, so proud of what he had done.  I laughed, bundled him back up and off to bed we went.  What a kid! =)

Easter Party

Yesterday we got to go and hang out at Jenny and Cody's house for a fun family Easter party.  Everyone was there and we all had a great time eating, playing and coloring eggs!

The party started at 4 and Tyke and I were a little late.  Chad had to work and met us there.  He was about 20 minutes behind us.  Tyke was so happy to find his daddy and snuggled right up on his shoulder, grabbed a handful of his shirt and just smiled.  It was the cutest thing ever!

For dinner we had BBQ steak (we all brought our own, Jen and Cody provided the rest of the food), baked potatoes, Olive Garden style salad and squash (from Chris and Danielle's garden).  It all tasted great and really hit the spot.

After dinner a few of the guys went outside to hide the kids Easter eggs.  Everyone had 12 eggs with their names written on them and numbered 1 through 12.  The rules were that they had to find all 12 eggs but they had to pick them up in order starting with #1.  Tyke lucked out and had just one little egg to find this year.  We bundled him up in his cute little bear outfit and John Deere blanket and his daddy took him around the yard looking for his egg (I played paparazzi).  We found it right next to the back door.  We were excited, Tyke was just cold and happy to be outside.  After about 10 minutes Chad and I took Tyke in the house to warm up.  The rest of the kids were pretty quick to find all of their eggs.  They all got some great loot too!  Tyke got a cute little stuffed puppy dog for his grand prize.

After the kids finished up it was the adults turn to search for eggs.  The kids had a blast hiding our eggs and did a pretty darn good job at doing so.  We all at one point or another had to have the kids help us find them.  Darian was kind enough to stay in the house and watch (aka spoil) Tyke so that Chad & I could go play.  We had the same rules as the kids, having to pick the eggs up in order, but our prizes were different.  Each couple had brought 2 "white elephant" type gifts, one boy and one girl prize.  All of them were bagged up separately so we didn't know what they were.  The first guy to find all their eggs got to pick from the guy prizes first and so on, and the same went for the girls.  Chad had no problem finding his 12 eggs, he was the first one done out of all of us, and out of the guys, which meant he got to pick the first prize.  He ended up with 2 giant bags of jerky.  I came in second in the girls bracket and for my prize I got 2 new scentsy scents!

We sat around for a while visiting and then decided it was time to color some eggs.  Each family had been told to bring a dozen boiled eggs for this.  Even though Tyke couldn't color his eggs we put him up to the table so he could take it all in.  He was mesmerized and just stared at everyone and what they were doing.  I colored and decorated an egg for him and after it dried I sat it on his blanket in front of him so I could get a picture of him and his first Easter egg.  While I was busy moving around so I could get a good shot he decided he'd slobber on his egg and ended up turning his little mug blue for the remainder of the day in the process.  It was pretty cute, but bad baby!!  The kids had a blast coloring and decorating their eggs.  Jen and Cody had a lot of options for them like hair, stickers, etc. and the kids got pretty creative with it all.  

After cleaning up we all went and watched a movie in their "theater room" and enjoyed a great big bowl of ice cream with brownies.  It was such a fun party and we're glad that Jen and Cody took the time to plan it out for us all!   We're definitely looking forward to next years big egg hunt! =)

Buddies

I just LOVE watching these two!  Tyke loves his Daddy so much.  It melts my heart watching these two play and talk with each other.  I've said it before and I'll say it again, I LOVE MY BOYS!!!

New Tub

Tyke is really enjoying tub time now.  He's really grown a lot too.  The baby tub we have been using is definitely too small at this point so we went shopping for something different.  I found this tub chair at Walmart and thought it looked perfect.  We were excited to get home and try it out.  We're not really all that impressed with it but oh well.  It doesn't stay put, it's angled a little too much for Tyke to be comfortable at this age, and he wiggles so much it's hard to bathe him decent and be super safe at the same time.  Tyke seems to enjoy it a lot better than the other tub though.  Chad has been giving Tyke all of his nighttime baths and occasionally I have to give him one in the mornings.  Tyke LOVES his daddy bathing him.  I'm sure I've said it before, but he just stares at his daddy and is so comfortable in his hands.  I love watching it all.  My boys are the best!

Finally

Little Mister finally found his thumb!  He's been trying to be a thumb sucker since day one but has really struggled with it.  The last couple of days he started sucking on his hand and yesterday he finally found his thumb.  I think it's safe to say he enjoys it.  He pretty much refused to take his binky yesterday and today he's not too fond of it either.  It's the cutest thing watching him.  Only problem with thumb sucking is he keeps gagging himself, but I'm sure he'll get over it soon =)

Pout!

Is this not thee cutest, saddest little mug you've ever seen?  It makes me smile and breaks my heart all at the same time.  And just check out all of that new fuzzy hair coming in.  We love you Tyke! =)

2 Months Old

Our baby boy is 2 months old today!  I can't believe how fast it has gone.  We are so in love with Tyke, he's our everything!  

