Summer Fun

There is something about the end of summer beginning of fall that stays crazy for us. We have been having fun doing so many new things. A couple of weeks ago we decided to let Tyler see what he thought of the pool. We have been holding off on that until the doctor's said he could go in. We got a cute blow up float for him, put his precious swim trunks on and got ready with the camera. We fully expected to only be in for maybe 10 minutes. He LOVED it. We ended up staying in for 30 minutes. He splashed and laughed when daddy swam him back and forth from deep end to shallow. The cutest picture was when we finally got him out, wrapped him in the towel and he just about fell right asleep. His Nana and Papa came to see him for a few days. They got to watch him eat his bananas, squash and carrots. He is such a big boy now. He has really discovered the dogs now and just talks and laughs at them even when they are just laying on the couch. He loves to pet them but we are working on not pulling the ears, they are just so tempting. We got to take him to his first Braves game! We saw Barry Bonds about 2 weeks after he broke Hank Aaron's home run record. We didn't last the whole game. He flirted so much with everyone around us, that he wore himself out.
We have experienced our first sickness, actually the whole house got it. We have some kind of cold/flu and are still working on getting over it. He has proven to be a very happy sick baby, aside from a few times of fussy moments he has been a trooper. If only mommy could be that happy when sick. We are getting prepared to leave him overnight for the first time. Granny and Grandad, Chad's parents, are coming into town next week and Chad and I are actually going to go away for the night. I think it's very natural to feel nervous leaving him. Next month will be busy one too, many trips planned (camping, beach) and visitors coming to see us.

Tyler spreading joy

First let me say a big sorry for taking so long to update. I don't have a lot of time in the day to get this accomplished but I do need to get better. We have had a very busy past 2 weeks. We made a last minute trip down to see my father after news that he had been admitted to the hospital. After getting a hold of one of my nephews (to help keep Tyler company in the back) we left for the long ride down to Florida. Papa, my dad, instantly brightened when Tyler came in his room. He had the room to himself so the nurses didn't give us a fuss. He had Tyler on his lap playing with his toys and not paying too much attention to all the wires Tyler was about to pull. We had to keep an eye on that for him as he was much too involved in playtime with his grandson. Tyler did bring a lot of laughter into that hospital room. They determined a heart issue with my father and had a pace maker put in so he is doing much better. After returning home my nephew stayed with us for several days and was an amazing help with Tyler. They had real cousin bonding time. Tyler is getting so big, now at 26 1/2 inches long and 17 lbs. He has been eating cereal for about a month now and just last Sunday we began to introduce bananas. He is a BIG fan and has begun to cry when we go from a bite of bananas back to a bite of cereal. He is rolling over like a pro and even has begun to roll over at night while sleeping. It scared me at first but the doctors told me that it is fine if he does this and not to roll him back over. His sleeping through the night is not quite happening anymore and we are hoping that these early morning wake up calls will be short lived. Well, Tyler has been attempting to help me type this blog the whole time and it is now obviously nap time. We are all doing very well and send out love to everyone.