January happenings:)

Tyson is so much fun! He is very active and goes nonstop all day. He pulls up on everything he can and very easily now. He will even sometimes let go for a second and stand. He has figured out he can pull up on the tub and couch and walk down the side. The week we started back to school after Christmas, Tyson starting saying, "ma, ma, ma, ma." Now I am aware he does not know he is saying Mama but it sure does sound good:) I have been working really hard with him for a long time:)

My sweet man in his Dino PJs!

Ready for church in his Big Boy outfit!

Well after 6 weeks in a row of going to the doctor, Tyson got tubes on Tuesday, January 12th. He had been battling constant ear infections pretty much since October. Here is a picture of sweet Tyson before and after:) The surgery was quick and by later that afternoon he was great! He was babbling a lot more than before. However now he is not saying ,"ma, ma" as much but now more "b" sounds. Oh well:) I am just thankful to have him feeling better:)

Before- Bed head and taking his temp! How pitiful!

After- so tired! Resting with his dad!

Friday, January 15th Marc and I went to Steamboat Colorado and came back late Monday night. It was a quick weekend trip but so much fun. We went skiing, snowmobiling, played in the snow, swam in Hot Springs and actually got some great sleep too! Tyson spent the weekend with my parents in Philadelphia. Of course we missed Tyson so much and could not wait to see him Monday night but the trip was great!

Tyson went to his first soccer game to cheer on his Aunt Celeste and the Lady Bulldogs!

Happy New Year!

We had the best Christmas! I have loved having two weeks off with my sweet man. We have been in Philadelphia a lot with my family and spent Christmas Day with Marc's family. Tyson got lots of toys and fun things! Tyson has mastered pulling up now. He had pulled up a couple of times but now he is a pro. He is pulling up on everything he can. We have already had lots of nice bumps on the head.

Unfortunately, Tyson went to the Doctor again with his ears. This is our 6th week in a row to go to the doctor! Crazy!! I don't think I have been to the doctor 6 times in my life:) We have an appointment next week with an Ear doctor and I am sure he will end up getting tubes. Poor thing has had ear problems since October and because of this he really has a hard time sleeping at night.

On New Year's Eve for lunch some of my best friends came over with their little ones. We had a great time visiting and hanging out. Here are our sweet babies:)

Our small group came over New Year's Eve. Tyson decided to wake up at 11:30pm and would not go back to sleep so he got to join in the party:) Got to love the Bed Head:)

Tyson's First Christmas Pics:)

Merry Christmas!

I love the Holidays! We are having lots of fun around our house. Tyson is everywhere! Full speed crawling and into everything. I have never said, "No, No," so much in my life and it doesn't even help yet. Marc and I had a lot of fun Christmas shopping for Tyson the other night. He getting things like safety plugs, corner protectors for the coffee table and other exciting things! No, he of course is getting a couple of toys too! I know his favorite thing will be trying to eat the wrapping paper. One of his favorite toys right now is a plastic Solo cup. He will chase that cup all around the house. It is so funny!

Since my last post, Tyson has gotten his two bottom front teeth. We had alot happen in a week. Tyson started crawling, started sitting up by himself, pulled up on his bed so we had to lower it, and got two teeth. I feel like my sweet baby became a little boy in a couple of days!

Tyson loved Santa! He was laughing, playing with his beard and even tried to eat him:)

Tyson is ready to Hunt with Dad!

Can you tell Tyson loves Bath time?

My mom took pictures of us for our Christmas card and here are some of my favorites. We took most of these at my Nannie's house by the old barn.

Crawling just in time for the Christmas tree!

