Ty

I'm sure most everyone knows this by now, but I wanted to make sure. For the last month and a half or so Ty has been doing this weird flutter thing with his eyes (the official diagnosis is "downbeat nystagmus") where his eyeballs flutter up and down sometimes. We had to take him to an eye specialist who told us that it is related to the brain stem. That sometimes the brain stem isn't growing properly. He has ordered an MRI to be done on his brain tomorrow to figure out if it is a problem or not. Ty can't eat for 6 hours prior (eating is the one thing this boy will get mad about so this is going to be a problem!) because he will be getting an IV and have to be sedated for the procedure. We have had great support from all of our family and friends (even Elder Williams), and we are praying that everything goes well tomorrow, and that we can find out what is going on for little Ty. I will keep everyone posted as soon as I know anything. We are so grateful to everyone for all the prayers and love we have recieved.

How's that for finding out the hard way!

A couple of weeks ago we got our carpets cleaned, and when we moved the couch back we didn't put it as close to the wall as it had been. And of course, Easton quickly realized it. He kept running behind it and I kept telling him to that he better stop or he might get stuck. I thought he was listening to me so I left to do something when I heard him whimpering. So I came back out to find him stuck! I had just said that so that he wouldn't go back there! So of course, I ran and grabbed my camera before helping him out!

Nobody give Easton any more toy cars...

Easton has so many toys. One of his favorites is his mighty collection of cars. He has a big Lego wagon that is meant to store only his cars. So most days I see him pulling the wagon around to play with his cars. This particular day, apparently he thought it would be a great idea to line up his cars one by one on my kitchen counter. I wasn't really paying attention to this until he proudly showed me his display he created...

Now does one child really need that many toys cars?

Trying to get all of the cars in one picture was difficult enough!

How Thoughtfull...

I have been giving Easton little chores to do around like make his bed and clean his room etc... Every time he does it I give him a quarter to put in his piggy bank. This morning I was talking to him about it...

Me: When you get lots of money, you will get to go to the store and pick out a treat with your money.

Easton: I will buy a treat for Daddy.

Me: Wow, Easton that is so nice to buy a treat for Daddy with your money.

Easton: And then I will eat it for him.

Me: I bet Daddy will love that you will eat his treat for him!

Easton: Yeah, I Know.

Profile...

I will let the picture speak for itself...

and no, I don't style his hair to do that--it miraculously does that on its own!

We did give him a bit of a trim on Sunday-I just can't bare to cut it all just yet!
Can you tell the difference??

Just So Cute...

I finally got a video of Ty laughing...He laughs all the time, except for when I bring out the camera! Today he thought Easton was funny...

And here is a video of just a sample of a conversation I have with Easton on a day to day basis...

A Trip to the Fair...

This last weekend we went to the Clark County Fair with our friends, Blake & Erin and their two kids Aiden & Hannah. We got rained on a little bit, but it was worth it...Easton had the time of his life!
Here are the two buddies...Easton & Aiden

First, they rode some rides...


Then we saw some animals...



Ty just chilled in his stroller!

and then Easton got to ride a pony! What a day!

Here are some videos of Easton riding the pony...

Happy Easter! 2009

I tried to get a good picture, but this will have to do! We were running late to church and Ace said we could take some after church, but I had a feeling that neither of them would be as clean after church so I snapped a few quick pictures... I was right! Ty had the biggest blow out of his life while at church--got to love that!





Easter was very relaxing this year. It was just our little family, so we had a small egg hunt for Easton, and had some yummy food! What more do you need!

Cute Boys...

Poor Ty...I'm afraid this is only the beginning!

Easton the Artist...

For a long time now, Easton has been really into drawing. He prefers a pen (heaven forbid I offer him a crayon)! Back before Halloween Easton colored his first thing (a sun) closely resembling what it actually would look like and told me what it was. Then he started to draw people, which is so fun to see the details they notice. But now we are way past that and onto animals. Particularly dinosaurs and octopuses (I'm not sure if that is correct plural for octopus). Anyway he drew this page during conference-- the top two are dinosaurs ( the one on the right was explained to me as "the dark dinosaur", the little squiggles in the middle are snakes. The one on the bottom left is the "daddy dinosaur" and the bottom left is an octopus. I find it very random that he thinks to put a dinosaur and a octopus together, but I love that he learning so much and I get to watch him pick up these fun skills!!