Crawling up the stairs

Tyler crawled up the stairs for the first time on Friday. Dad, Madison, and I were upstairs looking and something and I went to check on Tyler downstairs and he had crawled up a few of the stairs on his own. I stood behind him as he crawled up the rest of his stairs on his own. I'm so proud of him. It's pretty scary though. I'm glad he's learning to get around more. I think it's going to be real soon when he starts walking. He's can already stand on his own with the support of the couch or walls. (I actually can't wait til he starts walking because he's starting to get pretty heavy to carry all the time.)

Fourth of July FUN!!

For the Fourth of July we went with Mom and Dad and Brian, Krista, and Madison to Idaho Falls. We went to the parade first. It was fun to watch Madison get all the candy that was thrown at her. Tyler wasn't into the parade very much. He mostly just tried to eat my water bottle and would try to eat the flyers that people handed out. After the parade we went to Grandma's house and had a brunch. She made corn chowder. It was awesome. I want the recipe. After that we did a little shopping in the 'big city.' Then we were off to Julie and Brads. The barbeque that Brad prepared was so delicious. The meat was to die for. I loved the pork and all the fresh fruit that was there. And being around family was fun. I loved just catching up and seeing what everyone was up to. When we returned to Pocatello, Cory and I went to his parents house and watched the fireworks from their back yard. They didn't start until like 11:00 p.m. because it was windy. Tyler slept through them all. I can't believe it because they were so loud. After the fireworks we played a few games with Cory's family. We didn't even get home until 1:30 a.m. What a late night? It was fun though.

Tyler and Christopher fighting over a brush.

All Tyler wants to do is eat Christopher.

This is the only picture we took of Grandma.

We tried to get Connie to sit back when we took the picture, but she just wouldn't have it.

Nice picture of Mom.

Dad and Linda hanging out.

Krista giving us her chessiest grin.

Brian is exausted from the busy day.

Cute Dreydon on his three-wheeler.

Happy 4th of JULY!!!

Swimming at Ross Park

Last week was so hot here that we decided to go swimming at the Ross Park Aquatic Center. It was pretty fun. They have a normal swimming pool, a lazy river, water slides, and a kiddie pool play area. At first Tyler hated it. But, once he got used to the water and temperature he loved it. He would splash and splash and clap his hands together and laugh. My favorite part was the lazy river. It was fun just floating on an inner tube in the sun.

Me and Ty in the normal pool.

What a handsome pair!!

We forgot a change of clothes for Tyler so he had to ride home in just his diaper. I thought he looked cute in his car seat.

We're on to You!

From BabyBlues

Tyler can stand on his own!

I think we're in trouble now. Tyler can stand on his own. AHHHH!!!! I think we'd better baby proof our house finally. Oh nooooo. It's probably going to be in no time when he can walk...ahhh.

Tyler and Cory

Here's Cory trying to teach Tyler how to walk. He's getting pretty good at crawling and can stand up on his own while holding onto the couch. He'll even try to crawl up the stairs which is kind of scary for me to watch.

Uh-Oh

Tyler is getting bigger and bigger. Now that he's learned how to crawl, he wants to start standing. He's into everything, including all of Cory's computer wires. I think it's time to move the computer out of Ty's room and into the basement.

June's cake and Peurto Rico

Our friends, the Hill's, are in town from Houston, Texas so I made them the Martha's June cake and they taught us a new game called Puerto Rico. It's a strategy game (which Cory and I like), and it's soooo much fun. It's kind of hard to explain how to play, but if you ever get the chance to play it, I highly recommend that you do. I think I'm going to by it at www.funagain.com, then we can teach the whole family how to play. It's kind of like Settlers, but different. It is fun though.

How does everyone like my pie plate? I don't have a cake stand, so I flipped a glass pie pan upside down and used it as one so that my cake could look beautiful.

We had so much cake left-over that we invited Krista and Madison over to try it. Krista said she didn't know if she was going to make it. We didn't add as much flour as teh directions said, which made the cake dense and fudg-like. It did have a wierd texture though. We all loved the frosting though. We thought it was the best part of the cake.

GET YOUR OWN BOX!

"Yummmm, I like the box."

"Don't even think about it."

Tyler 's favorite toy

This round block is one of Tyler's favorite toys. It's just a circular long block. If this toy is on the other sideo fo the room and all his other toys are layed out, he's crawl past his other toys and get this toy. It's pretty cute. He just loves his round block.