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Monday, March 31, 2014
Pudding Thief
This kid loves his food lately! Especially treats. Tonight after dinner, Chad opened up a tapioca pudding, for himself. He had planned on sharing, he hadn't planned on losing the entire thing to Tyke. As soon as Tyke set eyes on that cup of pudding the fit throwing began. Chad put the cup close to Tyke so he could steal a spoonful, which he did, and then he took the entire cup and chowed down. Chad only got a couple of bites out of the deal. Tyke devoured the pudding and even used his spoon to scrape the sides, wanting more.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
14 Months Old (and then some)
Tyke is now 14 months, 1 week and 6 days old. I really slacked off this month at getting his monthly picture and blog done. We've been sick at our house and life has felt more busy than usual, even though it's not. I kept procrastinating and now our little guy has stitches and a new haircut to show in his 14 month picture. Tyke is wild as ever and is on the go pretty much all day long! He keeps us on our toes and constantly laughing. He's a little goof ball and he knows it!
Tyke just keeps getting more and more fun. He loves to play with his cousins and he's lucky enough to get to do so Monday's through Friday's. Tyke loves playing with his trucks, tractors, four wheeler and blocks the most. He is constantly climbing in and out of his "Little Tikes" pick up truck. He climbs in and leans out the window to wave before honking the horn, turning the steering wheel, and climbing back out. He will play like this for a good 30+ minutes before moving on to the next obsession. He also has fun loading up the bed of the truck with toys and then throwing them out. Tyke is a curious little guy and studies everything. He will push the buttons on his cars and tractors and then flip them over quickly to study where the sound and movements are coming from. He's fascinating to watch. You can see his brain working through the look in his eyes as he studies the mechanics of things. His just like his Daddy in that way!
We are finding toys in the darndest spots. Tyke likes to carry them around and stash them in random places. His favorite hiding spots are in the surround sound speaker (we've only been able to rescue a few, the rest are a lost cause) and behind the couch. He usually hides his shoes behind the couch too. He likes to throw toys in the garbage cans so we are constantly checking them before we take the trash out. I've also found toys in the laundry bags that stay in our bedroom closet. The other day when I was doing laundry and dumped the colors into the washer three blocks fell out with them.
Tyke has a battery powered four wheeler that he loves to ride when we play outside. He doesn't quite know how to steer it but he knows that he has to push the pedal with his foot to make it go. He smiles the biggest smiles when he's outside on his motorized toys! Every time we walk out into the garage he heads straight for his truck that Nana gave him and starts pushing buttons that make noise. The nice thing about that truck is it's remote controlled so we can put him in and drive him around. The bad thing is that there is a switch to turn it on and off and the little bugger is constantly turning it off as we're trying to drive him around. He thinks it's a game and giggles so hard every time we run over to turn it back on. Tyke loves playing outside and throws huge fits when it's time to go back inside. We almost always have to just pick him up and take him in because if we grab his hand to have him follow us he drops to the ground and is dead weight. I can't believe how fast he learned that naughty little trick! We're excited for spring and summer so we can spend as much time as possible outside, for now it's still a little on the chilly side most days.
Tyke is getting to be quite the dancer. Whenever music plays we wiggles and shakes and head bangs so hard he almost tips over. He has also started to spin in circles. It's more like walking in circles for him, but it's enough that it usually makes him dizzy and he falls down. It's funny to watch. Like I said, he has us almost constantly laughing.
Tyke is pro at walking and for the most part he speed walks. He's gets where he's going fast! Sometimes too fast! If the fridge/freezer of pantry doors open he's in there in the blink of an eye getting what he wants. In the freezer he loves to grab himself a chocolate chip and then look up at us with a happy, pleased grin. In the fridge he reaches in and opens up the bottom drawer to grab himself a juice box. He pulls it out, closed the drawer, helps us close the fridge door and then rips the straw off the box and hands it to us. He's very helpful like that! In the pantry he goes straight for the treat bucket even though he never finds anything worth eating in there. We keep all of his food and treats up higher than he can reach so we usually have to grab them for him. He's very picky about what he wants when he wants it. The other day I kept offering different treats and he kept shaking his head no in disgust until I found the right one, animal crackers, and then his face lit up and he squealed and reached up at me for them. It's fun that he communicates so well now!!
Tyke likes to be in the kitchen, at our feet, while we're trying to cook meals. He follows us closely and we're almost always tripping over him. He likes to help and is most happy when we pick him up so he can see what's going on at the stove. He likes to adjust the knobs to the stove and either cooks our food on high or turns it off. He's a handful and we're always getting after him to NOT touch the stove or oven but he thinks it's a game. Almost all of our baby proofing that we've done he's out smarted. He can get into the drawers no problem even though we can't. He likes to play with the spatulas and scatter them around the house. I found one in the bath tub the other day courtesy of Tyke! He can also pull the outlet covers out with no problem at all. He's too smart for his own good!
