Ty's 2nd Birthday!!

My little man is 2!!  I can't believe how grown up he is now.  Tyson is simply the best.  He is the happiest kid, laughs and giggles all the time, is still super smiley (so much so that I am having trouble getting a passport photo of him done), and is just a really happy kid.  Tyson LOVES cars and anything with wheels.  That is probably putting it lightly.  Anywhere we go, if there are strollers or wagons, he is on them right away.  Kinda frustrating, but that's my little guy.  Ty also loves letters.  He knows almost all of his alphabet and loves to read letters everywhere!  Going to the mall means lots of signs to read the letters on, and he loves to watch Wheel of Fortune!  Ty and I also finally got off nursing about 2 months ago and he is feeding himself really well now.  He loves grapes, chicken nuggets, and these baby granola bars.  I am so proud of my little man!

Such a good picture!  Looking so grown up!

When Ty got up from his nap on his birthday it was party time!!  He loved the balloons!  He had to play with them right away, chasing after them saying, "ba, ba, ba"!!  (Ball)

Opening presents!!  Not too many pictures of this as it was a mad dash to get the trucks out of their boxes!  Ty got a bunch of new cars and trucks - his favorite!  

Cool sword from Gabby and Kent!

Playing with one of my new cars.

Ty's new favorite movie is Cars (big surprise, I know).  Cool Cars cake though!  And the cars on top are real cars!  They actually roll really well too - very impressed!

Loving his cake!

Eyeing up those cars!  He loved those more than the actual cake!

Happy Birthday little man!  Mommy and Daddy love you so much!

Baby #2!!!

It came as a bit of a surprise, but we are super excited to announce that we are expecting baby #2!!  I am due around April 24, 2013.  I think my doctor in Calgary really likes looking at tests results (he often goes on about how cool this and that test are and goes through all my results with me even though everything is normal).  On the plus side, I got a 7 week and a 12 week ultrasound already!  Its actually really amazing too see how much the baby has changed in only about a month.  The 7 week ultrasound is basically a grey blob that you can maybe see it flicker (I did get to hear the heartbeat, which was very cool).  By 12 weeks there is a real baby in there!  The baby had hiccups during the appointment, very cute!  Here is a picture of our new little one, 12 weeks old (back on Oct 9)!!

Summer!!

It has been a beautiful summer!  Ty has spent most days in his swimsuit, which is great!  Most days we wither go to the park, which is this really cool private residents club that has a great playground and this awesome fountain to splash and play in, or we play in the front yard in the pool.  We have also enjoyed many playdates with Brock's cousins which has been so fun!  I wish I had more pictures, especially of the playdates, but we have been having too much fun!

Playing in the fountain at Tuscany Club.  Never fails, no matter how many toys you bring, we have to play with everyone else's.

Loving the fountain!

Ty looks so big in this kid swing now!  I remember how small he was last year!  

Playing in the pool in our front yard.  Great purchase!

Slashing Mommy with the elephant fountain!

Happy boy.

Playing with the palm tree!  It has moneys on it Mommy!

Just a short, but cute, video of Ty playing in his pool.

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Birthdays in Banff!!!

After working so hard over Stampede, Brock was able to take a couple extra days off right around our birthdays!  Since they fall in the same week, we like to do something extra fun to celebrate, and with Banff so close, it seemed like the thing to do this year!  Brock got us an awesome room (and upgrade) at the Rimrock hotel.  It is amazing!  I wish we had more time, but it was still great to get away.

Playing in the pillows!

Laugh attack!!

After dinner we went to the Bow Falls.  Beautiful!

Bow Falls.

Bow River.

Hanging with Daddy.  

View from our room!  It was amazing!  

Trip Back to E-Town!!

Over the July long weekend, one mine and Brock's couple friend's were having their pre-wedding festivities so we made a bit of trip out of our return to E-Town.  Other than getting stuck on the highway for an hour due to some random car crash, the trip was really good, and really busy!  We were able to get out to my parent's place a couple times for some grandparent time.  Gido got Ty a new tractor, which he was thrilled about!  Here are a few photos of our visit.  

Playing with his new tractor!

Getting dirty in the flower beds!

This picture didn't really turn out, but he was sitting in the grass just beaming!  Thanks Gido!

Walking with Gido.

Vacations are hard work!  He was soo tired over the weekend...I later found out that he started to cut his lower molers while on this trip.  Poor guy!

This video is for my Dad.  He gave him this ball popper while we were at his place, but he never got to see him actually play with it "properly".  He just ran around carrying it.  Of course, after the day I took this video he insisted on throwing it at me all the time, so the ball popper has been on a time out for a while.  Boys will be boys.  

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Fun in the Sun!

It has been so nice getting some summer-like weather!  We have been enjoying the park and the sunshine!  We even busted out the pool one day, it was just too hot!  Except...that I couldn't find Ty's actual baby pool and didn't want to waste such a nice day at walmart...so I improvised and found Ty's old baby bath!  Haha! Ty actually really loves putting himself in small bins lately, especially the lego bin, so he didn't mind his little bucket of a pool.

Ty is also really getting into the park, which is a lot of fun.  I really like the park by our new house.  Its nice equipment, not too big, not too complicated.  Ty LOVES the slide!  The other day he mastered the big boy twisty slide!  I only have pics on the little slide, he was too busy going up and down to pose for pics at that point anyways.

Loving the slide!

Such a big boy - I do it myself!

Big boy in a little tub!  HAHA!  Such a good picture though!

What I love about being a Mom...

This week I have been thinking a lot about being a Mom.  Sure, there is stuff that drives me crazy....getting no sleep, having my hair pulled all day long, temper tantrums....but there is so much that I truly love about it.  I love that I can sit around in my pj's all day (sometimes days at a time) and Tyson really doesn't care, he actually prefers it.  I love that I get to be a kid again - play with toys, go to the park, watch cartoons, play with bubbles.  I love that i get to run errands mid-week...i hate the mall on the weekends.  I love it when I am walking with Ty and he looks up at me with a huge smile on his face.  I know that he loves me more than anything else in this world and that melts my heart.  I love all the hugs and kisses Tyson gives me.  I love listening to Ty's many "stories" - Ty still speaks his own language, but I absolutely love it.  I love knowing that I helped to create this wonderful little miracle.  When Ty is sleeping in my arms, I often look down at him and think of how amazing life is.  How I helped to co-create him along with my Heavenly Father and what a precious gift and miracle that truly is.  I am so grateful to our Heavenly Father that he could possibly trust us, and me, with such a precious gift.  With all the ups and downs and mistakes, I sometimes wonder how I can do this, but we always make it through and with a little patience and love, it will always work out.  I love that Tyson is making me a better person.  He has taught me so much about myself, and although I have a long way to go, I know that together we will become the people that our Heavenly Father knows we are destined to become.