Christmas at home

On Christmas eve we had some friends over and had an early afternoon Christmas meal. Tyler had some presents to give Peighton and Reese, and Tyler had a couple gifts under the tree from them as well as from Uncle Jared and Aunt Jessica. He wore himself out playing with Reese and Peighton and all his new toys. As tradition for us we opened our stockings later that night. Chad and I were so excited for Christmas morning we could hardly stand it. Unfortunately Chad woke at about 2:00 am Christmas morning feeling terrible. He tried to gather strength to enjoy Christmas morning breakfast with us and opening the presents but spent the rest of the day on the couch. His fever got up to 104 at times. He did scare me a bit so I went between playing with Tyler and all his new things and taking care of Chad. By the next morning he still didn't feel much better so Tyler and I took him to the doctor and found out it was strep. It wasn't the Christmas we had anticipated but he is much better now and making up for time he lost out of playing with Tyler. Even though Tyler had no idea about this Christmas we know next year he will probably be much more excited for Santa.

Christmas continues

Well, this will be Tyler's second Christmas. We got to my parents house Wednesday evening (on the 19th) Thursday we just relaxed, but of course started our day out with breakfast at Bob Evans. A tradition we do every time we visit my parents. Tyler had his very own plate of french toast, didn't eat even half but enjoyed what he did have. Thursday night we went over to my nephew's house James where his wife Annie had made us a wonderful meal. Due to everyone's different schedules we ended up having our Christmas meal on Saturday so mom, my sister, and I began our cooking for all the food that morning. Poor Tyler he had so many cousins to play with by the time we sat down to eat he didn't get to enjoy any of it, he just fell asleep sitting in Uncle Mark's lap. On Sunday after worship we exchanged our presents, so much fun. Time always go by too quickly. Tyler got to sit on Uncle Mark's Harley, he really seemed to enjoy that. (Although mommy hopes he never wants one) We had to pack up and leave Sunday afternoon. Tyler again had played so hard he fell asleep and, despite a few brief times he awoke, he slept from 5:00 pm - until 6:00 the next morning. Christmas was wonderful.

Tyler and mommy take a flight

Daddy went on a sking trip to Colorado from December 5-9th so mommy and Tyler decided to take a trip to see my family. I was a little nervous about the flight, unsure of how Tyler would do. I should have known that Tyler would be just fine. Once we got on the plane he just curled right up, took a pacifer and went off to sleep. He woke just in time to see the lights as we were landing. We were greeted by my sister and niece, who immediately took Tyler (shocker). We didn't get to my parents until late that night so Tyler was a little wild, but of course that didn't bother Nana and Papa any they were more than happy to stay up and play for a while. We had so much fun spending some time with everyone. Papa got a Christmas tree and we helped decorate, while Nana made ginger cookies. Tyler even got his first taste of ginger cookie, YUMMY! The flight home went just as smoothly. I think he actually liked the flight.

Thanksgiving at Granny & Grandad's

Tyler had a wonderful first Thanksgiving/Christmas. We spent it with Chad's parents, Granny and Grandad. We decided to celebrate both Thanksgiving and Christmas together since actual Christmas will be with my family this year. Tyler tasted turkey, dressing, green beans, sweet potatoes, & bread and loved every last bit. He has discovered a new favorite, Granny's dressing. He just broke down and cried when it was all gone. Thursday night we opened presents and he was much more into the gifts than we all expected. He got lots of toys, clothes, books, and a stocking with cookies and bath toys. We had to break out most of the toys from the boxes. On Saturday we drove up to stay the night with Uncle Steven and Aunt Kara. Tyler spent some time with Aunt Kara and mommy and daddy went out to a UK basketball game. Time went by to quickly but it was so much fun being with family. We just can't believe how big Tyler is getting. He is getting so close to walking, we wouldn't be surprised if he was taking steps by the end of this month.