Tyke loves his bath time and refuses to get out, even after all of the water has been drained. He'll sit in the empty tub and play with his toys and ignore us. I'll tell him it's time to get out and he'll duck his head and shake it no while mumbling at me. We do this back and forth four or five times before I finally just pull him out and stand him on the bath mat while I wrap him in his towel. He droops his head and hangs his arms in front of him like it's something tragic, which I suppose it is, because he knows what's coming next and it's always a huge fight. Lotion, diaper, clean ears and nose, and jammies, his least favorite thing of the day to have to do. He screams and tries so hard to get away from this torture (which is how he got his first set of stitches by the way). Some nights it takes both Chad and I to control him. He cries and cries until it's all done and we put him down to go and play. It's frustrating but what do you do?
Tyke is finally eating like a champ again! He does so well with all of his meals now. He drinks a lot of milk through out the day but that doesn't stop him from having a huge appetite for solid foods. He'll usually eat a whole thing of instant mac and cheese for lunch (his favorite food). He's almost like a bottomless pit, if you feed him he will eat. For dinner time we dish him up his own plate of food and give him his spoon. Sometimes he only likes one of the food groups in his dish and will dig out everything else until that's all that remaining. For example, the other night we dished him up some plain browned hamburger. He was so excited until we topped it off with noodles covered in spaghetti sauce. He immediately got to work digging out every last noodle and sauce covered hamburger until it was just plain hamburger and then he ate. After he was done with the hamburger he did finally give in and eat the noodles too. Silly boy! He refuses help from us and does really good feeding himself. We still have plenty of messes to clean up but he hits his mouth 9 out of 10 times. Sometimes in between bites he'll throw a piece or two at us and laugh. He hates to have his hands dirty with food and will freak out until we clean him up. He also gets mad when he can't get his food to stay on the spoon. Tyke is starting to like to have a little "dipper" for his foods now. Aunt Jenny taught him the joys of that! After dinner and bath time, some nights we have a bowl of ice cream. Tyke loves ice cream! He snuggles right up on his daddy's lap and lays back and opens his mouth, ready for the next bite. Chad gets in trouble when he runs out of ice cream.
Our little guy is growing like a weed. He's quickly losing the baby look and looking more like a little boy. We have finally retired a lot of Tyke's baby clothes. He's now wearing a lot of 18 month clothes, a few of the 12 month still fit him. His issues with clothes fitting him are his height and the size of his head. Tyke is in a size 5 shoe and does really well wearing them. He doesn't pull them off like most kids do. Occasionally he'll get mad and try to pull them off but needs help. His feet get super hot and sweaty some days so taking off his shoes is a quick fix to his tantrum. Tyke is currently in size 4 diapers and we're trying once again to find a brand that we like. Some fit too tight and the one caused a bad diaper rash that we're still trying to fight. Tyke has 7 teeth, one of them being a molar that's still causing him misery. He won't let us look to see if there are any more coming in but he's started fever and drool a lot again so we think more are coming.
We love this little boy so much! He's so much fun and brightens our days. We are very proud parents and so glad that Tyke continues to grow, learn and be such a happy little guy! He's the best!
Tyke just keeps getting more and more fun. He loves to play with his cousins and he's lucky enough to get to do so Monday's through Friday's. Tyke loves playing with his trucks, tractors, four wheeler and blocks the most. He is constantly climbing in and out of his "Little Tikes" pick up truck. He climbs in and leans out the window to wave before honking the horn, turning the steering wheel, and climbing back out. He will play like this for a good 30+ minutes before moving on to the next obsession. He also has fun loading up the bed of the truck with toys and then throwing them out. Tyke is a curious little guy and studies everything. He will push the buttons on his cars and tractors and then flip them over quickly to study where the sound and movements are coming from. He's fascinating to watch. You can see his brain working through the look in his eyes as he studies the mechanics of things. His just like his Daddy in that way!
We are finding toys in the darndest spots. Tyke likes to carry them around and stash them in random places. His favorite hiding spots are in the surround sound speaker (we've only been able to rescue a few, the rest are a lost cause) and behind the couch. He usually hides his shoes behind the couch too. He likes to throw toys in the garbage cans so we are constantly checking them before we take the trash out. I've also found toys in the laundry bags that stay in our bedroom closet. The other day when I was doing laundry and dumped the colors into the washer three blocks fell out with them.
