Tylers 3rd Birthday Party

yup, hes three!

hes always been so grown up to me....he is my big helper and mr independent!

We love tyler so much and he is such a funny little kid...we are very blessed to spend all our days with him!! love you buddy!!

i have to write another post on tyler, but for now I'll blog about his party

....i looooove birthdays and throwing birthdays for my children....i love even more!!!

last year we celebrated at kangaroo zoo, this year we decided on a water party.....

we borrowed davids moms slide, but when we blew it up, it had a few holes, so we decided to rent a bounce house and holly let us borrow her huge costco pool

I think it worked out awesomely :)

there were about 20 something kids there, it was kinda cold, go figure.....but luckily the kids didnt mind, only tyler...haha....we did get the bounce house a couple hours early and he spent a little too much time on it before the party, so when it was time for the party, well, uh he was a little cranky :) anyways, its his party he can cry if he wants to, right?! lol

he did a little, but once cake and singing and presents came...it was all good! :)

playing on the bouncy

yes it was huge!!! luckily we have a huge back yard!...it fit just right!

some of the kids at the party.....thanks for coming guys!

time to sing and eat cake! so exciting!!

it was pretty windy.....

but we sang and made it through

and then who needs to worry about the wind blowing out your candles when you got two 2 yr olds next to you to help....haha

i need to upload the video of them blowing it out....tylers look that he gave the boys was priceless :) 

yummy!!! thanks for the cute cake mom....tyler loved having a little "baby" cake all to himself

birthday boy

yay! im 3!!!

he cant put his pinkie and thumb together so this is the way he holds up his fingers and shows hes three :)

ooooing and aaaaaing at his presents

just hanging out after a long fun day that he had been looking forward to forever!!! and still talks about today and asks if he can have his birthday party again and again and again :)

proud parents of the 3 yr old

love you tyler!!

 hope you had fun....thanks everyone for coming!!! it was awesome!!

Friday Night

we didnt have any plans, so we decided on a movie night.....Ice Age was the movie of choice for all of us actually :)

.....kids getting excited for the movie and getting to stay up....

wel....2 of the 3 :)

so she got some daddy daughter time and thats just what she needed

thats the look of.....is she asleep yet?! 

yup she is...now dont move for the next 3 hrs, lol :)

Seven Peaks

we went to seven peaks with the fam last monday....we hadnt been all summer and the kids loved it!! they ask about going daily, so we'll have to make another trip down there before they close this weekend!! anyone wanna come with?!

thanks for the invite holly we had a great time!!

swimming...well actually walking in the kiddie pool

Hailey was crazy in the water....she loved it!

playing around

im sad tyler is blurry!! this would have been darling!! it still is but ya know what i mean

us minus the sleeping baby

i guess she didnt think she could touch the floor, but once she realized she could......

she was all over the place!

"where ya going tyler? i'm gonna get ya!!"

so fun!!!

you 2 are the cutest!!!!

Grandma and Kev

came to visit for Tylers birthday last week.....

we never take enough pictures of them with the kids

here, Kevin and his new niece are getting to know each other...how cute!

Grandma and the grandkids

my house was clean all day long, the dishes were always washed and there was dinner every night!!!

thanks for all your help!! we love you!!!

She smiles!!

5 weeks old

eating, sleeping...and now we are adding smiling to the list

she was being so interactive....the kids wanted to join in and try to get her to smile

and they did! :)

good job guys!!

and then all that fun wore her out and back to bed she went

Awww.....

how cute she is when...(key word WHEN) she is sleeping :)

lol....she is a good baby....i guess she just has her days like all of us :)

we love you sweet baby Natalie!!!

****she smiled for the first time from our interaction last wednesday....tyler loves to try to get her to "cheese" at him, this morning they were both "cheesing" it up together! he loved it!!****

My Big Boy

Just had to give an update on this cute boy! He is now three!!!....his birthday was friday, but I'm telling him that its on tuesday because thats when we're celebrating it...its cute, hes so excited and tells everyone he sees that his birthday party is on tuesday....i'll post more after the party....what I wanted to talk about was his potty training....hes totally potty trained and has been for about 6 weeks now!

When the baby didnt come when i thought she would i decided to try to see how Tyler would do for a day....people told me i was crazy to start potty training him right before the baby, but Tyler totally proved them wrong! He has been so awesome! From day one! which was exactly a week before I had natalie....he never had one accident...well he did have one that weekend...he was outside working in the yard with david and i guess he forgot and he did pee in the garage...but other than that he was absolutely perfect! we even went to costco one day..it was like the second day and we were trying to wait to go til he had gone pee at home, but he wouldnt so we braved it hoping he could hold it...cause we hadnt really asked him to hold it before...so we get to costco and then all of a sudden he says he needs to go pee, so we're frantically looking for the bathrooms as we are telling him to hold it...and he is literally holding "it" :) we make it to the bathroom and he did it! david and I were so proud! so was tyler! its the cutest greatest proudest moment when you see your son go pee in the potty and come out so excited! and then when he can pull up his pants all by himself! and then when he can actually stand and aim....oh the joys of parenthood...it really is so very exciting!! :)

i love it!

Tylers awesome!! we went to michigan 2 weeks later and he did fantastic again! he became obsessed with going to pee outside in the lake or on the grass or off the boat...yup...he loved it...when we got home he would ask to go potty outside or I would see him sneak outside and go pee on the dirt....i have even found poo in the dirt...i was appauled and disgusted and thought it was funny all at the same time...i was like...oh dear we have created a monster!!! sorry neighbors if you experienced any of this in our front yard....

but anyways...he is fabulous...i couldnt have asked for it to be any easier...he started off saying im going potty and running toward me and we would sit on the potty...the first day i think he would squirt himself alittle and thats why he would say im going potty...cause he did a little :)

his little high pitched voice was the cutest and then he went to standing up...putting the seat up all by himself...thanks david for teaching him that! i was afraid to let him stand but he, again has been fantastic...there was only once where he kinda missed...he was talking to me while he was peeing and he let go and it went a little high but he "caught" himself and apologized for his mess :) so cute! and then i thought that number 2 was going to be a problem...but no...once he did it once he was hooked and he has not had a problem since....now he doesnt even tell me when he needs to do his thing...he goes all by himself...everything...he is such a big boy...we're so proud!! hes the best!! thank you tyler for making it so easy for me..you're awesome!! he even wants to help train hailey...he'll tell her whenever hes on the toilet to watch him so she can learn...its so darling...since hailey is practically attached to his hip...i think we might try with her soon....maybe later than sooner but soon :) shes a big copy cat...so we'll let you know how she does :) but overall potty training tyler was easy peaszy :) thanks soley to Tyler!!

woo-hoo! yay Tyler!! we love you!! you're the best!!