Santa Attempt 2009

First of all, that lovely age when babies/kids loove to get their picture is long gone. Any time Tyler sees the camera he avoids eye contact at all costs. I mean, even bribes for chocolate don't work for pictures like it works for everything else.
So no surprise when I tried to have his picture taken at the mall with Santa. Absolutely no chance of him sitting on a stranger's lap.


O well. At least Santa didn't try this little number like last year.


And at least I got this one waiting in line. (the very very short line)

Really People, Really??

So since everyone in the world thinks I want them to talk to me just becuase I'm pregnant I just thought I would make a list of a few of the dumb things they have to say. I know I'm not alone. I know there are so many more but these I've heard a lot lately.

"Wow - you look like you're ready to pop."
Now how is that supposed to make anyone feel better about having a belly sticking out all over the place. It doesn't make me a balloon.

"Can I touch?"
Do I know you at all?? Perhaps if I know you (AND I like you), and you ask me first, you may. Random people at Target, WalMart, etc: NO.

"You don't even look pregnant from behind"
What the heck does that even mean??? The baby only grows in the front! So...? I mean I get it that maybe the extra 20 pounds didn't go straight to my butt - but if it did wouldn't it just look like I had big butt?

It seems like all I do is try and catch up on here. SOO my plan is to blab about eveything that's been happening and squish it all into one probably super long post.

About Aaron: well, nothing too interesting to talk about there. Same old, same old with work except he's thinking about branching off with another guy early next year and doing their own thing - which would be really nice. Congrats to him for losing some weight, but damn the eggnog because I think it might be coming back!!

About me: still pregnant. Definitely different from my first pregnancy. I can't sleep, I feel huge, and heartburn keeps wanting to be my best friend. BUT the end is near so now I'm just anxious about going thru labor again, knowing how bad its going to suck. I'm praying for the Smith family way of 4 hours or less!

And Tyler: 2. EVERYTHING is 2. He needs 2 blankets and 2 pillows to sleep. HE has to pick his 2 cups, 2 plates, 2 forks...etc when he eats. If it were up to him it would be every plate or cup that's clean but we've cut back to 2.
He's also stubborn in doing everything himself - especially about his coat and shoes. We have attempted potty training and found he is NOWHERE close. He is constantly counting or singing the ABCs while he plays but gets mad if I try and do it with him. It just makes me laugh.

I love our little family. It'll be different having another baby around but we're definitely looking forward to it. Im sure Tyler will be a great big brother - eventually. :)

Happy Halloween!

We had a pretty fun Halloween this year. I've noticed it's alot easier to get Aaron to do things if I can convince him its for Tyler's enjoyment, not mine :) We made it to the pumpkin patch 3 times (Aaron went twice!) and had a blast riding the tractor, looking at the animals, and sitting on a few pumpkins. I had fun carving our pumpkin - thanks to Tory letting us come over so I wouldn't have to do it alone. I think it turned out pretty dang good.
Halloween night we just went to the church for the trunk or treat - I doubt we would have gotten anything good from our neighborhood anyway. Tyler was a monster but everyone thought he was oscar the grouch - o well, he was warm!

Football Season

Probably like most wives out there, we have learned long ago that during football season men think about not much else. I have now learned that women, being the great multi-taskers that we are, I guess should not expect that our husbands can perform even the simplest task WHILE watching football.

2nd Birfday

I can't believe Tyler is 2 already! Among other things, it means we've been in this apartment for 2 years - holy crap! But...I am loving this age right now. The last month especially are just hysterical to me as he really tries to talk - he's like my little parrot. He's definitely independent which can be frustrating sometimes but for the most part he's now my big bundle of joy.

Just some interesting things about Tyler:

~ He is such a picky eater but he has managed to jump up to the 30th percentile in weight by eating almost only chicken nuggets, pizza, grilled cheese sandwiches and pudding.
~ He finds a pair of Aaron's shoes and walks around in them almost half the day.
~ When he's not wearing Aaron's shoes, he's jumping on (and off) my bed!
~ He loves watching "moobies" of himself on the computer of when he was a baby.
~ His favorite shows are Dora and the Family Feud - yep Family Feud! (but only with John O'Hurley hosting of course :)

Happy Birthday Tyler - we love you!

IT'S A BOY!!

If you know Aaron and I, you know we don't really talk much about anything pregnancy/baby related until the end. The process already takes forever and talking about it just doesn't seem to make it go any quicker.
With some convincing Aaron came with me to find out what we were having. Aaron's family history rarely makes girls and of course we have only girl names that we like, so of course the ultrasound shows that...its a girl! Except it wasn't a good angle and the baby wouldn't budge. About 5 minutes later and one huge flip - definitely a boy! For that 5 minutes I was shocked and excited about all the little pink things I could buy. Oh well, Aaron really wanted another boy next and I just figure we'll have a girl eventually. And since we're really trying to get out of debt it's probably best this way. Now the poor boy needs a name...I guess we'll wait and talk about it when he gets here :)

OR give me your suggestions - I'll give you $20 if we even condsider it