Whoa!

In Tyler's world Uh-oh is out and the word "Whoa!" is definitely in! I wasn't sure where he picked it up, but I'm starting to realize I say that a lot to him...it's really cute when he says it :) Mom and Dad have been saying whoa! this past week also because we've had another hectic week and things finally seem to be getting back to normal. Last week when my Mom was watching Tyler she ended up getting a stomach bug out of no where and had to cut her Grammy babysitting duties short. I was the last man standing last week...literally! On Monday Dave had to go back to the doctor because he still wasn't feeling well and on Tuesday we took Tyler for his follow-up appointment from last week and nothing changed. He still has a double ear infection and some icky stuff going on in his chest and she said it's still walking pneumonia. They switched his antibiotic again and then had us give him a breathing treatment in the office, but that lasted all of one minute. It was near bedtime and was disastrous (although I can't imagine it would ever not be disastrous). They ended us giving us the syrup form of albuterol and hopefully that clears up his chest.

Then, on Wednesday morning Tyler woke up and his one eye was completely swollen...like he had a nice boxing match with something in his crib that night! We didn't want to send him to day care with his shiner since we didn't know what it was so Grammy 911 (Dave's Mom this time) responded and watched him for us on Thursday. We have no clue what it is/was, but by this morning it was almost gone.

This morning Dave's Mom and I took Tyler to CHOP for his ENT appointment and we're very thankful we're just going there for something minor. Puts things in to perspective when you see that this hospital is practically home for some kids. It took the doctor all of 20 seconds to tell us he needs to get tubes and he'll be getting them on March 28th. We don't think the fluid is every really clearing up in his ears. They also did a hearing test and he isn't hearing 100% on 2 of the frequencies, but I guess that's pretty normal for a kid with ear infections. He can hear us perfectly when we talk to him and they said it hasn't affected his speech so we're very happy about that. To tell to you the truth I could barely hear some of the noises she was playing. I might need my hearing tested also :) When they tested his hearing behind the fluid it was great so everything should be better when they test him after the tubes.

The doctor confirmed that he could have inherited his ear anatomy from me and I had tons of ear infections when I was little. This means the only things we have really ever gone to the doctor for, his ears and hemangioma, well...he inherited both from yours truly. Sorry buddy :( Other than that I'm also taking credit for your stellar good looks ;)

Add in two molars working their way on down and you would think he would be a mess, but nope...he's still a happy kid. You wouldn't know anything much was going on - he's one tough cookie! Here we are having a little fun :)

The first official fort in our house built by Dad, Alex, Sydney and Tyler!


The newest toy - a vacuum. Every time I vacuum he insists on pushing it with me. He now has his own.

Something must have already broke on the Dirt Devil because he spent some time fixing it


I think he might have a thing for Diana Ross. She did have a lot of cleavage showing...maybe that's what he was looking at!


We got some of our baby stuff out for a friends sister who was visiting with her son and Tyler made sure everything still worked for Bernie.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Our Valentine's Day wasn't exactly a happy one because it involved doctor visits, runny noses, coughing, sneezing, fevers and sleeping. Tyler started getting sick this past weekend and by Sunday all he wanted to do all day was lay on us and cuddle (not typical Tyler at all!). Thank goodness we immediately took him to the doctor because he has pneumonia. It's in the early stage so they just gave us antibiotics, but it slowed down the usual 50mph kid to 0mph (or maybe even reverse). Dave was also sick with the same symptoms as Tyler, but the Doctor says his isn't pneumonia. So after a lot TLC and a few good doses of medicine they're almost back up and running.

Here's Tyler's valentine's for all the kids at school. He missed his party, but I took these in anyway since I wasn't sure what else to do with 50 valentine's :)


This made us laugh and we were happy he was moving around and trying to eat some cheerios. This is what happens when you put your face in a handful of cheerios and have a runny nose ha ha! One fell off as I went to grab the camera :)


Grammy 911 was quick to respond and my Mom came to watch Tyler for us and help out. You can tell he's getting better today and it's amazing how fast he's on the mend - thank goodness!! He was helping Grammy make pizza.


And they did a little coloring...


I had to run to day care so I picked up his Valentine's from the other kids. He ripped through them and went straight for the pixie sticks!


The other day Mr. Independant got to test out his new step stool...now he could reach the sink and brush his own teeth :)

Think Spring!

Dave and I love Winter, but on Sunday temps got in to the 40's and it had us thinking about Spring a little bit :) We all got to go outside for a little fresh air and it was nice! We still have a few more days of skiing to get in and Dave has a trip planned to Utah, but Punxsutawney Phil didn't see his shadow so Spring might be right around the corner :) So, I thought I'd give the blog a new Spring look!

After the last snow storm we had another storm that covered everything in a nice layer of ice! For a few mornings I think the neighbors probably sat looking out their windows drinking their morning coffee watching the show of me getting from our front door to my car with a kid in tow!


Playing peek-a-boo while eating spaghetti!




Eating at the big kids table at a birthday party :)


Enjoying the sunshine and visiting with Barclay


I think every kid is preprogrammed to eat snow


Showing off the pearly whites. His top two molars are coming in now.


We went to our friends Ryan and Amy's for the Super Bowl and Tyler got to watch the Puppy Bowl!


He also took a little hike through their landscaping and carefully maneuvered around the picker bush :)