November has been a very busy month. Tyson had his 6 month check up and everything was great. He weighed 16 pounds and 14 ounces and 27 inches long. Tyson is sitting up really well now and still laughing and smiling all the time. Sleep however is a whole another story:) Since the ear infections and the time change Tyson is not sleeping great! He likes to get up a couple of times during the night and this makes mom and dad really tired! Luckily I have the best husband and we switch nights so at least we get sleep every other night. Hopefully this will pass soon and Tyson will learn what sleeping through the night means again:)

I am so thankful to have the week off! It is already off to a great start. Friday afternoon Tyson crawled for the first time and Marc and I were both here. It was so exciting. Now he is starting to really get into everything! Marc, Tyson and I had the best restful weekend and we really needed it! We stayed in our PJ's all day on Saturday!

My mom came in town yesterday and helped me decorate for Christmas. It looks great. I know it is a little early but so thankful that my mom came and put her creative touch on the house. Now we just have to get a tree! Don't think I can talk Marc into getting it this early:) He already thinks I am brainwashing Tyson by watching Christmas Movies on the Hallmark chanel in November ha!

We got our 6 month pics made by Amy Johnson...go to her site and check them out..

http://agjohnsonphotography.com/

Client Proofing and then click on Tyson

Here are a couple of pics I took of my sweet man:)

6 Months and Halloween:)

Tyson turned 6 months old last Friday! He is such a big boy now. He is starting to sit up by himself. He cannot crawl but can scoot backwards and twist and turn and will end up all over the floor. He is grabbing, pulling and into everything he can get his hands on....so much fun but so active:)

Look I can sit up:)

Poor thing has been sick for about 3 weeks with a cold and ear infection but is finally feeling better.

We had a fun Halloween. Halloween morning Marc and I did the YMCA 5K. Then we spent Halloween night with our friends Stacy and John David and their 1 month old John Wilder and Katie, Matt and Luke Humphreys.

October Fun:)

Wow! This has been a busy month already! Seems to be so much going on:) Tyson is such a little boy now! We went to the doctor yesterday because he has an ear infection...luckily it was minor. He weighs almost 17 pounds. He is so strong and active all the time! He can slide all over the floor. He is not crawling yet but will twist and turn until he gets what he wants. His sweet personality seems to get better and better everyday! He laughs and smiles constantly:)

Oct 2nd Tyson went to his first football game. We went to Philadelphia Homecoming to watch his big Cousin Makenzie cheer. He loved the game because there was so much to look at!

My Birthday was October 6th and thanks to Marc, Family,friends and my sweet class I had a great birthday week! It started with lunch with my family on Sunday, Tuesday-suprise party from kids, cupcakes sent to school from Marc's mom and sister, dinner with Marc and Tyson and Wednesday-dinner with Friends. I love birthday week! I seriously had 5 cakes! Everyone knows to me it is not a birthday without cake:)

Marc and Tyson did great on all my Birthday presents!

We took Tyson to his first MSU football game on Oct 10th. He went with us to cheer on the Bulldogs against Georgia. It was a beautiful day and we had so much fun. Tyson did great all day. We watched the walk through, the drum line and tailgated. However, when we got in the stadium and everyone started cheering his sweet bottom lip came out and he started screaming. It was funny. He could not take the cowbells and screaming of the fans. If you have been to a MSU game this year I think you will agree it is Loud...even louder than the past--Great Atmosphere! He was fine when we moved and sat in front of the stadium on the cement area. I guess the cowbells in his ears was just a little much:)

So many new fun pics to share...I decided to just make a slide show:)

5 months and Slept through the night!!!

Tyson turned 5 months old on Wednesday! He is changing so fast everyday! He is rolling and sliding around every where and really wants to sit up. We call it "6 inches." When he is laying flat he will lift his head and legs and hold them trying to get up. He should have abs of steel! His little back is getting so strong with very little support he can sit up. He trys to hold his bottle and loves eating his fruit:) Tyson has the best personality. He laughs and smiles all the time!

