7 Months Old!!!

Tyler, you were 7 months old yesterday, August 28. WowI feel like I justwrote your six mo post. We had such a great summer! You have grown so much and changed so much since the beginning of the summer! I am so thankful to have had it spent with you to see you go through so many changes! You weigh about17 pounds. You love to eat, your bottle is still your favorite, but you do a good job of eating solids too. Anytime you see us with food or a drink, you want it! You eat a 7 oz. bottle when you wake up in the morning, anywherefrom 6-7. You usually go about 3 hrs and have cereal with fruit mixed in with a 4 oz. bottle. Then about 4 hrs. later you either get a 7 ozbottle or if home with me I give you 6 tblsp og veggies with 4 oz. and same for your evening feeding. You usually get a 7 oz bottle before bed. You have been going to bed about 9-10 every night for the last several weeks since I have been back to school. Your favorite fruits are All of them...pears, apples, peaches, we have layed off the bananas bc I think they were making you constipated! Your veggies you like are peas, sweet pot, broccoli, squash...ones you are so so about are green beans, cauliflower, corn. It is nice That Imake your food so it is easy to mix them! I love making your food! It is actually really fun! We let you try drinking water out of your sippy cup a few times and you have done pretty well. Still getting the hang of it.

You are quite busy these days! Constantly on the move! Crawling everywhere and standing up! You have gotten real brave and let go when standing...ahhh! We have already had a bruise from the sitter when you lost your balance! You still love to jump. You like to laugh at yourself and are starting to jabber more and more. Sometimes we can get you to mimic dada. You have also figured out how to walk along things like the couch! I am telling ya...you are nonstop! You love phones, cords, outlets, remotes...basically all that youre not supposed to!

You went to the sitter for the first time, somewhere other than family! So hard on me and unfortunately I think you too! On the first day Iicked you up, I think you were in shock, the second day was terrible! When I picked you up, I could tell you had been crying bc u were trying to catch your breath. I barely got out the door with you before I broke down in tears! I hated to see you so upset! Thankfully last week was much better...hopefully just getting used to new surroundings! I really hope youll make friends there with Peyton, your sitter Carrie Ford's little girl and Kinley, Mandi Povolish little girl. They go there with you. You go two days a week and are with gma donna three days.

You still sleep all night, only wake when you want your pacifier back in. You dontsleep the best when not at home though. You nap for at least an hour morning and afternoon, sometimes some catnaps in between.

You went to your first Hornet event...the football soda scrimmage. Uncle Braedon is a senior and playing. You also made your second trip to visit your cousins in St charles....we are looking forward to celebrating their first bday next month! You also went shopping with Gram Kania and I. You did real good! You thought you were hilarious in the dressing room mirror!

Tyler, We love watching you grow and develop...still no teeth.ha! But you chew and chew and drool and drool...but none yet!

Thank you for bringing your daddy and I so much joy! You make us smile and laugh all the time! Cant imagine life without you! I understand unconditional love for sure! we love you so much words cannot express! You are our world and such a blessing! We love you Tyler Marie!

6 months old!

Tyler, you were six months old on July 28th! How has it been a half of a year already?!?! You have accomplished so much already and just amaze us each day! We went for your six month dr appt. and you weighed right at 16 pounds...60 th percentile and were 26 inches long...98 th percentile! You are such a busy girl! You are crawling everywhere and stand up every chance you can get. Youstarted pulling up on our ottoman at home several weeks ago and now you act like it is no big deal and make it look so easy! You are so happy and proud when you pull yourself up! Now we are working on getting back down! Nothing is safe in the house...I am a nervous wreck al the time! You are also still quite the night owl. Getting you to bed before 11is an accomplishment! Maybe when I go back to school you will be more scheduled, but As crazy asit sounds, I am not looking forward to that at ALL! I am going to miss you so much it makes me sick to think about! You will be goingto a sitter two days a week and with grandma. Donna three days. I am gzoing to work to give you everything I want to give you and spoil you with....it is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I talked your daddy into letting me hire someone to clean our house! Yea! Since I will be awayfrom you all day, I dont want to waste time scrubbing floors etc. in the evening or on the weekends when I can be with you and daddy! I am so excited he agreed...it is going to help so much and relieve just that stress and make me feel so good you are crawling around on clean floors!

I had the best birthday this year because you were with me. We went to St. Louis for the day. We started out with breakfast in the CWE at Crepes Etc. Daddy and I loved going there when we lived in St. Louis. You were so good the whole day?, We then decided to take you to the zoo for the first time. Itwas rEally hot, so we tried to see all animals that were inside! We took you out of your stroller so you could watch the animals...the first you noticed was a toucan. We look forward to many fun times in St. Louis wih you! Wemade a trip to the mall and then to Trader Joes and then got Pei Wei to go and took it to Kerry and Joshs for dinner. Best Birthday ever spent with you and Daddy!

We have been on vacation this week in Branson. We have had a great time so far. We are here with gram, Aunt Lindsay. Aunt Jessica, Uncle Mike, Cousins Ethan and Alex. Also down here at the same time as us is Gary, Mrilyn, Craig, Mary Beth, Colt and Jaxon. We have a. beautiful condo right on table rock lake...awesome view from our place! It has a greT pool..zero entry so its perfect fr you little ones to sit and splash! Yesterday, we went witb everyone to see Noah the musical. You did pretty good...we were able to stand with you if needed at times on the side so that was nice! We wentand ate on a floating restaurNt and walked along Branson Landing. Today we spent the day at Big Cedar Lodge where they had a lazy river, a kiddie pool, a water slide, and an indoor pool. You loved lazy river and the indoor pool! Mommy and Daddy enjoyed a few slides down tzhe water slide...big kids again! We came home and odrered pizza..yum! Tomorrow is our last day here...boo...just spending the day in our pool here. Then Sunday it is back to reality...I am in DENiAL! There will be tears shed this week I know...Daddy better be ready ha!

We are so proud of you Miss Tyler Marie! You amaze us everyday and make us love you more and more, but it is so easy! We. cant wait to see what the next six months will bring! We love you with all of our hearts! You are a complete joy in our life!