Tyke has a battery powered four wheeler that he loves to ride when we play outside. He doesn't quite know how to steer it but he knows that he has to push the pedal with his foot to make it go. He smiles the biggest smiles when he's outside on his motorized toys! Every time we walk out into the garage he heads straight for his truck that Nana gave him and starts pushing buttons that make noise. The nice thing about that truck is it's remote controlled so we can put him in and drive him around. The bad thing is that there is a switch to turn it on and off and the little bugger is constantly turning it off as we're trying to drive him around. He thinks it's a game and giggles so hard every time we run over to turn it back on. Tyke loves playing outside and throws huge fits when it's time to go back inside. We almost always have to just pick him up and take him in because if we grab his hand to have him follow us he drops to the ground and is dead weight. I can't believe how fast he learned that naughty little trick! We're excited for spring and summer so we can spend as much time as possible outside, for now it's still a little on the chilly side most days.
Tyke is getting to be quite the dancer. Whenever music plays we wiggles and shakes and head bangs so hard he almost tips over. He has also started to spin in circles. It's more like walking in circles for him, but it's enough that it usually makes him dizzy and he falls down. It's funny to watch. Like I said, he has us almost constantly laughing.
Tyke is pro at walking and for the most part he speed walks. He's gets where he's going fast! Sometimes too fast! If the fridge/freezer of pantry doors open he's in there in the blink of an eye getting what he wants. In the freezer he loves to grab himself a chocolate chip and then look up at us with a happy, pleased grin. In the fridge he reaches in and opens up the bottom drawer to grab himself a juice box. He pulls it out, closed the drawer, helps us close the fridge door and then rips the straw off the box and hands it to us. He's very helpful like that! In the pantry he goes straight for the treat bucket even though he never finds anything worth eating in there. We keep all of his food and treats up higher than he can reach so we usually have to grab them for him. He's very picky about what he wants when he wants it. The other day I kept offering different treats and he kept shaking his head no in disgust until I found the right one, animal crackers, and then his face lit up and he squealed and reached up at me for them. It's fun that he communicates so well now!!
Tyke likes to be in the kitchen, at our feet, while we're trying to cook meals. He follows us closely and we're almost always tripping over him. He likes to help and is most happy when we pick him up so he can see what's going on at the stove. He likes to adjust the knobs to the stove and either cooks our food on high or turns it off. He's a handful and we're always getting after him to NOT touch the stove or oven but he thinks it's a game. Almost all of our baby proofing that we've done he's out smarted. He can get into the drawers no problem even though we can't. He likes to play with the spatulas and scatter them around the house. I found one in the bath tub the other day courtesy of Tyke! He can also pull the outlet covers out with no problem at all. He's too smart for his own good!
Tyke loves his bath time and refuses to get out, even after all of the water has been drained. He'll sit in the empty tub and play with his toys and ignore us. I'll tell him it's time to get out and he'll duck his head and shake it no while mumbling at me. We do this back and forth four or five times before I finally just pull him out and stand him on the bath mat while I wrap him in his towel. He droops his head and hangs his arms in front of him like it's something tragic, which I suppose it is, because he knows what's coming next and it's always a huge fight. Lotion, diaper, clean ears and nose, and jammies, his least favorite thing of the day to have to do. He screams and tries so hard to get away from this torture (which is how he got his first set of stitches by the way). Some nights it takes both Chad and I to control him. He cries and cries until it's all done and we put him down to go and play. It's frustrating but what do you do?
Tyke is finally eating like a champ again! He does so well with all of his meals now. He drinks a lot of milk through out the day but that doesn't stop him from having a huge appetite for solid foods. He'll usually eat a whole thing of instant mac and cheese for lunch (his favorite food). He's almost like a bottomless pit, if you feed him he will eat. For dinner time we dish him up his own plate of food and give him his spoon. Sometimes he only likes one of the food groups in his dish and will dig out everything else until that's all that remaining. For example, the other night we dished him up some plain browned hamburger. He was so excited until we topped it off with noodles covered in spaghetti sauce. He immediately got to work digging out every last noodle and sauce covered hamburger until it was just plain hamburger and then he ate. After he was done with the hamburger he did finally give in and eat the noodles too. Silly boy! He refuses help from us and does really good feeding himself. We still have plenty of messes to clean up but he hits his mouth 9 out of 10 times. Sometimes in between bites he'll throw a piece or two at us and laugh. He hates to have his hands dirty with food and will freak out until we clean him up. He also gets mad when he can't get his food to stay on the spoon. Tyke is starting to like to have a little "dipper" for his foods now. Aunt Jenny taught him the joys of that! After dinner and bath time, some nights we have a bowl of ice cream. Tyke loves ice cream! He snuggles right up on his daddy's lap and lays back and opens his mouth, ready for the next bite. Chad gets in trouble when he runs out of ice cream.
