Our little gamer...

Its just so sad. Aaron has been playing a lot of Call of Duty lately to 'try out' our new TV. Tyler loves to watch although the content is not exactly baby friendly. He typically insists on having his own controller too. Aaron decided let Tyler sit on his lap and like any kid, I'm sure, figured out which button was the shooter. Loving the vibration, its about the only button he pushes - whether he's "playing" or not. Way to go, Aaron...

Overdue Update

so I am going to post date a few of these because I have been so lazy and haven't posted anything for almost 2 months! So this is really for the people that I don't see too often. For those of you that I do see more often, it's all old news so feel free to wait for something new! (no guarantees when that will be though:)

3rd Time's the Charm

We were looking forward to our friend's annual Christmas party this year because they hire one of the most realistic, best dressed santas to come to their house. The other kids go nuts! Luckily since it was the last Christmas party we went to, Tyler sat nice and quiet on Santa's Lap. Getting him to smile was a different story but at least he didn't freak out. It's crazy to see how much Tyler has changed since last year!!

Celebrating 4 years!

Today was our 4 year anniversary! It seems like 4 years (plus 2 dating) has been a long time but also that it just kind of flew by. It seems to creep up on us since we're usually so focused on Christmas around the corner so we typically don't plan anything too crazy, but I did make sure to mention it earlier in the week. Aaron has been especially busy the last few weeks and he simply replied, "Oh crap, remind me on Thursday." I actually thought it was funny.
For some reason we always go to P.F.Changs. We both really like it and I know there are more places out there, but I think we've just made it a tradition in order to avoid any intricate planning. We had a really good time without Tyler and Aaron managed to take only 1 phone call. p.s. - that's a big deal :)
Looking forward to lots and lots of anniversaries!

What a relief!

For the past few months Tyler has had some issues. He's never really had a huge appetite and has always been on the skinny side but a few weeks ago when he was throwing up a few times a day and hardly eating anything, I knew there had to be a reason. On a Friday I took him to the doctor and after telling him Tyler's problems he took one look at his giant, bloated belly and ordered a ton of bloodwork and x-rays. It was the saddest thing I've ever done to help hold him down while they drew blood - 3 times! After looking at the x-rays the doctor got on the phone with a pediatric GI (Im not even going to attempt to spell that out!) specialist. We were told he most likely had celiac disease, which means he was allergic to gluten: all oats, wheat, barley...etc. On top of all that, one of the symptoms is lactose intolerance. So I went out and bought all these expensive groceries and gave him only soy milk until our appointment on Monday. To our relief the specialist wasn't convinced it was celiac and requested a 'sample' to test for 2 other treatable problems. Almost a whole week later we were informed that it was H-pylori, a cureable bacteria infection. After 2 antibiotics and pills for a month he should be fine. Thank goodness the kid can eat pizza - its his favorite!

Santa's Lap: Round 2

After delivering a loaf of Great Harvest pumpkin chocolate-chip bread to a friend (i wrote it all out so you know what to get next time you go), she told me that her ward at church had an adult-only Christmas party. Because her 4 kids hadn't had a chance to see santa, I invited her family to come to our ward Christmas party. We were late as usual, but had just enough time to grab some food before it was gone and watch the little kids sing their Christmas songs. And then came the line for Santa. I was curious to see what Tyler would do this time and magically he was fine for the first 20 seconds. I would have been able to get a good shot if some kid wasn't standing directly in front of me! By the time I shoved him out of the way Tyler was done - of course.


waiting in line - Kylan, Mason, Broc, Ava, and Tyler
he might as well be part of their family with his blonde hair and blue eyes!


I was so mad at that kid...

Santa's Lap: Round 1

While getting my Christmas shopping overwith at the mall I noticed they had their winter wonderland whatever all set up for kids to see Santa. The poor kids spend forever in line just to cry when it's finally their turn and then the place charges you 20 bucks for one crappy picture - what a rip off. But today I noticed there was absolutely no line...and a friend told me you could take a picture with your own camera...so I figured, what the heck, let's try. As I gave my child to Santa, I turned around to get my camera from my purse. I think Tyler thought I was leaving him because he lost it.




The poor guy tried...

Best Mom Ever!

So most of you know that we have a fireplace in our apartment. And for the most part Tyler listens when we tell him not to touch certain things. He was really good about not touching our fireplace, especially when it was on or had been on. What we obviously forgot to calculate was how many times he trips and falls for no apparent reason (other than his gi-normous belly that must throw him off balance every now and then) So of course the fire was going and he tripped, and fell, and tried to catch himself with the back of his hand against the fireplace. I felt so bad! It took forever for the blister to go away but luckily it didn't seem to bother him too much. Now he has a scar that I'm hoping will fade in the next 10 years! I guess now our fireplace is just something to look at... o well.


before the whole thing blistered and came off - yuck!