Easter Knit

4.8.10

I found a pattern for a kid's jacket that is knit sideways and thought it looked pretty cool. So I made one for Tynan out of a self-striping yarn. I wanted to put him in his white button-up shirt and the jacket and take Easter photos. He decided he didn't want to wear either thing, and he didn't want no pictures niether. Neener neener!

So then, a couple of days after we got home, Tynan decided he would finally put on his jacket. I still wanted to take a picture, so I left his Green Bay shirt on. (Who knows what would happen if I tried to change his shirt while he was in picture mode.) He also has an enourmous bruise on his left check. He fell and hit his cheek against something and gave it to himself. Poor kid!

So here is my poor battered boy for his easter portrait: sitting on our old (read: kinda dirty) chair, wearing a knit pastel jacket over super studly sports team merchandise. Silly boy!

Easter Visit

4.2.10-4.5.10

Tynan and I went to visit the grandparents for Easter. Shawn had to come later because of work. I was the lonely parent for a couple of days during a trip with inconsistent nap times and lots of new faces. I'm still recovering a week later! This first picture is Tynan with Grandma Wendy after his bath. He was afraid of the bathtub at first, but after we gave him the measuring cup to play with we had a hard time getting him out.

Here is Tynan eating his Easter candy. He had a bit of trouble with his mini candy bars so I had to tough it up and help him eat them. He was pretty grateful for the assistance too.

We went to Easter breakfast at Grandpa Eric's sister's house. (What does that make her to Tynan? Great Aunt Jone? What is a great aunt, exactly?) Here is Tynan playing airplane with Aunt Paige. He had a lot of fun at Jone's house cause there was so much stuff he could get into!

Later, Aunt Paige hid a bunch of eggs for Tynan to find. It is very difficult trying to get a 21-month-old to look for or pick up Easter eggs! He gets distracted pretty easily. He also kept throwing the eggs into the basket after he grabbed them. This means that we had to make a bunch of deviled eggs as soon as we got inside.

The next day, Tynan was able to play with all of his cousins. Grandma Doreen wanted a picture of all of her grandkids together, so we lined them up on a couch and had at it with two cameras. You can see how well that went over with Tynan. . .

I think this might be the best picture I got, and it's not really that great. Jaylee and Camden are looking at Grandma Doreen's camera, Tynan looks like he'd rather be getting his temperature taken with a rectal thermometer, and Gavin looks none too happy that we pulled him from his handheld game system. Oh, the joys of child rearing. . . ;-)

Tynan's Valiant Steed

3.22.10

These are funny! I love coming home to happy boys!

Dance-along

3.21.10

A coworker of mine loaned me some Veggie Tales for Tynan, as her son had outgrown them. Tynan loves them! I knew he had to be feeling better when I saw him dancing and singing along to Veggie Tales.

Tynan's favorite songs are "Itsy Bitsy Spider," for the hand gestures, "Old McDonald," for the chorus ("Ee-i ee-i ee-i ee-i ee-i!"), and "Endangered Love" from Veggies Tales Silly Songs. Silly boy!

Tummy Troubles

3.20.10

This is Tynan, all tuckered out and asleep on the floor. I took him to the park this day and he acted like he was having a lot of fun, but I should have realized that something was up when he didn't get upset when we were leaving. (Usually we have to drag him kicking and screaming to the car.) Sure enough, poor Tynan threw up all over the floor in the science fiction section of the book store about twenty minutes after we left the park. We had to cut our errands outing short and head home for more vomit fun. Eventually he dozed off on the floor just before Shawn got home with Children's Pepto. Poor guy!

Tynan Texting

3.17.10

Shawn and I got new cell phones (the old ones had about had it!) and Tynan has been having a blast with Shawn's old phone. He likes to sit next to me in the same pose I am in and "chat" on his phone.


He also likes to "text" on his phone. It is so cute!

This picture is Mommy doing her usual self-picture stuff. I thought it turned out pretty well, and Tynan had a great smile. I just had pneumonia again last weekend, and this day was the first day I felt somewhat human. I am going for a physical in a couple of days, and I've been told I should see an allergist and maybe get treated for asthma or something. Hopefully I don't have to get friggin' pneumonia ever again.

Tynan's "Uncle Wesley Pants"

3.14.10

Grandma Wendy found a bunch of 2T clothes for a great deal and mailed them to Tynan. He was excited and wanted to try some on. A couple of items have a little bit extra growing room, like this pair I call the "Uncle Wesley Pants."

See how they are kinda long and baggy and his bottom is hanging out? That's how Uncle Wesley wears his pants! (Sorry Wes, I love ya but it's true ;-)

Driveway

3.7.10

Well, Shawn and I decided we didn't like the idea of the cement walkway alongside the driveway any more. We decided to do bricks instead. So this first picture is our new "Before" picture, after Shawn dug out the half finished cement walkway.

And this is "After." Tynan liked the bricks also! It took us a long time to decide on this pattern and this style of brick, but I think it turned out pretty well. :-)

Silly

3.6.10

Just a couple of quick, silly videos :-)

The Men

2.20.10

Tynan has to hold the remote while he and Daddy watch Dora. He rules the house!