Our little guy is growing like a weed. He's quickly losing the baby look and looking more like a little boy. We have finally retired a lot of Tyke's baby clothes. He's now wearing a lot of 18 month clothes, a few of the 12 month still fit him. His issues with clothes fitting him are his height and the size of his head. Tyke is in a size 5 shoe and does really well wearing them. He doesn't pull them off like most kids do. Occasionally he'll get mad and try to pull them off but needs help. His feet get super hot and sweaty some days so taking off his shoes is a quick fix to his tantrum. Tyke is currently in size 4 diapers and we're trying once again to find a brand that we like. Some fit too tight and the one caused a bad diaper rash that we're still trying to fight. Tyke has 7 teeth, one of them being a molar that's still causing him misery. He won't let us look to see if there are any more coming in but he's started fever and drool a lot again so we think more are coming.
We love this little boy so much! He's so much fun and brightens our days. We are very proud parents and so glad that Tyke continues to grow, learn and be such a happy little guy! He's the best!
Friday, March 28, 2014
Nothing Alike
I had to laugh when I went to bed late last night and found my guys sleeping like this, identical! They're nothing alike at all haha.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Stitches!
As much as Tyke bumps his head I'm really surprised it took this long before he finally split his head open. Last night while Chad was getting Tyke ready for bed, the little stinker darted away from him, lost his balance, and slammed right into the night stand. I was in the living room and heard the big thud and thought nothing of it, it's normal in this house. When Chad hollered at me that there was blood I panicked and ran in to see what had happened. Tyke had split his eyebrow and good! I couldn't make myself squeeze it to see just how deep the cut was but I knew that it needed to be checked out so at around 9 p.m. we loaded up and headed for the emergency room.
We walked in to see familiar faces, (since we were here the week before! These bills ought to be fun.) and I told them what had happened and that we weren't sure if Tyke needed stitches or not. Dr. Rosenbeck was the on call doctor. He came right out to check Tyke's cut and within two seconds confirmed that we needed stitches! We were taken back to room 2 where we spent nearly three hours for the whole process. Tyke didn't really want much to do with me, he just wanted his Daddy! Chad was the only one that could console him.
With Tyke being so little and so upset around doctors and nurses we decided it was best to sedate him while Dr. Rosenbeck stitched him up. We had two option, a shot that would knock him out until morning (cheap), or an iv that would put him to sleep quickly and he would wake up quickly (expensive). We opted for the iv because we didn't want to see Tyke completely sedated. The nurses had a really hard time getting an iv in. The first try they commented on how tough Tyke's skin was. They finally poked through but lost the vein. After digging around for what seemed like forever they finally gave up and picked on the other arm. Poor Tyke cried harder for this than he did for his bump on his head. Finally they got the iv in and put Tyke's arm in a brace so he couldn't bend his arm. He did not like that at all and tried his hardest to rip it off. He cried a lot but we finally got him distracted by walking down to see the fish tank.
We waited a while for the anesthesiologist to come so we could put Tyke to sleep. By the time he got all of his equipment and the medicine rounded up Tyke had fallen asleep. Chad layed Tyke on the bed, which made him mad, and the anesthesiologist gave him the medicine, Propofol. Within seconds Tyke was passed out. It was a little creepy watching him just go limp so fast. An oxygen monitor was put on his finger and a nasal canula was put on his face. Talk about major surgery! Dr. Rosenbeck came in and got right to work. He cleaned the wound, numbed it and then stitched Tyke up. He also commented on how tough Tyke's skin was. I guess that explains why we haven't had more cuts to deal with. The cut wasn't very deep but it definitely needed stitches. It took three stitches to get the job done! It was a quick process and Chad enjoyed watching every second of it. I on the other hand had to sit in the corner and ignore most of it.
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After the stitches were done, the anesthesiologist stayed with us and monitored Tyke. After a few minutes he said that the medicine had worn off and that it was time for Tyke to wake up. Well, he wouldn't! We had kind of figured that it would be hard to wake him, he was exhausted from crying and putting up a fight plus it was bed time. We tried and tried and tried to wake him up and he just wouldn't. I started to feel a little panicky but knew that all was well. Tyke coughed a few times, weird coughs that scared Chad and I. The first time he coughed it sounded like he was gurgling/choking on something. Chad immediately re-positioned him while I ran out to the get the anesthesiologist! After that he pretty much stayed in the room with us. We wiggled Tyke and clapped and talked loud and shook him to try and wake him but he wouldn't. His body was still limp and he was out! Dr. Rosenbeck told the anesthesiologist that he was nervous and that Tyke needed to wake up before we could leave. The anesthesiologist took Tyke from us and took him out into the hallway where he and the doctor really picked on him. He finally opened his eyes and scrame at us all for a few seconds before snuggling into Chad. That was enough to get the OK to go home!
