Ty as of late

I realize that I've posted mainly about events lately, but not about our "main event:" the Ty Guy!  He's changing quite a bit and picking up new skills.  He is 14 months old now, after all.  Russell says it best (and frequently), "I like that kid."

Ty typed this: zxZXCCCZAxc cz.  Aaaand that's kinda how he talks nowadays.  He says "full sentences" of total jibberish, but he looks at us like we're supposed to know what he's saying.  It's really cute to see him get so into his talking and try to tell us something.  Sometimes he'll laugh after he says something like he told a joke that obviously nobody else got.  He is his mother's child.  :)

Lately, Ty likes eating out of the bag/box/biting off of the banana and not the little pieces we give him.  Naturally, after his bath while I was getting his jammies (I'm pretty sure he has a diaper on), he climbed up on the couch and helped himself to come veggie straws because, ya know, he's a big kid like that.

 Everything is a hat!  He had some help with this headdress, but he sure thought it was funny.  If you tell him to put something on his head, he'll usually do it.

This is Ty wanting the camera.  He likes to play with it, push the buttons (he can turn it on!), and especially watch videos of himself.

 I think he was just in a goofy mood.  He likes to climb on/all over the "big green pillow" to reach stuff around him.  Doesn't he look kinda old?

 I'm telling ya--this boy and his hats!  As you can see, this one's a bit big for him; he found Russell's hat and was crawling around with it on, sometimes covering his face.  When he wakes up from his naps, I usually find him standing in his crib pointing to his hats hanging on pegs on the wall.  He doesn't want to put one on, though.  He wants to put ALL of them on!  It is nice that he will keep a hat on while we're outside.  Can't complain.

 If you look carefully, you can see that there is a small yellow ball and blue ball on the seat he's climbed on (like the one he's holding in the picture above).  I found out that's why he's in this awkward spot: to get the balls.  They came with a ride on toy (Thomas the Train, shown cast aside on the right), which he sometimes will play with, but other times, he's content playing for a while with those balls.  We used to have 10, but I think we're about down to 5.

 Cute little goober.  Ty likes wearing our glasses.  These are ones from the dollar store, so he's welcome to 'em. 

 Remember that one time when I said that he likes to get hats when he wakes up?  Exhibit A.  This one's probably my favorite hat for him to wear.   Nothing like a little pirate eating breakfast, right?

 For those who have met the Ty-Ty, you know that it is (usually) very easy to get him to smile.  When he smiles, though, it's a whole big, face-scrunching thing and I love it.