Tyler the wild man

Tyler's favorite things these days are buses (school buses are the the best), motorcycles, football, and bikes. We are beginning the look for Tyler's first bike. He has become mommy's big helper. He loves to help me vacuum, feed Bailey, put clothes in the dryer, etc. He has become quite the little independent boy. He is also quite the little dancer, he and mommy love to dance around the house. It makes it much more fun when Bailey gets excited and chases us. We took our first trip to the pumpkin patch where Tyler got to feed the animals, take a hay ride, play on tractors, and pick out his own pumpkin. We are getting very excited about halloween. Tyler will tell you that halloween is coming and he is going to be a monkey. Chad and I can't wait, aside from the huge sugar rush we can only imagine how much fun Tyler will have. We will have lots of pictures to share. I think that potty training is around the corner for us. Tyler tells us when he has gone in his diaper. This could be fun! Tyler has a new cousin, born two weeks ago. We leave tomorrow to travel up and see Warner for the first time.

Ty, Bailey and I leave for Fl again

Nana and Papa were needing some Tyler time so Tyler, Bailey, and I all flew to Fl last weekend. We had a whole week planned filled with sea world, the zoo, the beach, swimming, etc. On Monday morning we loaded up the car heading to the beach. As I was putting a bag of snacks in the back seat Tyler all the sudden threw up everywhere. We called off the trip to the beach but still just thinking Tyler may have eaten something that didn't agree with him. We were wrong, he continued to throw up 7 more times that day. On Tuesday he was doing better but still weak so we took it easy that day. By Tuesday night the rest of my family had gotten the bug. My mom and I spent Wednesday taking care of the family. On Thursday we went ahead with our sea world plans and had a blast. Tyler LOVED feeding the dolphins, he still talks about them every day. He clapped his hands and danced around at the Shamu show. We have some great pictures of him watching Shamu as he swam by in the water. It was a long day and he and his cousin Brayden were worn out but they had so much fun. On Friday morning we made it to the beach and had breakfast. Tyler and Brayden played on the playground and ran out into the water. It was a beautiful day and the water was perfect. We got the kids home to take a long nap while my niece, sister, and I went out to get halloween costumes for them to wear to Zoo Boo that night. The zoo in Fl has Halloween activities for kids 12 and under. Brayden and Tyler went as firefighters, they were too cute! We went on hay rides, we went into the petting zoo, they got a chance to take their costumes off and play in the water. They were exhausted after our night. On Saturday morning we went up the local fire house, Nana found out they were having an open house. Tyler was amazed with the big fire trucks, and loved the sirens. Papa got Tyler and Brayden a wooden fire truck, Tyler is really into playing with his trucks and cars now. He even makes the motor sounds to go with it. After the fire house we went on to my nephew's house where my neice, Annie, was making brunch for everyone. After we ate the kids went out to play with the dogs and Sassy the horse. Tyler got his first horse ride. He enjoyed riding Sassy but LOVED to feed her apples. We then left from my nephew's house and headed straight to the airport. We were able to fit almost everything we had planned into three days. The whole family was ready for some sleep after that week.

Annual camping trip

On September 19th we headed out for our annual camping trip, although this year it was with our friends here in NC. This was the first group camping trip for them and for some, their first camping trip ever. It couldn't have turned out any better. The kids all had a blast. The weather was perfect. This was Tyler's second camping experience, although he wasn't able to have as much fun last year. This year he ran around playing with all the other kids. He had so much fun just being dirty and eating a bunch of junk. I guess that's what camping is all about. On Saturday morning all the men took a hike with ALL the kids, they came back worn out and ready for naps (the kids were tired too). Everyone had so much fun we are attempting to try another camping trip before the end of the year.