Wild Man

It's been a while since I've blogged, so I thought I'd tell everyone what Ty has been up to. He is growing so fast, it seems like he is doing something new every week. He is now in what I like to call the "wild man" stage. He is still very happy and rarely fusses, but is now very vocal and extremely mobile! Most of the time when I call Becca during the day to see how everything is going, I can usually hear how it's going as soon as she picks up the phone. He has been sleeping great at night lately, but I think it is because he is so. . . "active" during the day. When his personal Jungle Gym (daddy) gets home, then it's really game on! Although he cannot pronounce the words yet, I'm pretty sure that "daddy. . . UP" is what he is saying to me most of the time. And you would think that he would get tired after a while, but he rarely does. He is going through that stage now where everything is about mommy. He constantly wants to know where mommy is and watches her as she leaves the room and lets out a little fuss, before going back saying da da da da da da eeeeeeeee, which tranlates "daddy. . . UP."
He still enjoys church quite a bit. That's his main time to show off for everyone. He still squirms around until I'll eventually stand him up on my lap so he can see/distract everyone around us. He loves to stare at people until the make eye contact with him, then he gives them the big smile. There are alway plenty of willing participants ready to be distracted.
Becca wrote about her surgery, what fun that was. I never knew completely caring for a child is soooo much work. While I pride myself in being very involved as a father, inevitably Becca does most of the work. Until the surgery, when I had to completely care for him all by myself for 2 full days, I never realized how much work that is. Getting him for a few hours at night and on the weekends is one thing, but all the time. . . wow, that's WORK! Props to my wife for all the work she does! She's a better, more patient person than me. Obviously I married well!
I'll try and get up some more pictures soon. It's much more difficult now that Jason is taking classes at night. I know how much everyone likes to see them, plus we really enjoy showing him off!