Father's Day & 5 Months Old!

Today was Chad's first father's day!  I think it's safe to say he had an enjoyable day.  We started off the morning with sleeping in and I attempted to make breakfast (Chad is the breakfast cook in this house!).  We had a super lazy day today!

Tyke and Chad are best buds and it just melts my heart to watch them growl, laugh and play together!

Chad's mom came and visited for a while and then we headed to Mona for a Kay family barbecue!  We stopped at my parents house first for a quick visit and to give Grandpa Terry his father's day gifts.  Our barbecue was at Rick and Lucinda's house.  We had yummy chicken and all kinds of salads and deserts.

Tyke and his cousin Kayson....3 weeks apart in age!

Quite a few of the Kay family showed up so we had an awesome get together!  Rick and Lucinda sure know how to put on a party!  After dinner everyone got involved in a serious game of kickball!  At first it was adults (mostly the guys) against the kids and then it turned into everyone against the moms.  It was great entertainment and a perfect way to finish a great day!

Tyke had fun visiting with his cousins and was such a good little boy.  He even sat up on the grass all by himself!  Chad and I were super proud of our little guy!



Tyke has so many great guys in his life, but especially his daddy and grandpa's!  He's so lucky to have such great examples of what good guys are.  We love all the daddy's in our lives and wish them a very Happy Father's Day!

Tyke and I are so lucky to have Chad in our lives!  He's the best daddy and husband ever!  I love watching him with our Tykers.  They're best buds and I can only imagine how much better it's going to get!  Tyke is so lucky to have such an involved daddy.  Chad is the best!

Tyke is 5 Months Old!

This weekend marked one year since we announced to our family and friends that we were pregnant!  And today our little Tyke man turned 5 months old!  I can't believe how fast it has gone!  He's the best baby ever and makes us so, so happy!

Tyke is a smart little thing and voices his opinion about everything!  He giggles and smiles and coos if he's happy.  He wiggles and squeals if he sees something he likes or wants.  He growls and grunts if he doesn't want to be held a certain way or wants to be left alone.  It's nice not having to question what he wants or needs.

He has sadly stopped sleeping through the night the last week or so.  I'm hoping it's just him readjusting after the time change from our Oregon trip we just took.  He's getting up more during the night than he ever has, like 2-3 times a night.  On the bright side though, he ALWAYS wakes up with a smile on his face and is happy as can be!

Our little guys is always on the go!  He wiggles and kicks and rolls to get where he wants to go.  He has a blast in the exersaucer and goes crazy jumping and spinning in it.  He's getting pretty good at sitting up all by himself.  His balance is pretty good with it but he's lacking in the strength to hold himself up for very long.  Plus he's such a wiggle worm he knocks himself over a lot!

Tyke is enjoying eating like a big boy.  He even drinks out of a sippy cup with no problem.  It makes him look so big to be holding a sippy cup!  We haven't gotten too adventurous with the baby food yet but he seems to really enjoy the rice cereal.  He especially loves to blow bubbles and kick and bounce while we're trying to feed him.  It's a total mess but so much fun!  Oh yeah, and he hates wearing bibs.  They're necessary though.

Tyke is in size 2 diapers now and still wears anywhere from 3 to 9 month clothes.  It's a bit of a chore getting his diapers changed and getting him dressed now because he wiggles so much.  He knows he's being a little stinker about it too!  We enjoy it though.

Tyke loves the great outdoors!  He's content as can be if he's sitting on the grass or has his toes in the dirt.  He loves watching his daddy mow the grass.  His little head turns back and forth as Chad makes his laps across the lawn.

Tyke has finally found his toes.  He stares at them and grabs at them and even tries to eat them.  He's usually not very successful with that but he's getting better.

Tyke enjoys walking around the living room with our help.  He's a natural!  Since day one (about 2 weeks ago) he has walked perfectly without any training.  He's flat footed and knows to put one foot in front of the other.  Chad and I are curious to see if he'll be an early walker or not?

His eye color still hasn't gone one way or the other.  They are an awesome blue/hazel/green/grey color. They're the oddest color I've ever seen but fit our Tykers so well.  It will be interesting to see if they ever make up their mind of what color they're going to be.  Although we're perfectly happy with them being unique.

This boy of ours is loved more than he'll ever know!  He makes his Mommy and Daddy so very proud and happy!  We love you Tykaroni!