Tyke slept really well last night and woke up this morning happy as can be. He has payed no attention to the stitches, which I'm glad, and he barely had any bruising. We have to take him back Sunday night/Monday morning to have the stitches removed and then we're good to go! This boy is going to keep us on our toes!
Update 3/30/14: We were supposed to take Tyke back to the hospital either tonight or in the morning to have his stitches taken out. We could only imagine the screaming fit he would throw and how difficult it would be. As he was napping late this afternoon we decided to see if we dared to take them out ourselves and the next thing we knew they were out and Tyke was still fast asleep! His eyebrow has healed up nicely!
We walked in to see familiar faces, (since we were here the week before! These bills ought to be fun.) and I told them what had happened and that we weren't sure if Tyke needed stitches or not. Dr. Rosenbeck was the on call doctor. He came right out to check Tyke's cut and within two seconds confirmed that we needed stitches! We were taken back to room 2 where we spent nearly three hours for the whole process. Tyke didn't really want much to do with me, he just wanted his Daddy! Chad was the only one that could console him.
With Tyke being so little and so upset around doctors and nurses we decided it was best to sedate him while Dr. Rosenbeck stitched him up. We had two option, a shot that would knock him out until morning (cheap), or an iv that would put him to sleep quickly and he would wake up quickly (expensive). We opted for the iv because we didn't want to see Tyke completely sedated. The nurses had a really hard time getting an iv in. The first try they commented on how tough Tyke's skin was. They finally poked through but lost the vein. After digging around for what seemed like forever they finally gave up and picked on the other arm. Poor Tyke cried harder for this than he did for his bump on his head. Finally they got the iv in and put Tyke's arm in a brace so he couldn't bend his arm. He did not like that at all and tried his hardest to rip it off. He cried a lot but we finally got him distracted by walking down to see the fish tank.
We waited a while for the anesthesiologist to come so we could put Tyke to sleep. By the time he got all of his equipment and the medicine rounded up Tyke had fallen asleep. Chad layed Tyke on the bed, which made him mad, and the anesthesiologist gave him the medicine, Propofol. Within seconds Tyke was passed out. It was a little creepy watching him just go limp so fast. An oxygen monitor was put on his finger and a nasal canula was put on his face. Talk about major surgery! Dr. Rosenbeck came in and got right to work. He cleaned the wound, numbed it and then stitched Tyke up. He also commented on how tough Tyke's skin was. I guess that explains why we haven't had more cuts to deal with. The cut wasn't very deep but it definitely needed stitches. It took three stitches to get the job done! It was a quick process and Chad enjoyed watching every second of it. I on the other hand had to sit in the corner and ignore most of it.
After the stitches were done, the anesthesiologist stayed with us and monitored Tyke. After a few minutes he said that the medicine had worn off and that it was time for Tyke to wake up. Well, he wouldn't! We had kind of figured that it would be hard to wake him, he was exhausted from crying and putting up a fight plus it was bed time. We tried and tried and tried to wake him up and he just wouldn't. I started to feel a little panicky but knew that all was well. Tyke coughed a few times, weird coughs that scared Chad and I. The first time he coughed it sounded like he was gurgling/choking on something. Chad immediately re-positioned him while I ran out to the get the anesthesiologist! After that he pretty much stayed in the room with us. We wiggled Tyke and clapped and talked loud and shook him to try and wake him but he wouldn't. His body was still limp and he was out! Dr. Rosenbeck told the anesthesiologist that he was nervous and that Tyke needed to wake up before we could leave. The anesthesiologist took Tyke from us and took him out into the hallway where he and the doctor really picked on him. He finally opened his eyes and scrame at us all for a few seconds before snuggling into Chad. That was enough to get the OK to go home!
Tyke slept really well last night and woke up this morning happy as can be. He has payed no attention to the stitches, which I'm glad, and he barely had any bruising. We have to take him back Sunday night/Monday morning to have the stitches removed and then we're good to go! This boy is going to keep us on our toes!
Update 3/30/14: We were supposed to take Tyke back to the hospital either tonight or in the morning to have his stitches taken out. We could only imagine the screaming fit he would throw and how difficult it would be. As he was napping late this afternoon we decided to see if we dared to take them out ourselves and the next thing we knew they were out and Tyke was still fast asleep! His eyebrow has healed up nicely!