Tyke is growing like crazy and getting more and more fun everyday.  He talks to us a lot.  His coos and growls are so dang cute.  He smiles really easily now.  He has started to pucker his bottom lip pretty good and sometimes can't decide if he wants to smile or pout.  It's so funny when he is being fussy and trying to stay mad but can't control the smiles coming through.  It makes us smile.  Heck, everything he does makes us smile! =)  His little newborn cry is slowly going away.  Also, we've officially retired all newborn clothes, sad sad sad!

Looks wise it seems that our Tykers is going to have blue eyes and his new hair is coming in blonde.  If we get a big enough grin out of him there are dimples but they're mostly hidden in his chubby, chubby cheeks.  He has the cutest little double chin and is now working on a third.  I love his little face!

Tyke is getting better control of his little arms and hands.  He has become quite grabby and always has to have a handful of my hair or Chad's collar.  He always has his right arm extended and his hand in a fist.  He tries so hard to keep control of it but is constantly punching himself in the forehead.  We get a kick out of that!  He likes playing patty cake but only if you do the actions and no singing.  Singing ticks him off.  Which by the way, I've noticed that when listening to music he prefers male singers over the girls, when a girl starts singing he starts fussing, it's too funny!  

Tyke really enjoys tummy time.  I think he actually prefers it to being layed on his back.  He'll lay on his belly for a good 5 minutes before getting restless.  He plays really well on his little play mat.  He boxes the toys and grabs at them and kicks his little legs like crazy but mostly he just coos and grins at himself in the mirror.  It's the cutest thing ever!  

Tyke LOVES bath time now!  We've switched our routine up a little and now bathe him at night so his daddy can get in on the action (and so we can have a good schedule going for when I go back to work, boo!).  I'm pretty sure Tyke actually prefers Chad to bathe him instead of me.  He just stares at his daddy while he's getting cleaned up and tells his stories.  I love watching them bond like that, it's one of the many highlights of days.  I still get to do the dirty work though: cleaning his ears, nose, and rubbing him down with lotion...he still isn't too sure of all that.  

Tyke is a really good little sleeper.  He's always only gotten up once a night (usually around 3:30) but he's sleeping longer for me now and letting us snooze until 5 or 6 a.m.  We get up for food and then it's back to sleep until 9 a.m. and then an 11 a.m. nap.  He loves to snuggle and we love that he loves to.  It's the best thing in the world to have our little boy curled up right under our chin to sleep.

Tyke is the best thing that has ever happened to us!  We love you so very much baby boy! =)  

Another Wedding

Chad's younger brother Corey got married tonight.  It turned out to be a nice day and we had a good time, especially decorating their new car! (payback sucks! =))  We had Jenny snap this family picture for us with the iPhone.  I love my handsome boys!!! =)

2 Month Check Up

Tyke had his 2 month check up today with Dr. Fullmer.  We are just 3 days shy of Tyke being 2 months old (already?!!!)  I was so sad to have to take Tyke to the doctor for shots today because he was in such a good happy mood and full of smiles.  I told him where we were going and what was going to happen (because he can understand me you know? =)) and we got loaded up and headed for Payson to go pick up Chad and go to the doctor.

We got checked in and while waiting for our turn Chad decided he'd get Tyke out of his car seat.  About 5 minutes later Tyke had a nice little blowout.  I guess that was his way of letting us know what he thought about this visit to the doctors office =)

We got taken back to room 12 and I stripped Tyke down to his diaper to get weighed in (I hurried and changed him while at it).  Our boy has grown like crazy since his last visit!  Tyke weighed in at a whopping 11.8 pounds (34th percentile), his height measured 23.9 inches (90th percentile) and his head measured 16.2 inches (96th percentile).  His head measurement had us all second guessing.  According to his records his head measurement jumped from the 4th percentile last visit to the 96th percentile this visit which is pretty unusual.  The nurse couldn't believe it and thought maybe she had measured wrong, so she measured again and got the same reading.  The doctor found it odd too so he did a third measurement and got the same reading as well.  We're thinking that at the last visit the nurse measured wrong.

Dr. Fullmer checked Tyke over and let us know that our little guy is perfect! (but we already knew that)  Everything checked out great which we were excited to hear.  We had a few concerns to talk about with the doctor which turned out to be nothing.  We're just paranoid, over-protective first time parents but it's good to know he's healthy and it's better to be safe than sorry =)

After getting checked over and having a good discussion about immunizations, Dr. Fullmer left the room and a nurse came in to give Tyke his shots.  Poor little guy ended up with 3 shots and one oral.  The nurse gave him the oral immunization first and he really liked it (of course he did, it was sugary and he's our sugar baby).  After that I gave him his binky and she poked him in the leg.  He tensed up and got the most confused look on his little face and then cried for 5 seconds and was fine.  Then came round 2.  He looked at me like what the heck and cried really bad.  We got him calmed down, which was just so mean because we knew a third poke was coming, and according to the nurse it would burn/hurt the worst.  Poke #3 really did him in and it took a while to get him calmed down.  It was so sad but a relief to have done.