October is here and it has been exciting already....first of all the weather is great! Then it is our first Holiday and for those of you that know me...I love holidays:) On October 1st Tyson wore his pumpkin bib to daycare and slept in his Halloween PJs:) Marc told Tyson that I only wanted him so I could play dress up! That is not true, but I have to admit I was pretty excited to pull out the Fall gear:) Also on October 1st, Tyson slept through the night!! He had slept 6, 6 1/2 and even 7 hours one time but to Marc and I this was not sleeping through the night because we still had to get up between 3-4 to feed him. However last night Tyson went to sleep at 9:30pm and at 6:30am I had to wake him up to get him dressed for daycare! 9 hours!! You would have thought it was Christmas Morning. Marc and I were so excited we both went in there to check on him when we woke up:) I think there was even a few High 5's and we are not morning people:) I think it was his Halloween PJs, so he will be wearing these every night..ha!

We are taking Tyson to the MSU football game this weekend so more pics coming soon:)

Baby Dedication, 4 month check up, and more:)

A lot has happen since my last post...about two weeks ago Tyson started throwing up and we ended up taking him to the doctor because he would not take his bottles or Pedialyte. They just said he had the stomach bug. Poor thing second time to have the stomach bug and he is just 4 months old. He was sick for a couple of days and then finally got better:)


A week ago, Tyson had his 4 month checkup. He weighed 14 lbs and 8 ounces and was 25 1/2 inches long. His doctor said he looked great:)


Then last Thursday, I left Marc and Tyson home alone! I had my first girls trip since Tyson. A good friend of mine, that I teach with, got married at Seagrove and several of my teacher friends and I went. It was really hard to leave Tyson and I missed him badly but I think it was good for me:) We had a great trip! Marc was dad of the year while I was gone. His family was sweet to help out by picking Tyson up at Daycare and keeping him while Marc was at work but then the rest of the weekend Marc had him by himself. He did wonderful...I came home to a clean house, clean laundry, clean bottles, he took Tyson to church at 8:00 and went to the Grocery store! Wow, I was impresssed!


This Thursday night, Sept 17th was Baby Dedication at Pinelake. It was a very sweet service! Our family and some friends were there to help us celebrate! Here are some pics from the Dedication.



Time to start Fruits!! Tyson ate his first fruits last night. We started with Pears...no idea where to start but sounded like a good one:) He was not sure what to think about it but he got use to it and did even better today! How much fun is the scooping the remains off his face and then shoving it in again..ha!

















Tyson has mastered rolling over! He had rolled over a couple of times here and there since 3 months but this weekend he was a rolling machine! He will now go after toys he wants to play with and grab them! We have so much watching him grow and change every day:)

In my last post I mentioned our pics Amy Johnson took..here are a couple of the pics. The rest are on her website.

4 months!

Tyson turned 4 months old yesterday. Time flies! We got his four month pics made by Amy Johnson last Thursday. Go to her website http://www.agjohnsonphotography.com/index2.php

click on Client Proofing and the password is Tyson..check them out.

My sweet boy is turning into a little boy and not a baby anymore! He loves to laugh and smiles all the time. In the pictures he loved sucking his hand! We had a hard time getting his hand out of his mouth. You will also see pictures of Tyson sporting his MSU jersey his Uncle Richie, Aunt Tabby, Ethan, Makenzie and Macy gave him for Christmas and of course he has his own cow bell. He also has his Red Pumas on in a pic. It is hard to believe they already fit him. This was our first purchase for him when we found out we were having a boy. All of you that know Marc, knows that he loves gear:)

Marc went with his dad to Boston last weekend to watch the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox play. They had a great weekend and of course he brought Tyson back a Red Sox outfit.

Here is our new favorite toy! Tyson is amazed at all the gadgets. Tyson is only 4 months old and our house is already taken over by toys..crazy!

We are finally getting a little more sleep at night. Tyson is sleeping between 6 to 6 1/2 hours before waking up. Not sure if you call that sleeping through the night but it is better than 4 1/2 hours-5:) We are still looking forward to 7 or 8:) Luckily Marc and I take turns taking care of him at night now that we are both working. He sure likes to sleep more on Daddy's nights though..oh well:)

Tyson loves bath time! Had to get a picture in his cute robe before he out grew it.

Just some cute pics I took outside the other day!