Monday, March 24, 2014
Camping 2014
We got our first camp trip of the year in this past weekend and boy did we have fun. Friday night after work we finished loading up the trailer and headed west to "Hobo's Village" (we found out the name of the place while we were camping thanks to some random strangers that stopped to visit and their story telling). Chris and Danielle and kids came with us. The guys set up camp while the rest of us played in Chris and Danielle's trailer. The wind was blowing and it was getting dark and cold. We watched a movie and visited while the guys finished up and grilled some hot dogs. Tyke was a curious little guy in their trailer and didn't pay much attention to the food. When we finally called it a night and went back to our trailer Tyke was too excited to fall to sleep. I'll bet it was nearly midnight before he finally crashed. He was all smiles and giggles while running back and forth in our trailer. I think it's safe to say he loves camping!
The weather was supposed to be perfect but Saturday morning we woke up to snow! It was a fairly chilly weekend but nothing that a hoodie couldn't fix. Tyke was in heaven playing with his cousins and the dirt. Nanna came out for the day and brought chocolate teddy grahams with her. She was very popular with Tyke and between him and Waylon and Autumn they ate more than half of the box of cookies. The kids had fun digging in the dirt. Waylon and Autumn had new buckets and shovels to play with, Tyke had nothing because I hadn't even thought about buying him something so fun. He improvised though. He watched them for a few minutes, a little jealous, and then he picked up a spoon and crouched down and started digging. He LOVED it! He got so dirty playing in the dirt all day and eating chocolate cookies. We all did a little four wheeling throughout the day. Tyke had a blast riding his little four wheeler. He does pretty good with it except he doesn't know how to use the steering handles right so he would either drive around in circles or take off in a straight direction, depending on how we had set him up.
Sunday morning we woke up to blue skies and a cool breeze. We ate breakfast and then went for a long four wheeler ride. Tyke tried his hardest to stay awake but fell asleep after about twenty minutes. We got back to camp and visited for a while longer before packing up and heading home. It was a great weekend and we're glad we have one of many trips this year officially under our belt!
The weather was supposed to be perfect but Saturday morning we woke up to snow! It was a fairly chilly weekend but nothing that a hoodie couldn't fix. Tyke was in heaven playing with his cousins and the dirt. Nanna came out for the day and brought chocolate teddy grahams with her. She was very popular with Tyke and between him and Waylon and Autumn they ate more than half of the box of cookies. The kids had fun digging in the dirt. Waylon and Autumn had new buckets and shovels to play with, Tyke had nothing because I hadn't even thought about buying him something so fun. He improvised though. He watched them for a few minutes, a little jealous, and then he picked up a spoon and crouched down and started digging. He LOVED it! He got so dirty playing in the dirt all day and eating chocolate cookies. We all did a little four wheeling throughout the day. Tyke had a blast riding his little four wheeler. He does pretty good with it except he doesn't know how to use the steering handles right so he would either drive around in circles or take off in a straight direction, depending on how we had set him up.
Sunday morning we woke up to blue skies and a cool breeze. We ate breakfast and then went for a long four wheeler ride. Tyke tried his hardest to stay awake but fell asleep after about twenty minutes. We got back to camp and visited for a while longer before packing up and heading home. It was a great weekend and we're glad we have one of many trips this year officially under our belt!
Friday, March 21, 2014
Guy Day
Chad's schedule, for now, is so nice. He gets every other Friday off from work and Tyke loves it! They always plan out what they're going to do for their guy day out. They usually make a trip to the dump, drive up the canyon looking for animals or work in the shop. Guy stuff ya know? I think it's great! Although, it does make it hard for me to want to work, knowing that my boys are off on big adventures. Today Chad scheduled haircuts for himself and Tyke. Both were long over due. Cousin Taylee gave them both their cuts. Chad said that Tyke had to sit on his lap while he was getting his hair done and while Tyke was getting his hair done too. Little guy is so attached to his Daddy! He's Chad's shadow and cries a heartbroken cry if he gets left behind. I'm so glad that they have such a good, close bond!
Monday, March 17, 2014
Wheeler
First official ride of the season and our little guy was in heaven! He thinks he's so cool on his "new" ride! He can power it himself but he can't steer it. Isn't he just so cute?!
8 Weeks
We had our first preggo doctor appointment today with Dr. Nance at 3:00 p.m. According to the doc's little calendar wheel our due date is October 24, 2014! We're so excited and can't believe that baby number two is on it's way! Tyke is going to be a big brother!!!!
