Tynan's New Chair

10.2.09

Tynan loves to sit next to us on the couch or rocker. But he still isn't quite tall enough to crawl onto them easily, especially when he has something in his hands. So I decided to see if he would like this little Lightning McQueen chair. We got home from the store, plopped it on the floor, and Tynan plopped right into the chair! He also gets very mad at Shawn if Shawn tries to use it as a pillow.

Tynan still likes to sit next to us though. So unless we feel like dragging him up and letting him down from the couch over and over (sort of like letting the cat in then out then in then out), we just sit next to him in his chair. Not much of a compromise, I suppose, but it'll do for now. Silly boy!

Perhaps white was not the best shirt to wear today

9.20.09

Grandma Wendy got Tynan his shirt from the Hard Rock Cafe in Vegas. It was on sale. It was really cute on stinkerboy. Here he is climbing into the curio. (Thankfully, he didn't knock the glass shelf onto himself! Don't worry, the door was childproofed within minutes of this picture!)

Well, here is the boy after lunch. I used stain remover on that shirt but it is still far from it's original color. At least with the way he's growing, he'll grow out of the shirt pretty quickly, I guess. Sorry Grandma!

Self-Timer Family Photo

9.13.09

Okay, it definitely isn't Olan Mills material, but it ain't too shabby. Right? Right?

P.S. Yes that is a bruise right in the middle of Tynan's forehead. It is a bruise in the shape of my two front teeth. Luckily my lip was not over my teeth for that collision, or I might have gotten some nice stitches. That boy needs a bubble!

Fourteen Months!

9.10.09

Well how is this for a fourteen month birthday picture? Tynan has a rice cake in his right hand. . . A rice cake in his left hand. . . And who knows how many in his mouth!

On the other hand, we know he knows how to feed himself. . .

The Park

9.6.09

Grandma Wendy, Grandpa Eric, Aunt Nikki, and Grandma Doreen came to help Shawn and I with some unpacking. We unpacked a little bit. . . and then decided to go to the park! Tynan loved it. He even thought it was funny when we held him up for the pirate picture. He also got so excited about the slide we could hardly get him to wait for us to position him at the top. What a silly boy!

Life

I haven't been doing very well at updating this blog. It looks like it has been over a month since I've posted, and pictures are two months behind! Well, a couple of weeks ago my Grandfather passed away. Shawn and I took some time from work, loaded up the car, and the three of us drove about 550 miles for the funeral. I was a bit too distracted to update.

Grandpa Tony was actually my father's stepfather. He and my Grandma Jo married when I was very small. My brother and I used to stay with the two of them for several weeks every summer. I have many wonderful memories of those times. A couple of years ago, Shawn and I drove to their house for a great weekend. Shawn and Tony talked e-Bay for hours. (As my Uncle Lawrence said at the funeral, Tony could probably sell the corner of the church podium on e-Bay within a few hours.) Tony was a wonderful man, and I will miss him.

Moving!

8.23.09

I think Tynan wanted to make sure we didn't forget him!

Well, it is definitely a challenge packing and moving with a 13-month-old. He still needs to be supervised pretty much all of the time, he doesn't understand when we tell him to stay out of the street, and he is too young to sit in front of the Backyardigans while we load things up. He also gets immense enjoyment from climbing onto, then off of, then onto, then off of, etc., the moving trailer. He pulls things out of the boxes faster than we can put them in. He pushes boxes and/or furniture around on the carpet and/or climbs onto/into them. Perhaps we should have moved last year after all!


8.28.09
Tynan running for the trailer.

8.29.09

Many many thanks to Christy, who distracted Tynan and also watched him at her house for several productive moving/cleaning hours. And to Christy's boyfriend Tighe for helping out and taking Tynan to a BBQ. Thanks also to Shawn's parents and my parents and Aunt Nikki for coming to help. We would never have finished without you guys!

Water Fountains

8.16.09

Tynan liked the water fountain so much that we decided to take him to play in the water again. This park is much closer to our house and has an enormous playground with super soft spongy stuff underneath the equipment and several water fountains. Tynan got himself soaked!

Thirteen Months!

8.10.09

Tynan is 13 months old today. (Please ignore his toys strewn about the living room. He pulls them from the toy bin faster than I can put them in!)

Beer Fest

8.9.09

Okay I know I am very very very behind on posts. . . D'oh! We bought a house, packed, moved, cleaned the old place, and (mostly) unpacked at the new house. So I think that calls for a little leeway, right? Eh? Eh?

On this day we all went to a beer festival. Shawn and I sampled different brews while Tynan sweated off his blue tinted sunscreen. (It is supposed to turn clear when it soaks in. I don't know if Tynan has my fair skin or I used way too much - he looked like an alien baby for most of the day!) To cool off, we went walking through the water fountain. Shawn had to sit out for a while because I made him drink the beers I didn't like. When we got home, both boys had to nap to recover from the heat!