Two-Timing

Ty had another (see Oct. 17th post) encounter with a lady yesterday, little Anita from church.  Here's the story as told by Ty:

"Apparently Anita can read, so she saw my bib and came over to get herself a piece of my drooly goodness.

 "Yee-ah.  You like what you see, huh girl?

 "Wait...Anita, you're a nice girl and all, but, uh, see there's this other nice girl, Addie, and uh...wait--where are you taking me?!

 "Save me, Dad!  Oh, and don't tell Addie.

 "What? It's not my fault--my mom dressed me.  False advertising."

Funny thing is, Anita is twice Ty's age, but smaller than him.  Is it wrong that I chronicle/make up Ty's love life?

Veteran's Day Weekend

We took advantage of Russell's 4-day weekend and drove the 300 miles to San Clemente, CA to hang out with Tina, Hunter, and Soren.  We had a fun time!

Tina and wiggly Soren. He's so funny/talkative/2!

 Perspective is a little off since they look the same size, but Soren kept climbing in Ty's "castle" with him.  We had to protect beebee Ty from accidental kicks and swats to the face.  :)

 Whenever Ty was crying, Soren would find and bring the "froggy with a binky on his head" and stick in Ty's mouth. Sometimes it even worked!  He's going to be a good big brother someday.

 At Mosun sushi and seafood place.  (Wow--the flash really worked because we were sitting in very dim lighting.)  The food was fabulous and Ty slept the whole time.

 Cousin bath!

 Check out those (almost) matching jammies!

 Sweet.  (I wish my big face wasn't in this.)

 Again trying to be nice, Soren brought Ty his Bambi, Mickey, and Eeyore to play with.  A bit much, but apparently, he likes 'em!

 

What you see: family picture.  What you don't see: Ty's clothes are pee-soaked (see previous post), Russell's pants are wet in a very suspicious spot.  And yet we smile through it.  :)

 

It's nice to have some family not too far away.  Thanks for letting us come, guys!

3 1/2 months: Alive and Well.

Time for a Ty update!  Russell and I are very lucky that Ty is such a good baby. Of course, I haven't had any others, so I don't know what a 24/7 "bad" baby is, but we really like our little guy.  Here are some of his current favorites:

-Grabbing his hands, toys, blankets, etc. and putting them in his mouth.  While we were out to lunch last week, Ty grabbed a loaded nacho chip off of the plate and dumped it on himself!
-Drool-bombing and spitting=many wet onesies up top
-EATING.  Anyone who's been around Ty at meal time knows that this kid is adamant about his food.  He wants it and will yell-scream to let you know it.  0 to loud in a matter of seconds!  At least he lets us know, right?
-Carrying on conversations.  He seems to think it's funny when you repeat what he "says" and his vocabulary of coo's is getting quite varied!
-Keeping his parents on their toes about his potty habits.  He'll go for days (5 is his record) without pooping, but overflow wet diapers very quickly.  We just never know what to expect.
-Playing.  Ty is starting to get bored by himself and wants to be entertained, usually by me since I'm around most often.  Sometimes all I have to do is look at him or talk to him briefly and sometimes it requires picking him up for a full-on song and dance around the room.
-Sitting/Standing.  Ty would generally rather be sitting than laying down and standing than sitting.  The problem is, he really can't do anything but lay without lots of assistance and he will only last so long in the Bumbo seat.  (Here he's getting a little extra support for his first Baby Einstein video experience.)

 He fell asleep while playing.  Play hard, sleep hard, right?

 On his way to get some clean clothes; he peed through these ones in church and left a nice wet spot on Russell's pants.

 Yea for bath time!  He's about outgrown his tub...

 Playing while sitting up: multi-tasking.

 Having a lovely conversation with Mom.

 Happy guy.

 And here's some laughing, playing, and talking all in one!

He's growing, for sure.  Russell plans to teach Ty to drive pretty soon.  He's awesome.

(P.S. Ty is SO much better in person than in pictures.  Come see for yourself!)

Happy Halloween!