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Sunday Fun
After getting all of our "to do" list marked off we loaded up and headed to Mona to play at the park. Before leaving town we got the fun idea to stop and grab some fried chicken and tater logs so we could picnic. The weather was perfect and we found a spot in the shade with a bench. We layed out a blanket and had ourselves a picnic. Tyke was more interested in playing in the dirt than eating so we had a little bit of a struggle there. After eating we got down to business and started playing on the playground. To say that Tyke hates it would be an understatement! He hates the swings and the slides and he only enjoyed the merry go round as long as he was on the ground pushing it. I took him down a couple of slides and he was not thrilled about it. Chad tried putting him on the merry go round and he didn't really like that too much either. Once he was able to get his feet in the dirt and start pushing it for himself he was happy as could be. I was nervous as could be. I was holding my breath waiting for him to not let go of the bars and get dragged to the ground. Luckily he didn't. When we finally decided that it was time to go home Tyke put up a fight. We eventually won, and he fell to sleep on the drive home. We're looking forward to more time at the parks with our little Roni!
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Saturday, March 15, 2014
The Great Outdoors
This little guy LOVES the outdoors!!! He hates to be taken back inside and kicks and screams the whole time. He loves throwing rocks and dirt and trying to cross the road to go see the cows. He's busy and we're in for it!
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Locked Out!
The boy is trouble! Last night Chad had gone to help a friend move into their new home. Tyke was less than happy about it and was a little bear to play with. He was such a grump and I knew that he was tired and ready for bed. I told him we would get him bathed and in his jammies and then I would make him a bottle.
I ran the bath water, with lots of help from Tyke. (He thinks it's funny to try and throw the bottles of soap in the water.) As soon as I turned off the water I stepped outside of the bathroom to grab Tyke's towel (it was hanging off of his playpen) and BAM! The door slammed shut and the drawers got pulled open. Tyke locked me out of the bathroom!
I tried to open the door but all of the drawers on the other side were open! All I could see was Tyke's little hands moving around checking everything out. I kept yelling at him to close the drawers but he just laughed at me. I was panicking and didn't know what to do. There was no way I could maneuver closing those drawers (like we did when we were kids, with the butter knife, remember sisters?) because I had less than half an inch gap to work with. My biggest fear was that Tyke would go and dive into the tub, he loves water! Lucky for me he stayed away.
I finally decided that I was just going to have to break the door down if I wanted to get in. I started slamming it against the drawers hard while yelling at Tyke to let me in! He quickly slammed the drawers shut, the door swung open, we looked at each other and he giggled and took off running for the tub! I grabbed him and tickled him and lectured him and he just grinned and laughed the entire time. He's such a little stinker!
When I told Chad what had happened he told me I was brave to have walked away and that he never trusts the boy because he's too fast! We have our hands full with Tyke!!
I ran the bath water, with lots of help from Tyke. (He thinks it's funny to try and throw the bottles of soap in the water.) As soon as I turned off the water I stepped outside of the bathroom to grab Tyke's towel (it was hanging off of his playpen) and BAM! The door slammed shut and the drawers got pulled open. Tyke locked me out of the bathroom!
I tried to open the door but all of the drawers on the other side were open! All I could see was Tyke's little hands moving around checking everything out. I kept yelling at him to close the drawers but he just laughed at me. I was panicking and didn't know what to do. There was no way I could maneuver closing those drawers (like we did when we were kids, with the butter knife, remember sisters?) because I had less than half an inch gap to work with. My biggest fear was that Tyke would go and dive into the tub, he loves water! Lucky for me he stayed away.
I finally decided that I was just going to have to break the door down if I wanted to get in. I started slamming it against the drawers hard while yelling at Tyke to let me in! He quickly slammed the drawers shut, the door swung open, we looked at each other and he giggled and took off running for the tub! I grabbed him and tickled him and lectured him and he just grinned and laughed the entire time. He's such a little stinker!
When I told Chad what had happened he told me I was brave to have walked away and that he never trusts the boy because he's too fast! We have our hands full with Tyke!!
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Ick!
And so it begins, morning sickness, ick! I've been fairly nauseous for days now but thanks to my Zofran and Diet Coke I've been able to hold off actually having to visit the toilet. This morning I just couldn't do it. I'm so not ready to be sick again! I really hope and pray that this round isn't as bad as last round was.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Ouch!