16 weeks

Tyson is now 16 weeks old and is so much fun right now. He has the cutest smile and laugh. Poor thing will be tone deaf from all of my singing but you can get a big smile with "If you're Happy and you know it." Maybe he is just laughing at my singing!:)

I am back at work full force! The beginning of the year is so busy! My mom came Monday and stayed until Tuesday. We love her coming!! Tyson got to skip daycare and I worked late. This is my 11th year to teach and my first year to leave at 3:00 every day. I love leaving and picking him up everyday it is such a treat! However, it is hard to get everything done by 3:00 so it was nice to work late for two days and get caught up a little. By the way..I have a really sweet class this year and I am looking forward to a great year with these sweet kids:)

Last Saturday, Marc, Tyson and I went to Belhaven nights with my friend Chrissy and her Boyfriend Andrew (I set them up and did a great job I must add:) We had a blast!

Last Sunday we took Tyson to childcare at Pinelake for the 1st time. We had been sitting in the Den at church. I was a little sad about leaving him but felt so relieved when Julie Byrd, who I work with, and Nikki Dearman, I taught her daughter at school, were both in there! I knew Tyson was in great hands!

Looking good in my Sunday outfit!

A new favorite..flying with Dad! Tyson will laugh so hard when Marc holds him up and acts like he is flying. Check out our Camo shorts...he is so cool to be so young..ha!

Here is Tyson in his sweet Soccer outfit. It has Bryant on the back! Thanks Kathy Gibbs! She brought us our first real soccer ball too:)

Just so cute had to share....

Catching up....

Well, my last post was quickly posted in between coming home from the Fair and heading to school to work in my classroom so now that I have a little time today I want to catch you up:)

We have a lot happen over the last few weeks. Tyson had his first spend the night party with his Mamaw! Marc and I wanted to go to Fairhope to the funeral of Anna Todd so my sweet mom met me in Carthage late one afternoon..the first of many hand offs I am sure:) and Tyson spent the night with her. I cried of course. Not that I did not trust mom but just that it was the first time for me to really be away from him in 12 weeks or longer than that because I carried him around for 9 months:) I survived and of course Tyson was fine! Marc and I came back through Philadelphia the next day on our way back from Fairhope and picked him up. It was the best feeling seeing him that day!
Here is a pic of his first trip with Mamaw:)

Later that same week was Marc's Birthday! We celebrated with a family picnic at the reservoir.

This same night Tyson rolled over from his Tummy to his back and we caught it on the Video Camera! We could tell he was trying to roll over so Marc was coaching him and I was cheering when it finally happened I screamed and scared Tyson to death!

We were at the Neshoba County Fair from July 24-August 1st! Here is a slide show of Tyson's first Fair:) He was the hit of the Cabin!

We got back from the Fair Sat. August 1st and that afternoon Marc, Tyson and I headed to my school to work in my classroom! Then on Sunday my mom came to help me get my room ready. On Sunday and Monday Tyson started to not feel well. He had an upset Stomach so luckily my mom was here to keep him on Monday as I headed back to school. Yes, I cried a lot the first day! I love my job but it was really sad knowing that my time home with Tyson every day was over. Monday his stomach got worse so Tuesday morning we took Tyson to the doctor. Basically they just said he had a virus. He was still sick most of the week so my mom stayed and kept him! I wish she could keep him everyday. It was much easier going to work knowing my mom was here and she really spoiled Marc and I all week. I would come home every afternoon and she would show me what new trick she and Tyson had worked on! She is amazing and I love her being retired!

Thursday night was Meet the Teacher night at my school so I met my new kids...Really excited about my new class! Thursday night mom went back home. Our household was very sad she left but appreciated her staying with us for a week. We could not have made it without her! Friday morning Tyson went to his sitter for the first day! Of course he did fine and I was very proud of myself for not crying Friday at all! Mrs. Kathy was so sweet and even called me twice to update me on how he was doing!

Tyson going to the Sitter for the first day!

