happy dude

Hello! It's me again with an update on little Ty. We had a fantastic holiday and once I get my computer back, I'll have lots of pictures for you. Sadly, it's visiting the computer doctor to get all the data that was wiped clean off my computer, back.

Ty is STILL a happy baby. We are so fortunate and blessed to have such a fun loving baby. We started him on food a few months ago and so far we haven't found a food that he doesn't like. Cereal- check. Peas, green beans, carrots, applesauce, pears...check, check check. He doesn't care if they are all mixed together or seperate, if they are heated or cold. It shouldn't come as a surprise that he is busting out of some of his 6 month clothes at 5 months old. Lately he has been super interested in what Ruddley and I are eating. He stares at it like its a big bowl of peanut butter m&ms:-)

I'm also pretty sure hes going to pop a tooth pretty soon. He can't get enough of his fist and fingers. He also chomps on the nipple on the bottle, tries to eat my hair and sucks on Ruddley's shoulder.

The other thing he loves is his jumper. He spends hours in it at a time and laughs up a storm when he is jumping. Ruddley and I have been doing an exercise DVD at night and he gets a big kick out of watching us do cardio circuts and mountain climbers.

Ty talks up a storm, my mom says he takes after me:-) We love listening to him babble. Since he was born Ruddley has been trying to teach him to say "Dada". The other day Ruddley says to me, "I should really start trying to get him to say "Mama". It was nice to hear him say that and I thought he was recognzing how hard I work and wanted Ty to say Mama. I asked Ruddley why he thought that, to which he replied "So in the middle of the night he can ask for Mama and not Dada". Sweet moment, ruined!

We have his 6 month check up at the end on January, I'll be interested in seeing what his stats are. Hopefully before then I'll have pictures from the last month.

4 months

Can you believe it!? My baby Ty is 4 months old. He had his 4 month check up last week and he is doing well. Here are his stats...


Weight: 16.10lb
Height: 26in
Head: 17in


Lately Ty has gotten a kick out of talking to himself. He is now "sleeping" in his own room and Ruddley and I love to lay in bed in our room and listen to him babble himself to sleep. He has become quite the traveler as well. A few weekends ago we went to Philadelphia to visit my Aunt Sue and Papi Jack (a total of 9 hours in the car each way) and to watch the Philadelphia Marathon. Then 4 days later we went to New York to visit Ruddley's family for Thanksgiving (10 hours each way). I really can't complain about the car ride, he did so well. It's a good thing too because we love to travel, so he better get used to it. At 4 months he's already a pro at the whole road race thing. He has been to 4 races and 3 expos. 


I mentioned last month how he is such a happy baby and he continues to love life. He still hasn't mastered to art of rolling over yet, but he is so close. He loves his stuffed elmo and enjoys eating his feet. He laughs. He smiles. He loves his mom and dad. He has been spending time with our amazing neighbors and good friends Mark and Christine and their kids Mackinna and Kaden. They have been super helpful in watching Ty when we need it. Tyler loves to play with Mackinna and Kaden. 


We are slowly figuring out a good night time routine. I think it's just as helpful for me as it is for him. Even though I am still nursing him, I feed him a bottle at night to make sure he's getting what he needs before he goes to sleep. We do a bottle, I sing a few songs to him and rock for a little bit. Usually by 8:30 he's asleep. Not bad. 


Here are some pictures to recap November....

October

I've been slacking in the blogging department. October has been a busy month for Tyler. Here is a recap in photos because we all know you'd rather look at pictures then read what I have to say! He's such a happy baby!

Pooptastic!

On Wednesday...I'm pretty sure it was Wednesday...anyway...I somehow managed to get to daycare early. I decided I would spend some time and feed Tyler before I left to go to work. I sat there feeding him and chatted with Shanni when I heard the world loudest farts. Not one, but two of them. We both laughed and continued chatting. After a minute or so the farts starting smelling really bad...like really bad! Shanni was sitting across the room and could smell them. Tyler was still eating away and I figured as soon as he was done eating I would change it. I was running his back when I felt something wet. I took a look at my hand and noticed it had baby poop on it. Awesome. I hadn't even left daycare yet and he already needed a clothing change. I laughed with him for a little bit before I realized that I was headed to work and didn't have a chnage of clothes for ME in my car. I prayed that his poop didn't get on me. I picked him up and sure enough a big thing of poop on my lap. Awesome. I changed Tyler and left for work. I whipped out the Tide stain stick from my purse and prayed it worked as good and as quick as the commercials say it does. The whole way to work I was scrubbing my leg with the stain stick. I finally got to my office to notice a neon green stain still on my lap. Seriously?? I do my best to look somewhat put together when I get to work. Not so much on this day. I went to the nurses station where everyone laughed at me...I admit, I would laugh at me too! I spent the next 30 minutes scrubbing my pants with soap and water and still praying that it went away! Every morning we have a treatment team with the doctors, social workers and nurses and on this day we had outside providers coming in for the meeting. I must have looked sooooo professional to them. I'm sure they were thinking "Who is this poop stained girl taking care of my client!??". Ok, they probably didn't notice, but I felt like a moran! However...with luck the baby poop came out and I was poop stain free!! This wasn't my first poop accident, but it was my first at work. I'm sure it won't be the last!