Our poor little guy has been a bit of a grump the last couple of days and I can totally understand why, now. On Saturday, the tip of Tyke's tongue started growing a small canker sore. By night time it was huge! Tyke's cheeks were super red, he was drooling buckets of slobber, and he ran a mild fever right around 100 degrees Saturday night. He didn't eat very well over the weekend, only bottles, and even then he didn't eat as many ounces as he usually does. I blamed it all on the canker sore. Sunday his mouth was looking a little worse. There were more sores forming but the one on the tip of his tongue was gross looking! I asked my sisters if they had any advice for us to try and get that thing healed faster. Aunt Jenny offered to try some of her oils so we headed out around 3 p.m. to give them a try. We put melaleuca on his sore. It was a fight but he was happy as soon as we let him go. Jenny gave him two doses while we were there and then let us take the oil home with us. Tyke still refused to eat that night so I fixed him a bottle. As soon as he was done, dumb me decided to try one more dose of oils. Chad held him down while I put the oil on his canker. He was not very happy with us! As soon as we were done Chad picked him up to comfort him and Tyke puked all over the both of them! It was awful!
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This morning his tongue still wasn't looking good so we decided to take him to the doctors office. We were worried it was an infection and not just a random sore at this point. Tyke had the big sore and then three little ones starting around it. We were lucky and got in to see the doctor around 10:40 a.m. Dr Fullmer checked Tyke over and said that his throat was a little red but nothing to be concerned about. He then tried to get a good look at Tyke's tongue. Talk about a struggle! Tyke HATES going to the doctors and scrame the entire time. He gagged while Dr. Fullmer stuck the Popsicle stick in his mouth the check things out. We thought for sure he was going to throw up but he never did. Dr. Fullmer told us he wasn't sure what it was but he did rule out thrush, hoof and mouth disease and the oral herpes virus. We were relieved to hear that! He took a picture of Tyke's mouth so that he could do some research on it. He told us that most likely it was just an injury and that it should be cleared up by Friday. He also told us to leave it alone, no more oils. He didn't seem too impressed when we had told we had tried that, oops! Dr. Fullmer told us to watch for more spots and that if any appeared on Tyke's cheeks or the roof of his mouth that we should bring him back in.
Tonight as Tyke layed on the floor throwing a tantrum I noticed another white spot in his mouth, on the top. I panicked a little and thought, oh great! I pinned Tyke down so that I could open is mouth and get a good look. I was surprised to see that his new white spot was in fact a new tooth! His upper left second molar! I was not expecting that at all! I knew he had to be teething somewhere but never could figure out where, now I know why, I wasn't looking back far enough! It's no wonder Tyke has been so miserable the last few days! On top of a sore tongue he had a huge tooth pop through! His second molars are supposed to come in between 25-33 months, so this one is just a little early. Our little guy now has SEVEN teeth!
This morning his tongue still wasn't looking good so we decided to take him to the doctors office. We were worried it was an infection and not just a random sore at this point. Tyke had the big sore and then three little ones starting around it. We were lucky and got in to see the doctor around 10:40 a.m. Dr Fullmer checked Tyke over and said that his throat was a little red but nothing to be concerned about. He then tried to get a good look at Tyke's tongue. Talk about a struggle! Tyke HATES going to the doctors and scrame the entire time. He gagged while Dr. Fullmer stuck the Popsicle stick in his mouth the check things out. We thought for sure he was going to throw up but he never did. Dr. Fullmer told us he wasn't sure what it was but he did rule out thrush, hoof and mouth disease and the oral herpes virus. We were relieved to hear that! He took a picture of Tyke's mouth so that he could do some research on it. He told us that most likely it was just an injury and that it should be cleared up by Friday. He also told us to leave it alone, no more oils. He didn't seem too impressed when we had told we had tried that, oops! Dr. Fullmer told us to watch for more spots and that if any appeared on Tyke's cheeks or the roof of his mouth that we should bring him back in.
Tonight as Tyke layed on the floor throwing a tantrum I noticed another white spot in his mouth, on the top. I panicked a little and thought, oh great! I pinned Tyke down so that I could open is mouth and get a good look. I was surprised to see that his new white spot was in fact a new tooth! His upper left second molar! I was not expecting that at all! I knew he had to be teething somewhere but never could figure out where, now I know why, I wasn't looking back far enough! It's no wonder Tyke has been so miserable the last few days! On top of a sore tongue he had a huge tooth pop through! His second molars are supposed to come in between 25-33 months, so this one is just a little early. Our little guy now has SEVEN teeth!
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Baby Lambs
Today we ventured over to Uncle Chris and Aunt Danielle's house to meet the new baby lambs! They got more than they expected with their sheep this year: FIVE new babies!!! Tyke got a kick out of watching them run and hop around, so did we. We never did get too close to them because they were so fast but we enjoyed watching them play.
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