Friday night Tyson started running fever and ran fever off and on all weekend and still had a little bit of stomach issues but today he seems to be doing better so we will see what the week holds:)

Tyson is getting so strong and starting to have a lot more control over his Head. He can lift up pretty well and even sit in his bumbo! He laughs all the time and makes the cutest screaming noises when he gets excited!

He is looking at himself in the mirror:)

Sweetest Smile ever! He smiles and laughs all the time!

Tyson 3 months and Neshoba County Fair

We are back from 9 days at the Neshoba County Fair! Tyson was a good Fair baby:) I think he gained a pound last week and I know that I gained a couple too...so much good food! It was a rainy fair but we still had a blast. This was the first year in our new 3 story cabin. Tyson had fun hanging out with all his cousins and family and I loved all the help! It is so fun to be with all my family for a week and to have so many close friends in cabins near by. Marc could not let us leave him for a whole week:) He was there for the weekend and did the Heart of Dixie Triathlon and then came back on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Marc did great in the Triathlon and we were so proud of him!



On Thursday Tyson turned 3 months old. These 3 months have gone by so so fast! He is growing so much and changing every day. His little personality is developing and it is so sweet. On Monday, I go back to work..I am sad because I will miss being home with Tyson every day but I am so blessed to have had these 3 months with him. I love being a mom:) My sweet mom is going to come for the first two days to help me get adjusted and then on Wednesday Tyson will go to Mrs. Kathy's for the first day! That will be a hard day but I know she will take good care of him and I will be running at the door after school to pick him up!

pics coming soon:)

Prayer for the Cheneys

In an earlier post, I ask for your prayers for the Cheney family. Todd and Joni's sweet 4 month old daughter Anna Todd passed away on Friday. Please lift this family up in prayer! If you know Joni and Todd or their family and would like to do something in memory of Anna Todd.. they have created a memorial fund.

Anna Todd Memorial Fund
Faith Baptist Church
8105 Co. Rd. 32
Fairhope, Alabama 36533
251-990-4442

More Summer fun:)

Please pray for my friend Joni Cheney's little girl Anna Todd. She is in the ICU in Mobile and needs lots of prayers!!

Well summer is quickly coming to an end and it makes me so sad. I go back to work on August 3rd and that will be a very sad day:) But until then I am enjoying every minute with this sweet little one. Since I last posted Tyson and I went to Philadelphia for about 5 days and while there went to Hattiesburg to my cousin Jon's wedding and then to Starkville another day with my mom, sister-n-law and nieces to eat lunch with my dad and see his office. We of course hit the Lodge and had to get Tyson a new MSU outfit!! Marc came to Philly for a couple of days too over the weekend...we can't stay away to long from daddy:)

Tyson is laughing and smiling a lot now. He also can make the best frown I have ever seen...I am sure this will help him get his way in the future:) He loves looking around and his play mat is his favorite. He is a busy little guy to only be 11 weeks old. He loves to keep those arms and legs moving. His new favorite thing is clasping his hands together.

Here are some new pics and yes, Tyson still looks just like his dad:) Good thing I married a cute guy:)

Beach and 3 year anniversary!

Tyson had his first beach trip and long road trip this weekend. We went to Orange Beach with Marc's family for the 4th. Tyson did great in the car. He slept most of the way and was a great traveler. We had a great weekend at the beach. The weather was wonderful. Tyson stayed in the room most of the time with Marc's parents but he did make a beach appearance in the late afternoon when it had cooled off some. Thanks to Marc's parents for letting Marc and I relax and have fun in the sun:)

How cool is he in his shades:)

Had to at least let his sweet feet touch the sand! His mom is a beach bum so he really needs to like the beach too!

This Wednesday will be Marc and I's 3 year anniversary! I am so thankful that God blessed me with such a wonderful husband and now an amazing dad. Marc was worth waiting 30 years for and I am so glad that God's plans are so much bigger than mine. We have had a great 3 years and I look forward to many many more:) I love you Marc!!