Coast Trip 2015

We had an extra passenger on our road trip down to the beach.  They were so excited to ride together and had big plans for their "iPads" for the trip!

And within thirty minutes...

But the long naps made for happy road trippers.

This year's beach trip was much different than years past...there wasn't much relaxing on the beach so much as chasing kids left and right!

A pretty cute bunch of kids!  These big girls just had the best time with each other - so fun watching them play!

And I see lots of trouble making in the future of these two!

We had such a fun weekend building castles, digging holes and catching up with the family!  Too much eating, not enough sleep and tons of memories.

Saturday morning Tia Sylvia threw the cutest tea party for all the girls (and Ty) and they are still talking about it!

Then it was back to the beach for more digging and building and getting as much sand on every part of our bodies as possible.

We had the best weekend with our beach babes!

And just like that we were headed home, listening to my dad sing songs in Spanish to us....

Past Years:

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2014

Ty: 14 Months

This little boy!

He brings so much joy to our family with his silly little personality.

I don't know that Lori can say the same because Ty can most often be found in her bed with her.

In Ty's 14th month, we took advantage of the nicer weather.  Going to the zoo was one of the highlights.

His favorite parts were the picnic lunch and the elephant named Ty (probably Thai), but Ty nonetheless.

We also had some pool time.  He is alllll about the pool and thinks that he can just walk right into it whenever he pleases.  So...I tried the puddle jumper which he was not ok with at all.

He also isn't a huge fan of wearing a hat.  But, he will wear it backwards and his little head covered in whispy, white blonde hair needs all the coverage it can get, so, backwards (or sideways) it is.  He was, however, a huge fan of popsicles on that patio!

He is also Sawyer's number one fan.  He wakes up every morning around 6:30 (she is a like a teenager in a three year old body and prefers to sleep much later) so he is always the first one up.  As soon as he hears her door open, he lets out a shriek and gets so excited!  It takes her a few minutes, but then she is just as happy to see her "Bud-Bud".

Ty has also started throwing fits if he doesn't get his way, or if I take something from him, or if I walk out of the room, or just because sometimes.  Often times about food.  This was the first month his food allergies became an issue - when we are with friends, he sometimes can't have what the other kids are having and he gets really mad about it!  Its pretty sad.  But, there are plenty of other things he can eat and he really isn't a picky eater, so its probably more about me taking something from him than the actual food.

He continues to be quite the dare-devil and has no fear (see pic and pool above...).  He climbs on or into anything and everything.

Aside from climbing, eating, making messes, wandering around aimlessly, pointing and yelling at everyone and being super bossy, giggling, smiling at me with those huge dimples and following Sawyer around, his most favorite thing is BOOKS.  He is always bringing me books and yelling at me to read them to him.  If I am sitting on the floor, he backs his little self right up to me and plops into my lap with a book.

He also discovered the kids snack section at HEB this month.  Sawyer loves to take her quarters in every time and is more than thrilled to "buy" an apple for her brother now too.  I am also pretty thrilled about it because it keeps him busy (and still) for quite a while!

I think he weighs about 23 pounds, he is wearing size 4 or 5 diapers, size 5 shoes and 12-18 month clothes.  And, he has these cheeks that I never want to forget.

Ty: 13 Months

Trying to remember back a couple months now...

to the hardest photo session yet.  He won't. sit. still.

I try to distract him with things, and he just won't have it.

At least he's cute.

We started off Ty's 13th month with his first birthday party and Easter a week or so later.

And we were finally able to start spending more time outside.  He loves to be outside!  We went to quite a few softball games to watch Barry & BJ and these two are so into it.

I took a trip to Dallas during this month which was actually good timing because it allowed us to fully wean Ty from nursing.  He wasn't thrilled about the bottle, but he's dealing.  And I am totally thrilled to have made it a whole year.  I never, ever thought that would happen.  He still doesn't at all like to feed himself.  He is obviously totally capable, but if someone else's hand it anywhere near the bottle he acts like his arms don't work.

He wants to do everything Sawyer does, especially coloring.

He doesn't get this from her.  He got some molars this month so EVERYTHING is still going in his mouth.

And he is quite the climber.  I walked out into the living room one morning and he was just standing on the ottoman beaming.  Now he does it at every chance.  Fortunately, he somehow knows how to get down and he is super proud of himself.

He has also mastered getting on his horse and he loves to ride it.

His other favorite thing - emptying my bathroom cabinet.  He just crawls his little self in there and throws everything out one bottle at a time and goes and sits in the very back and giggles.

And, when not doing that, he can be found in Lori's bed smothering her with toys.  She is obviously  super thrilled, but she totally tolerates it and secretly loves the attention I think.

And the best news of all - he sleeps!!!  He usually goes down about 8:30 and will sleep until about 5:30 or 6.  We give him a bottle then and he will usually go back down for at least another hour.  I knew it would happen eventually......  The second best news, he says mama!  He also points at everything and either yell/screeches or says "dat, dat, dat" which I guess means "that."

He is a good eater, although he can sometimes be picky with meat and would prefer to just eat all fruit all day.  We got the results from his allergy testing (which was a horrible experience that took far too many sticks and two separate trips) and it was negative for soy and mild for dairy.  So, good news.  We have given him a couple things with soy - graham crackers, puffs, etc and he has been fine so I am hopeful about the dairy.  Other than that life is good with this goofy little 22 pound entertainer!