Ty's Favorite Toy...

Because who doesn't love to smash their face into a pokey ball?

And for another trick...watch him bend in half...

Should I Be Concerned...

That my 3 and a half year old son begs and begs for the baby food meant for his 6 month old brother

And Ty, on the other hand, is much happier with a baby food facial than actually eating it

When I first started feeding Ty baby food, Easton was so curious about it. I had the marvelous idea to let him try a bite (baby food peas, mind you), and he would never be interested again...but instead, he loved it, and when I say "loved it", I mean LOOOVVVED it. Then to correct myself I thought he would hate the carrots. Nope. Wrong again. So now he asks me what kind it is and then says, "Please Mommy, can I try Ty's yummy food, please?"

So now I am the Mean Mommy that forces all the "yummy" food on Ty who doesn't even want it, and neglects Easton with, you know, real food...
perhaps I should puree all of Easton's food.

Ty 6 Months Later...

We took Ty in for his 6 month pictures this weekend, and I must say, it was the easiest photo shoot I have ever experienced! For some reason with Easton he always thought the photographer was crazy or something and would just stare at all of us making fools out of ourselves trying to get some kind of a smile out of him.

With Ty, I sat him down on the table and he just started laughing. We didn't even have to try to make him smile. It took about 60 seconds to get 12 good pictures of him. The hardest part was deciding what pictures to keep because they were all good!

Ok, go ahead and laugh at his hair...
The photographer said, "Oh, I love how you styled his hair"
I said, " That wasn't me, it is his natural style."
I tried a few different things before we got there and when it dried it popped right back into the "Mohawk Style"

We got one with Easton too-
because you can't help it when they are both in the mood!

Some things about Ty

-He weighs 15 lbs and is 28" long--every time I go to the dr. he says he is a little small and would like to see him gain more weight. (I think he is plenty big)
He is 20th percentile for weight and 95th for height
-He loves his big brother...Nobody can make him laugh like Easton does
-He loves to eat his toes
-He is much happier with a blanket over his face
-He loves to be swaddled at night
-He is happy that he can now sit up and play
-He isn't crawling just yet, but can pretty much get to where he wants to go by scooting or rolling
-He loves to pull patches of my hair out or anything else in his reach (I am still afraid to wear earrings)
-He has an amazing talent of soaking his entire outfit with spit/slobber/drool in less than 60 seconds of getting him dressed
-His head is significantly larger than Easton's was, thus many old shirts of Easton's can't quite make it over his noggin
-And if anybody didn't notice, his hair wouldn't lay down if I glued it...pretty sure it would find a way to pop back up!

I can't believe Ty is already 6 months old...It has gone by so fast! He has been such a sweet, happy baby, and we can't remember not having him here!

Another Trip to Utah...

Pretty much every weekend for the last two months we have been out of town (by out of town I mean Utah). Although I love going to Utah and seeing everybody, it has gotten pretty old driving back and forth all the time! I feel like we have been living out of our luggage. We get home, I do the laundry and throw everything back in the bags! But this wast the last trip for a while, and a good one because we got to see our newest nephew/cousin, Carson. Ryan and Rebecca had their first little baby boy...adding to the number of grandson's... making it boys-5 and girls-0! He is way cute and we had a fun time hanging out with the Casper family all weekend.

Easton & Baby Carson

Right when we got there we did some fireworks for Pioneer Day with Papa Larry & Grammy

Ty has started to sit up really well


Ace and Ryan took Easton swimming

Here is Ryan teaching Easton how to spit water at people... Thanks again Uncle Ry!

Even though my mom and Lauren were in Cali, we stopped by to say hi to the cousins on our way home
(Jessica, way to be on soothing the child)

So we are back in the hot weather of Vegas and maybe now I can get back into a regular routine, and unpack for, at least for a little while.

A Trip to "See George"

This past weekend we took a quick trip to St. George to see our friends, Jared, Kaytie, and their new little baby girl, Annie. When I told Easton we were going to St. George he couldn't stop talking about it...

"When are we going to see George? I want to show my sharks to George. I want to play with George."

Obviously he got a little confused about it, thinking St. George was a person. So when we got there and he saw Jared, of course he thought this was the 'George' he was waiting to see! The whole trip, Easton called Jared 'George'.

Here is George and Annie

Except for the fact that it was just as hot there as it is here in Vegas, it was fun to hang out with friends and relax. We went to a fun little water park to cool off, watch movies, went swimming, and talked about how crazy Ace and Jared (mostly Ace) were as adolescents.

Easton fell asleep on the way there...lets all notice the drool coming down the side of his cheek...lovely.

Ty loved playing with Annie's toys

Water Park Fun

Our gracious hosts

Ty got to sneak in and have a bath with Annie. (Totally a photo that will be pulled out when they are teenagers)

Swim time

All of us

We had a fun time, and it was good to see Kaytie & Jared (George) and to finally meet little Annie. Thanks for the invite guys!

The Best We Got...

In St. George I was trying to get 1 nice picture of the boys, 1 nice picture of all three kids, and 1 nice picture of our family...that was way too much to ask for. Here is the best of the bunch...

This last one was taken before the one above, and if you look at Easton's face you can see the outburst about to happen...
It's a good thing those kids are cute :)

The Dilemmas of Summertime in Vegas

It's hot. Really hot. They say that there is an "excessive heat warning" once it hits 112 degrees. Right now it is about 110 to 111 and pretty sure there is no difference between that and 112.

Anyway, because of the heat, it is hard for me to take the boys outside. I don't think Easton would care a bit about the heat, but I don't like being outside very long with Ty. Because of this, we have stayed inside a lot to keep cool. And Easton is a crazy ball of energy, being cooped up is NOT a good thing for him.

Needless to say, I have been going a bit crazy! The other problem is that our backyard is tiny and mostly rocks...not the best place for a 3 year old to play. I told Ace that we needed to get something for Easton to do. We bought a little pool for Easton to play in, and it is perfect!

Except for the fact that it takes up our entire porch, I figure it is so stinkin' hot what else are we going to use the porch for! It is a good size for Easton to play in and Ace and I can get in to cool down. The best part...Easton wears himself out so good, he is taking lovely afternoon naps!

So even though my backyard looks like a big blue mess, I don't care...I love this pool!

Cute little Ty

Even in the short time we have had the pool I see him getting better. He isn't nervous about swimming under the water, in fact he said "he loves swimming under the water"

I took a video towards the end of his swimming day, and you can tell he is completely out of breath, but he just won't stop!