potty try

Tyler sat on the potty at daycare today and waited for a pending poop. He commentated, "Not coming... not coming." So no luck on pooping on the pot, but I was amazed he even tried it since he rarely shows any interest in potty activities. Ms. Debbie agreed he wasn't quite ready for potty training which I am not even entertaining the idea of until we are set with our new routine with a new baby in the house.

hitting no no

While huddled with his playmates at daycare waiting for the mommies and daddies, Tyler hit his buddy. According to Ms. Debbie, Tyler's most feared punishment is being separated from his buddies. So when I arrived he was seated on the other side of Ms. Debbie and his eyes were red and still welling with tears. Thankfully, Tyler is very good about apologizing and has not continued the bad practice!

filling daddy's shoes (uh, shirt)

Alex bought some new shirts and Tyler was so pleased to model them! Maybe a tad big.

drink my finger

Sometimes moms just gotta use what they have on hand to solve some of the most simple, but sticky, situations. In a bind I've sucked on Tyler's fingers to rid them of stickiness when we didn't have a sink or wipes nearby.

This evening I gave Tyler a lollipop for dessert. When finished I was inspecting his fingers to make sure the sugary concoction remained in his mouth rather than on his hands. I'm sure referencing the finger-licking practice, Tyler offered his finger and said, "Drink it!" Better than "pull my finger," right?

creative truck

Tyler has a MegaBloks dump truck that he was pushing around. At a certain point he opened his MegaBlok bag and pulled out a red block and affixed it to the top of the dump truck. Then he pointed out to me that his dump truck was now a FIRE TRUCK and fire truck noises ensued!

sing song

Tyler loves to sing songs. Recently he has started with "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," "Happy Birthday," and "Turn Around." Not sure where he got that last one!

bunny borrower

A colleague at work gave me an adorable pink bunny for Jenna. I asked Tyler to care for it until Jenna arrives. He kept hugging the bunny and saying, "Oh, bunny!"

daddy go to mommy

We always encourage Tyler to be affectionate but he seems to be a natural love bug all on his own. He showers Mommy and Daddy with hugs and kisses, he has his "baby" cars and stuffed animals kiss "the mommies," and he shares loving with the sweetest "ohh Mommy," or "ohh Daddy."

Lots of times we have family hugs. And as if Alex and I needed any help, recently after we went in to get Tyler up to start his day and gave him kisses and hugs, he pushed Daddy toward me and said, "Daddy go to Mommy," inferring Daddy needed to hug me too.

happy easter

I'm not sure if he liked the candy or car better!

first movie at the theater

Tyler's attention span has expanded and he has been able to sit still to watch nearly an entire movie recently. So we decided to bite the bullet and take him to see Monsters vs. Aliens. He was very excited by the theater and was treated to a pretzel and Reese's pieces. He was too small to sit in the seat by himself (he was not heavy enough to keep the bottom of the seat from folding up), but he was happy to join the laps of Mommy and Daddy. And twice during the movie he wanted to hop down and dance. And in true Mommy fashion, he dozed off toward the end only missing the last ten or fifteen minutes.

sticks and slides

Tyler loves to walk Daisy because he knows that almost always entails a trip to the playground on the bike path just beyond our property. Lately Tyler has shown a big interest in sticks. He likes to dig holes and use them as props in imaginary games (they become hot dogs, etc.).

cheese!

Tyler was having a particularly great morning and was thrilled with his "baby newts." Do you like his cheese face? (that is the last image where he makes a funny face as he exclaims, "CHEESE!" just prior to the photograph being taken).

justin and zach

Tyler really enjoyed having his Florida cousins come for a nearly week-long visit. He had a great time running around with "Zachy" and often asked Justin to "come with me" while curling his fingers up in a follow me motion. Each morning he'd ask, "Where did Justin/Zach go?" and I'd have to assure him that the boys were still here and just sleeping. Tyler also loved trying on Zach's soccer flip flops.



And the oversized sweatshirts on the cousins, you ask? They forgot that Maryland is not Florida, didn't pack accordingly so they spent the week in Alex's sweatshirts!

34 weeks, 3 days

Jenna is situated much more like a ball in my belly, whereas Tyler was a little more spread left to right. Thankfully I've had little back pain since I started taking some precautions a couple of months ago. But I have started to get a little tired some evenings late in pregnancy which I didn't have with Tyler. Guess it is flip flopped since I was exhausted in early pregnancy with Tyler and not so with Jenna.

34 weeks

We are back at the doctor for another checkup. We got another peek at Jenna with new sonogram images. She has flipped and is now head down. We were also able to see her give us a big yawn while we were looking at the profile view. It is so amazing to see those little details and cute baby qualities prior to her arrival.

Columbia egg hunt

We took advantage of a free egg hunt for Columbia residents. There was a four-egg limit per child, so Tyler's hunt ended in about a minute and a half. But thankfully there was a great jungle gym with several slides. Tyler loved it despite the windy and chilly day.

baking cookies

A lesson for all bakers with small children: check that you have all the ingredients prior to promising your two-year-old that you will bake cookies! No eggs!? An unintentional April Fool's joke on myself. Not knowing my new neighbors' phone numbers and not interested in loading Tyler up in the car for a trip to the grocery store, Tyler and I walked to a neighbor's house (did I mention it was raining?) and borrowed an egg. Saved! We were successful at producing yummy cookies with minimal contamination from Tyler!