growing boy

yikes! it's been way too long without an update on baby ty!! this is my 3rd week back at work and it's really not as bad as i thought it might be. ty is growing fast!! he has been going to a home daycare just down the road from work. i think he's doing ok there. he is always smiling when i drop him off and usually sleeping when i pick him up...i suppose those are both good signs. i took him to the doctor for his 2 month check up and he is 13.4 pounds and 24 inches long. holy cow! he's been eating anywhere from 13-19 oz a day at daycare. im still holding on strong to the breastfeeding thing...im hoping i can keep up for as long as possible!!

lately ty has been blowing lots of bubbles and loves playing peek-a-boo. he does not love sleeping. mmm i take that back, he does not love sleeping in his bassinet. he will be sound asleep in my arms snoring away and the minute i set him down he wakes up. ugh. i tried bringing him into our bed and that's a little better but not much. ruddley and i both wake up a ton during the night to make sure he is ok. tonight we bought him one of those wrap things to put him in while he sleeps...so far it's working (knock on wood) and the reason i have time to sit down and write...

ty loves to smile and laugh and it makes us so happy when he does those things. i could sit and watch him laugh all day long. he's such a happy baby. im really excited that he gets to meet my aunt sue and uncle jack next month when we go to philly and then he will finally meet ruddley's family when we go to his grandfather's for thanksgiving in new york. he loves the car so im hoping the car ride won't be so bad.

i don't have much time to write...id like to get in bed quick before he wakes up. but i want to leave you with some more recent pictures! enjoy...

where did the last 8 weeks go??

i can't believe this is my last week of maternity leave. i'm a mess. a complete mess. 8 weeks is not enough time off. i'm sure i would think the same thing after 12 weeks....blah! i'm trying hard to be grateful that I have 8 weeks off, i know some people who only take a week or two. i am toying with the idea of changing my work schedule around so i can be with him more. i have to figure out some logistics first. over the last 2 weeks tyler has grown so much...

he laughs. he smiles. he dances. he giggles. he's perfectly content just starting at ruddley and i. he loves to grab onto things...my shirt, my hair, the rings on his carseat, you name it. i never knew how in love with my kid i could be. anyone that knows me knows i am not a "omg look at your baby, i love him, he is so cute, i just wanna be with him all day" kind of person. yeah, i have always wanted kids and a family but i've never been overly gaga about other people's babies. until now. until he's mine. it's really a feeling i can't describe but any mom out there know's exactly what i am talking about.

last week was greg's last visit. tyler was 12.05lb, up from 9.0 at birth. he said he could still hear a little bit of his heart murmur but he didn't feel like it was too bad. we have a doctor's appointment next friday for his 2 month checkup so i'll have more details then. i do know he's growing though, i had to adjust the straps on his car seat a few weeks ago and move them up a notch. while it's nice to know my kiddo is growing, it makes me sad. i want him to be small forever. i don't want him to grow up. i feel like it's going to go by so fast and next thing i know he's going to college. i know, i know, he's only 7 weeks, get a grip sarah!

we are still working on the feeding and sleeping schedule. i know going to daycare will help him get on a more regular schedule...i hope. i really wonder how he will do at daycare??? he's never been away from me for more than 3 hours (which he screamed the entire time).

now that it's fall and i am putting real clothes on him and not just onsies he really looks older to me and more like a person and not a baby. i can't wait to see how he turns out (i know i just said i didn't want him to grow up...). i wonder what his personality will be. stubborn like his mom? hardworking like his dad? athletic like his mom and dad or be completely into things that we have no clue about!?? so many great things to look forward to. sunday my baby will be 2 months old!!

a few more days and it's back to real life again. i'll keep you posted.

Hermit Island

Today I was supposed to run 4 miles and watch college football. When Christine called and asked if we wanted to hiking around Hermit Island I quickly decided that was a much better idea. Today was such a beautiful fall day, I couldn't pass up a hike with some of my favorite people. Ty and I went while Ruddley stayed home and worked on the house. We sure did miss him.

Our hike was beautiful!! I'm really not sure how far we went but we were out for about 3 1/2 hours. I think that's pretty impressive when you are hiking with a 3 and 5 year old. We defiantly got off the trail at times and ended up doing some serious rock climbing to get back on...all while carrying Tyler in the baby bjorn (shhh don't tell Ruddley!). At one point Christine says "this is kind of a difficult hike to be doing with a newborn". Oh well, we are hardcore and we made it! We hiked along the coast as much as we could which made for some beautiful pictures. We stopped at a few different beaches so the kids could play, Tyler could eat, and we could re hydrate ourselves.

Mackinna and Kaden. Super troopers hiking!

The Campbell's having some fun!

I seriously love Maine!

On the way back to the Campbell's campsite we saw 4 deer. We didn't just see them in the distance, they were right in front of us and didn't seem to scared. Mackinna on the other hand was not a fan and said "can we be loud so we scare them away"...haha such a cutie. Although, by the 4th deer she was not so bad.

Right behind this guy and his kid is one of the deer we saw. It was just standing in this campsite.

As expected, Ty slept through most of it...but he was a champ:-) I can't wait to take him camping next summer.

Mackinna and Tyler after a long day!