Easter weekend

Tyler and I went out to pick out his easter basket. Tyler picked a baseball basket and carried it around most of the day on Saturday. My family has a tradition to have a easter basket filled with goodies hidden somewhere in the house to be found before worship on Sunday morning. We filled his basket with gummies, marshmallow peeps, and a basketball hoop for the bathtub(which has made bathtime even more exciting now). I hid it behind the couch and we searched together. He was so excited to find it. We had some good friends come into town (aunt Jenny,uncle Smitty, and Lawson) and we all went to Jenny's parents house for lunch after church. Her parents have an amazing yard with a huge garden. We took Tyler and Lawson out to the flowers and got some awesome pictures of them in their easter outfits. It turned out to be a beautiful day. We have a ton of pictures to add to our web site which we hope to have added soon. Thanks to everyone being so patient with us. Tyler and I leave to fly to see my family in a week. I'm so excited to take him to the beach again. The last time he was on the beach was when he was about 7 months. Tyler loves water and being outside so much I have a feeling this trip will be a lot of fun.

Getting adjusted

We have finally gotten somewhat settled. We are mostly unpacked, aside from the movers putting a few things in the storage section of the garage that doesn't belong there. Once we get that sorted out and take the storage boxes to storage we will only have things to hang on the walls. It is such a pretty city, Tyler and I have been out taking drives to try and find things around here. We live in a nice neighborhood with lots of sidewalks,and lots of dogs (Bailey seems to bark all day long at the dogs taking walks). Tyler and I have already been out walking. Although now so we don't always take the stroller, he likes to walk with mommy. He doesn't always want to hold mommy's hand, since he is a big boy, but until he gets a little more steady on his feet mommy holds his hand while on the sidewalk. He and Bailey have formed quite a little bond. He really likes to share all his snacks and meals with Bailey. I have to make Bailey leave his room when it's nap or bedtime, he just ends up being more of a distraction from sleeping. Maybe one day when he is in a big boy bed Bailey will be able to sleep with him. Tyler really likes dogs, Granny has even taught him to tell you what the doggy says. Granny traveled here with us and stayed for almost a week to help us get unpacked. Actually she was here for Tyler but she had the best time and we were able to get unpacked so much faster. When she left for the airport Wednesday morning there were some tears shed by both Tyler and Granny. He didn't like it when she walked out the door which made Granny get more upset then she already was. We are already setting our traveling schedule so we will be spending some quality time with Granny, Grandad, & Papa, Nana very soon.

Tyler's BIG birthday

We celebrated Tyler's birthday on Saturday the 8th so that we could have the party with all our friends from Atlanta. We had a really good turn out with about 35 people there. Tyler brought in family from all around, Granny and Grandad, Aunt Angel and cousin Megan, Aunt Faye and cousin Liz, and Papa (Nana wanted to be there so badly but was staying home to care for a family member who needs 24 hour care) The party was a baseball theme since Tyler's favorite toy is his plastic bat. We sent out invatations that looked just like tickets to get into a baseball game. We set up the house with lots of red and white balloons and streamers, and Tyler was dressed in his red t-shirt with a big 1 on the front. There was a concession stand for the food, the kids all were given play money and had to pay for whatever food they wanted. The concession stand was stocked with cracker jacks, big soft pretzels, hot dogs, chips and baby ruth bars. We had a baseball pinata set up and Tyler got to give the first couple of hits. Tyler had his own baseball smash cake, which he enjoyed VERY much. The big cake for everyone else was chocolate with fresh strawberries in the middle, decorated with a baseball field. We handed out party favors in cardboard popcorn boxes filled with baseball stickers, soft baseball, baby ruth bars, baseball bubbles, and bubble gum inside a small baseball bat. Tyler had so much fun, and so much sugar that day, he never really went down for a nap. It was a great party.

Moving

Well, as many of you know we are moving to North Carolina where we will be for approximately a year and a half. We have been somewhat preparing for this for about 6 months, however it still seems unreal that the time has actually come. This will explain the going away party pictures. Leaving all our close friends is not an easy thing to do. Tyler and I have enjoyed many play dates, in fact he just went down for a nap after playing pretty hard with Allie, Ada, Roxy, and Lawson. The move is a lot easier to swallow since we know we will be back here after Chad's project is finished in NC. Many of our friends at church tell us we will be missed but Tyler is just not allowed to move. We of course will be making regular trips to visit but we know that Tyler will change quite a bit over the time we are in NC. We are preparing for his big 1 year birthday party before we move. We were so happy that it worked out to have it here with all our friends. Tyler will enjoy having all his friends here. We will try to get all his party pictures up as quickly as we can, of course the move may delay them a little.