Santa

The most important person to meet... Santa. We went prepared. Nap, check... Full tummy, check... front of the line, check. Despite an hour in line and a happy boy still, the minute he hit Santa's lap, the screaming began. It was adorable and SO funny! He screamed and cried and flailed his arms until I picked him up off Santa's lap and he was fine. Perhaps we should visit Cinnamon Bear like Mommy did? What a memorable day!

Santa arrives...

They had a fun-house mirror in line to help keep little men occupied. Tyler loved it.

The Tree

This years tree is different... for many reasons. Tyler helped us pick it out this year and because of our schedules we were not able to go out and cut one down for the first time. We went to our local stand-by that has helped with so many of our projects... Boring Bark. We found a beautiful tree and it is by far the most special one yet! The night came with a few surprises, a great tree, Tyler standing on his own for the first time and later in the evening he took 4 steps unassited (which I have to mention he has yet to repeat). An exciting evening would be an understatement for us.

A little assistance...

And we're standing!

A Day in the Life of Tyler

This day was too funny. It's hard keeping up with a super hero - they are BUSY!

This is my new hat

Can you still see me Mom?

This end of my new toy is cool too

Is this my bottle?

Nope

AAAAAHHHH the cat

I love my cat

He is soooo funny

I'll race you to the toy Spence

What Mom? Dont go down the stairs!

Ok but how do I get to you through these bars?

I made it Mom!

Whats that over there?

SHOES

Tyler is SO close to walking. He loves his shoes. When we put them on his feet he watches very carefully and when they are off, as you can see, he is still interested in them. Hopefully soon I'll be posting a video of him walking :)

Our Other Babies...

Happy 40th Tee Tees

This year was the "big one" for Steve. When I was little, I couldn't say Steve's name, I called him Tee Tees. I wanted to do something special for Tee Tees this year because he has been such a great big brother to me. Celebrating with friends and family was a great way to do it. With the help of his neighbors and friends we pulled off a surprise 40th that he will hopefully remember for a LONG time. I love ya brotha!

Steve with Joe, Thad, Eric and Ron

Hope you had a great day big brother!

So Much To Be Thankful For

This Thanksgiving we spent the day with both of our families. We went to my parents where Tyler and his cousins, Matt and Caleb, spent some fun play time together while we all caught up. After that we traveled to the Hunt's and had a fabulous turkey dinner! Thanks for all the great time and food to both of our families!

Caleb and Matt helped Tyler learn the shapes of a new favorite toy!

Matt sipping some of Grandmas hot cider

Grandpa Gary reading a book with Tyler after dinner

Me and my lovely glass of wine

Sue "slaving" over the stove

THE BIRD

Happy Halloween

Check out this little Dragon!!! We had a very fun FIRST Halloween. I have had Tyler's costume since August, so you can imagine my anticpation to get him into it. He looked even cuter than I expected!

The tail on his costume was stuffed so when he crawled around with his costume on the tail wagged from side to side, BONUS!

Penny, Tyler, Marcus and Jack-O-Lanter

We took Tyler to our neighbors, our only trick-or-treat stop...they had a ridiculous, gigantic sucker for him. Thanks Jack and Clairine!

This is Jacque, she is one of Tyler's teachers and he LOVES her! Tylers school had a trick-or-treat night and all the teachers and kids dressed up. We went from room to room trick or treating. It was a lot of fun. Tyler and I went with our friends Dave, Kristy and their daughter Mia, and Julie and her daughter Ellie. (Jason was away hunting where they didn't get an elk... again) We all had dinner together, then dressed the kids up and headed to what turned out to be a very busy trick or treat occasion.