Over this past week I realized how much I love dressing up and (more emphatically) love dressing Ty up!  I'm glad that I finally broke our the ol' sewing machine again and although I procrastinated, finished sewing our costumes.  Russell's was really just gathered together, but that was work, too!  Anyway, we had a fun time going to Russell's class party on Friday night and our ward trunk-or-treat/chili cook-off on Saturday.  Please, enjoy the festivities and appreciate our ridiculous costumes.

I went to a witch party earlier in the week.  Unfortunately, you can't see my purple shoes and patterned tights.

 Here's our lovely Gourlie Circus Sideshow costumes: Russell is the bearded lady, I'm the Strong Man, and Tyzar is the fortune teller!  Ty pretty much only wore his goatee for this picture on account of his drooly chin.

 One little boy (age 2ish) saw Russell and said, "Jesus!"

 How precious!

 Let me break down this costume: wig on clearance at a Halloween store pinned back by loving wife, necklace on loan from said wife, blouse from Salvation Army, dress from Ross, shoes (size 12) from Goodwill, lady lumps are tights from my drawer, and beard allllll natural.

 And my costume: Mustache from Halloween store (I don't know how Russell has face rodents--it was annoying and scratchy), shirt and shoes from Walmart, pants from my drawer, belt from my closet, costume sewed up by yours truly sans pattern, and muscles out of toilet paper and socks--both are being used again.

 Halloween costumes were kind of "opposites" for us.  :)

 At our ward trunk-or-treat in the back of our circus trunk!  Because we didn't feel quite right cross-dressing at a church function, Russell changed his costume to be a sword-swallower/carnie and I'm the strong woman.  Ty is still the Incredible Tyzar.

 Wow--she's really strong!

 Going with our sideshow theme, Tyzar handed out candy with "fortunes" attached.  (I think this is a product of a mom who has a lot of brain time to come up with cheesy things like this.)

 AND (last but definitely not least) Tyzar's costume: vest made from a pillow sham, feather from JoAnn's, turban (which looked a little better in person than in pictures) very un-authentically made, onesie from his drawer, MC Hammer pants and sash sewed up sans pattern.  I'm pretty sure they'll be put into his regular pants rotation.

All together, a lovely Halloween.  We didn't end up carving pumpkins, which just means that the pumpkin sitting on our porch is now a Thanksgiving decoration.   The biggest problem I have now is figuring our where/when we're wearing our costumes again! 

Pumpkin Patch: Take 2

We went back to the patch today, but our photographic success was less than stellar.  For one, the sun was much brighter than we anticipated and Ty was crankier than I had hoped.  Oh, well.  Here are some of the shots we ended up with. 

 

 

 We made him hold a pumpkin...and he dropped it about a second later.

 Looks like he's pushing his glasses up.  Sadly, I lost my glasses at the pumpkin patch, so they'll have to live on in this picture.

We tried to get one of the 2 of us, but the team effort just wasn't there.

 Maybe we're mean, but we had to get a picture of Ty and Addie in the baby pumpkins.  (In case you can't tell, Addie's the pumpkin with arms.)

 

 

 And the trip ended with a surprise Tyger attack!

 Happy Harvest, everyone!

The Punkin Patch!

I remember the good ol' days going to the Nut Tree Pumpkin patch in Vacaville, CA and seeing all of the scarecrows and little rides and so on but never buying our pumpkins there.  Now I know why.  We went to a pumpkin patch last Friday to get a pumpkin and take some pictures of our little "punkin."  We only bought a mini one for Ty because the regular-sized ones were like a million dollars!  (Okay, that's an exaggeration, but they were overpriced.)  We just used the pumpkins as a background for our little Tyger. This is one of his costumes, which we love. A-dorable.

First, we set Ty up against some nice, sturdy pumpkins. 

Then he slipped between the pumpkin...not as sturdy as we had hoped, apparently.

So, we tried again, but he kept trying to eat his Tyger tummy and wouldn't put his head up!

This is about the only little smile we got out of him!  (I'm pretty sure Mimi was snorting for this one--see previous post.)

"Simba."

One of about 3 pictures we have as a little family!  We'll take more when we're all dressed up, too.  :)

I love this face

This little Tyger was done and needed to go home.

Cuddling on our way back to the car.  (He always wraps his little arms around ya.)

We're planning on going back to try again and see if we'll have a happier little guy!