It's your destiny

I've decided lately that Tyler is destined for a few things . . .

First, to be a picky eater . . . both Ed and I were picky eaters when we were younger. We still are pretty picker, though I am constantly expanding my horizons, especially in the fresh fruit and vegetable area. We have been trying to give Tyler solids for the last month, with little success. I'm not too worried, because he's not 6 months yet and I don't think he really needs solids (plus solids add a lot more work to meal times that I don't think I'm ready for yet!). But we've tried rice cereal, oatmeal, carrots, sweet potatos, and prunes. So far the only thing he has actually opened his mouth for because he wants to eat it is sweet potatos - which makes me think he's going to be picky! I haven't tried fruits yet, because I've heard that if you start them with sweet foods they'll never want the veggies. We'll see. we are approaching a time where I think we'll need to try harder to get him to eat them.

Second, to be a nerd . . . as most of you know, I like science (though I don't think I'm that nerdy!). But as you may or may not know, my dad also enjoys science very much. So I learned today that my dad has been singing his thermodynamics song to Tyler. There is no hope . . .

Hopefully he's also destined for other things, like to grow up knowing and loving God, to be a good friend, among many others!

That's just the way I roll . . .

Tyler started rolling over a little while ago! Now he loves it - he just rolls back and forth, it's really funny. Here is an action shot

Weight Check

It's funny how at this point in my life I worry a lot about losing weight, but for Tyler we worry a lot about him gaining weight. We had his 4 month check up a couple of weeks ago and he was 13lbs, which means he only gained 0.5lbs between 2 and 4 months. Other than that, he is perfectly healthy and developing well! The doctor was concerned about his weight gain, though, so we've had to start supplementing him with formula. We took him back to the doctor Monday to get him weighed again and he was 14lbs 4oz. The doctor was happy with that, and we go back for his 6month check up in 6 weeks. It's crazy how fast time is going! Here are some recent pictures for your enjoyment . . .

10 Minute Microwave Cake

So in my quest for easy desserts I've come across another great one! (see mug cake). This is also from a Young Life girl. All you do is mix together 1 box of cake mix with 1 12oz can of pop (it should be one you just open so it has all the carbonation, and it should not be diet). Mix them together well and put in a microwave safe pan. Microwave on high for 10 minutes and you're done - you'll have an amazingly moist and delicious cake! It's amazing!

Tyler is 4 months!

Tyler is 4 months old now, so we decided to try some rice cereal. He was kind of in shock of it, I think, since it was something totally different from what he is used to. He really didn't seem to like it at all, so we also tried oatmeal (which on a side note, I've really been on an oatmeal kick lately too!). He seemed to like the oatmeal marginally better. Here is a cute video of him trying the oatmeal today. We're also trying to get him to like formula, since we might start supplementing him with formula during the day while I work. That has not worked well at all - even when we make a mixture of 1/4 formula, 3/4 breastmilk, he can tell and absolutely refuses to drink it! I think he's going to be picky . . . I'm a little worried about trying to get him to eat vegetables. ;)

Vacation 2

Vacation

We went on vacation last week to Salt Lake City to go skiing at Deer Valley. All in all it was a very fun - but very tiring - vacation! We flew out of Indy, with a layover in Denver - that made the travel very long - almost a 13 hour day in total. Tyler did awesome on the plane - he didn't really seem affected at all by the changes in pressure with taking off and landing, and he basically just slept the whole time. I wish I could do that! I still get scared of planes so I found it very stressful to be flying, but we made it with no issues, thankfully! Well, we had one issue - we left my ski jacket on the first plane. So my coat went to Seattle while we went to Salt Lake. We remembered we left the coat on the plane, so once we got to Salt Lake we talked to the baggage people and they were actually able to send it back from Seattle to Salt Lake on another plane. Good job SouthWest! Once in Salt Lake we skiid for 3 days at Deer Valley. It was awesome! I haven't been skiing in 2 years, I couldn't go last year since I was pregnant with Tyler. The weather was beautiful - clear blue skies and in the 30s, which is great skiing weather. We stayed with Ed's Aunt, Uncle, and cousin from St. Louis, which was fun. After 3 days of fun, we flew back Monday. Sadly, I had to go into work Tuesday morning. :( I had a lot of pictures so I attempted to make a slideshow below.