Parties and more trips

We started out our weekend with the Rockband party at our house on Friday night. We had so much fun. Tyler gave a try on vocals before bedtime (we have great pictures of him with the microphone). It was a miracle that Tyler and Cannon slept through the loud music we were pumping out of the speakers downstairs. Jenny, Smitty, and Lawson made it to the party just as it was getting good. Chad has some great pictures and small movie clips of the bands in action. The next morning, Saturday, we packed up and flew out to Florida. We had a pretty good trip down, aside from Bailey's ears popping as we were landing. We had such a relaxing time. Tyler is getting to be such a big boy. He loves Choo Choo trains now, he thinks any loud motor he hears is a Choo Choo. Papa had to go out and buy him a train to play with. We played in the pool, cooked out with family, and were even able to slip away to a movie while Papa and Nana kept Tyler. Tyler had the best time in the pool, he wore himself out the first day splashing and playing for 2 hours. Chad enjoyed the down time, getting away from work stress for a little while. We flew back home on Tuesday, the trip home went even better than the trip down. We may try flying with Bailey more often, it may work out well for us.

New friends

We had so much fun with Steven and Kara. We all went together (Chad included) to help them register for new baby Ford. It is so exciting to think of Christmas this year with Tyler's two cousins. We have been busy with week getting together with friends we are making here. Tyler is enjoying all the playdates we have been having. We had friends over Wednesday morning and Tyler had 4 friends to play with. On Friday night we are having a small party at our house so that we can all play rockband. It should be a lot of fun - girls vs. guys! On Saturday morning we fly out to Fl. to visit my family. We can't wait for my parents pool and hopefully fit in a beach trip. We are staying so busy this summer and the calendar keeps filling up every day. From visitors to making trips it doesn't look like we are slowing down until after Labor day. Chad has been working on the web site this week so soon it will be updated.

Mother's Day

Chad and Tyler made mother's day awesome for me. I got some really sweet presents, and on Sunday morning they surprised me in bed with my card and breakfast. Tyler quickly climbed into bed with me to share the chocolate doughnuts. That was his first taste of chocolate doughnuts and by the look on his face and speed in which he was eating I feel very special that he shared with me. After church and lunch Papa and Nana got here to spend the whole week with us. We were very busy with trips to the park, to the overlook spot at the airport to watch the big planes, and playing outside in Tyler's sandbox. Chad and I were able to sneak out on Tuesday night by ourselves to celebrate our anniversary. Papa and Nana were all too happy to be able to stay home with Tyler. Papa bought Tyler a plane to fly outside and he couldn't get enough. He wanted to fly it day and night. They left this morning and we are cleaning and getting ready for Uncle Steven and Aunt Kara to get here tonight. We are planning for a busy weekend, take a break and get ready to all fly to Florida on Saturday (including Bailey). We are a little nervous to see how he does on a plane for the first time. Hopefully he will do fine (with no barking)

Traveling again

We just returned home from another trip to Atlanta. This time we spent 5 days and they were all filled. We had 1 -2 play dates planned for each day, getting around to visit all our friends. Tyler had his first visit to a big tower playground at McDonalds. Reese and Ada helped watch over him and he made it all the way up to the first tunnel but then was scared. No worries mommy got to enjoy it too as I climbed up to help him down. We had Lindsay take Tyler's 1 year pictures in the park and then stayed to play with friends. We got to visit cousin Carson, who is now 3 months old. Soon they will be running around together helping each other get into trouble. We wore Tyler out, since we have been home he has been taking such long naps. He still loves being outside, and actually we just got back from a trip to the park. He is really excited to see birds, planes,& trains. I'm surprised we don't wake up the neighbors when we are outside right after breakfast. He screams in delight when he seeing the birds in the back yard, or the planes flying. He is saying so many words these days, he says outside "oudy" and Bailey "Babo" and usually wakes up in the morning saying "juice". Such a little man. Nana and Papa will be here on Sunday and plan to stay the whole week. We have lots of activities planned!