Our tough guy! =)

We got our little guy calmed down and headed out to the car.  I fed him, got him buckled up, and then we ran a few errands, dropped Chad back off at work and headed home.  Tyke slept the entire time and when we got home he slept a little longer too.  He kept waking up and would just smile at me with sleepy eyes and then go out again.  I was happy to see he was still happy and not hurting and all without pain medicine.  That didn't last long though.  His eyes popped wide open and without warning he started freaking out!  I couldn't calm him down for nothing!

Tyke cried and cried and cried for a good hour or so.  I tried everything I could think of to calm him down.  I tried to feed him, didn't work.  I tried giving him his binky, didn't work.  I ran a warm bath for him and fought with him for a good ten minutes to sit down and relax, didn't work.  I got him out and diapered and wrapped him up in a blanket.  Luckily Chad came home when he did because at that point I was in tears too.  I felt so bad that Tyke was hurting and I couldn't fix it.

Chad took Tyke and tried to calm him down without success too.  We had Tylenol on hand but I had figured that as bad as Tyke was crying there was no way I could get him to take it.  I got a dose ready (I only gave him half the recommended dose because I'm scared like that) and we attempted to give it to him.  Tyke drank it right up and calmed down and fell to sleep within 5 minutes.  Of course he took the Tylenol well, it's sweet flavored I'm sure.  He napped really well in my arms but kept randomly crying out in pain in his sleep.

He woke up after about an hour.  I fed him and then changed him and tried to massage his little legs.  His left leg he was OK with, his right leg was really swollen and he would cry out in pain if I barely touched it, let alone massage it.  Tyke felt a little warm so we took his temperature and he did have a little fever of 99.5, nothing to worry about yet.  We let him lay on his blanket, in just a diaper, and kick his little legs and talk to us.

Around 7:40 p.m. we were able to give Tyke another (1/2) dose of Tylenol.  He didn't take it so well that go around and actually ended up throwing up twice.  I got a little more medicine and gave him and he took it OK.  He dozed off and we hurried and ate dinner and got ready for bed.  I really wanted to give Tyke another warm bath (especially since he had thrown up and his cheek was sticky from the medicine) but I didn't want to bother him, he was sleeping so good.  His little eyes popped open around 9 p.m. and he seemed pretty content so I went and bathed him.  I think he enjoyed having a warm washcloth on his legs.  He let me massage them a little but still got mad at me for touching his right leg.

Tyke is currently sleeping well and in another 45 minutes I'll be giving him more Tylenol if needed.  Here's hoping for a good night, but I'm not so sure it will happen.  Poor little guy!

A Little Training

Our little Tykers has been a fussy guy today.  Not horribly bad but just not really his self.  We kept him fed, changed, and even took him outside a couple of times but he stayed fussy.

We went out to Nanna's house (Chad's mom's) around 4:30 for a family dinner.  Tyke did really well and seemed pretty happy.  Chad and I decided that maybe he had just had enough of us and needed different people to check out and talk to.  Tyke was a good boy the entire visit and for the ride home.

We got home and layed him on his play mat and he was content for about 10 minutes and then the tears started coming.  It's the saddest thing in the world to see my little guy cry to the point of tears.  It breaks my heart even though I know he's just mad and not hurt or anything.  I decided that maybe he was hungry so I started feeding him.  He was so fussy the entire time!  I had to keep stopping to burp him, thinking he had a bubble or something.  Sometimes I'd get a good burp and other times I'd get nothing.  Well it finally got to the point where I was getting frustrated with him because he'd nurse for 30 seconds and then pull off and cry, nurse for 30 seconds and cry.  I called it quits and I put him over my shoulder and started burping him.  I said to him, "come on buddy, give me a good one."  My baby boy listened to his momma well and splattered me in the face with juicy burp.  I was a little shocked and then the real stuff came.  Okay, Tyke does NOT spit up but tonight he COVERED HIMSELF AND ME IN SLIME!!!!  Chad and I both half laughed and then I told him I needed a burp rag bad.  He jumped up to grab one and saw just what damage Tyke had done.  TMI but it was thee slimiest baby spit up I've ever seen!

We got Tyke cleaned up and then started a bath for him.  After sliming me he was a happy boy again and totally relaxed, so needless to say we're pretty sure he had had a belly ache all day =(  Chad bathed Tyke while I went and cleaned myself up.  After bath time the mess making wasn't over.  Chad had just finished drying Tyke off and was getting his diaper ready to put on him when he started peeing.  Not only did he pee, but he peed mostly into the toilet, on the seat and the rug.  It was good aim and we got a good laugh out of it.  Yep, Tyke had his first potty training experience tonight, at almost 2 months old, while laying on the counter.  We're SO proud!!!! =)

Best Buds =)