Tyler in his new outfit

What a cute little grin!

Just being mellow.

Getting distracted by the TV something more interesting than the camera.

The other day I was looking for something cute that Tyler could wear because he is growing out of all of his clothes. He's pretty much out of his size 3-6 mo and everything that we have that is 6-9 mo is spring and summery and it's a bit too cold for those yet. So I took this outfit out and tried it on him. And, lo and behold, it fits wonderfully. The tag says it's 12 months, but I think the size is off. Doesn't he look so handsome?? I did try on another 12 mo. outfit that was wintery but it was too big. Tyler is just a funny size. I just love this shirt on him. What a cutie!?

Truffles!

Chocolate ready to get melted.

The double boiler is working wonderfully.

My precious...chocolate. (Or, me being a dork!)

Cory and Ty hanging out while I make Valentines Day truffles.

This is what they look like after they have formed...pretty ugly huh!

Melting milk chocolate for the coating...the chocolate melter also works magnificently.

Yummy truffles covered in coconut, peanuts, and a mixture of cocoa and powdered sugar.

The other day we were watching Alton Brown on the Food Network and he made truffles. We thought they looked really good and easy. Boy, were we wrong. They took us like 3 days to make. They do taste good though. We first made the ganache. Then we let it sit overnight. The next day we took a melon baller and used it to cut circular balls out of the ganche. And then tonight we finally coated and finished the dang things. We're going to take them to S.L.C. this weeked to share with our family at our nieces baby blessing. Cory's sister asked us to bring dessert...(I think we're going to have the best dessert out of everyone.) They are pretty tasty. I recommend that you try this once, just for the experience, but again, it was very time consuming and messy. Don't they look so good though!!!?

I like rice cereal now!!

Well everyone, Tyler loves his rice cereal now. It took a few weeks for him to really like it. Now he can't get enough of it and I don't give it to him fast enough. But, everytime I give it to him it makes a huge mess because Tyler likes to grab the spoon and he tries to feed himself with it. Then in between spoonfuls he tries to suck on his hand so the rice ends up getting everywhere. I'm just glad he'll take it now though.

Buddah Baby!!

This is my favorite picture of Tyler in the chinese outfit. I like how he is showing off his belly...like a true buddah.

Tyler doesn't have good balance yet....so he is starting to slide down in this picture.

What cute little fat rolls.

Rub my bellly for good luck.

I love my new outfit.

Hurry up and take the picture...I can't sit here forever.

This week Tyler recieved a package from Taiwan. Inside was this adorable little Chinese outfit. Now Tyler is our own little Buddah baby....doesn't he look so cute. Thanks Brian and Krista. We love the outfit. It's a little big, but Tyler is going to keep growing.

Cute pictures

I like being naked.

Funny smile.

Sorry about the blurry picture....it's a cute one though.

Rice cereal

What is this??

I don't know how I feel about this!!

Here it comes.....!

Dribble..Dribble!!

"NO, I don't like that at all."

So lately we've been trying to introduce rice cereal to Tyler. As you can see, it isn't going very well. We tried putting it in his bottle a few days ago, but we made it too thick and after ten minutes of sucking, he hardly got any out. Tonight we decided to try spoon feeding it to him. Needless to say, it didn't go too well as you can see by the pictures. We'll keep trying though.

Car seat cover

This is the car seat cover that I made for Tyler. It's a bit bright, but I loved the material and it keeps the wind, rain, and snow out of Tylers face. It only took like 2 hours to make. It was really easy. This only cost me $7 to make. We sell them in the store I work at for $25....maybe I can make them for some profit......that would be cool!!

Tyler

Just thought I'd post a new picture of Tyler, so here he is in the new pj's Angie made for him.

4 month check-up

Tyler had his four month check-up yesterday. Are you guys ready for this....Tyler is a whopping 20.8 pounds and 26 inches long. What a healthy sized boy!!?? He really made the Doctor proud. Tyler is off the charts. The doctor even said that he hasn't seen very many Gerber babies and that Tyler reminded him of a Gerber baby. What a cutie pie!! Tyler has sure grown a lot the past few months. He is really starting to focus on objects...especially his mom. He also really likes the Baby Einstien videos. Tyler loves putting his hands in his mouth and it frustrates us because we're always trying to get him to not suck on his hands. The other night when Cory went to check on him, Tyler had both of his thumbs in his mouth. Tyler is such a happy boy. He's smiles at everyone and everything which just makes our hearts melt. I also think that he's trying to figure out how to laugh. It so cute. We really are proud parents and are so happy that Tyler is a part of our lives.

A birthday accident

Well this week has been quite busy for us. It was our birthday's. Cory's is on the 16th and mine is on the 18th so we usually have a 'date' on the 17th. This year Cory decided to make us a nice, romantic dinner. I was upstairs talking on the phone with Jenni and when I went downstairs to see how Cory was doing, he was sitting on the couch with tissue wrapped around his finger. I asked if he had cut himself and he said yes. So I looked at his finger (which was bleeding like crazy) and after that one glance, I told Cory to put the food away while I packed Tyler up. Yes, we were on our way to Urgent Care. In the car Cory told me that he was cutting through an Avocado when the accident occured. (Note: It happened 20 or so minutes before I even went downstairs.) We got to Urgent Care around 6:00 p.m. and we left around 8:00 p.m. Cory ended up having to get 6 stiches in his index finger. (Another note: which makes this story even funnier....I had just given Cory this Knife for his birhtday the day before.)

How nasty!!

Even nastier.

Cory and the culprit.

Gross!!