First ER Visit

So Tyler had his firt ER visit last week. Before I go on let me just reassure you that he's totally fine! I say first visit because I just have this feeling he's going to take after Ed and do lots of crazy things that might end up hurting him. . . . Anyway, the reason we went to the ER is that Tyler fell down the steps to the basement, all the way from the top. Sometimes our doors don't latch when you shut them, so they kind of bounce back open. This happened to the basement door last Friday. So Tyler saw that it was not latched, I guess, and opened it then went through. But he hasn't learned how to go down stairs yet (only up) so he ended up falling all the way to the bottom. One of those things - you turn away for a second and it happens. He seemed fine, just scared. But he had a bump on his forehead, so just in case we took him to the hospital to be checked out. 4 hours later, we were allowed to leave! They checked him out and said he seemed fine - he was acting normal and hadn't hurt his arms or legs or anything. Just to make sure there wasn't a head injury, we had to stay there for 3 hours for observation. The time actually went by relatively fast, and he did really well, which was suprising since he had no nap at all that day. We are friends with the previous owners of our house. Ironically, their daughter also fell down the stairs in the exact same way (she was also fine!) so they installed a little hook at the top of the door to make sure the door can't be pulled open. Needless to say, we've started to use that! Praise God nothing worse happened then a little bump on his head, it could have been a lot worse!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! Tyler loved his present!

And it starts . . .

Tyler is officially a climber! This is how I found him in his room this morning, when I was trying to get ready to head out for the day - if you can't tell, he knocked his clothes hamper on its side and is standing on it. I'll be honest, this makes me a little worried about what he'll be trying to climb next . . .

SNOW!!!!!

(sorry it's been awhile again!)

We got to enjoy the "white death" a little bit this morning - it was lots of fun!

Look who's walking!

A few weeks ago Tyler started walking. Now he is EVERYWHERE! He is loving walking. He also has become a rough & tumble boy, enjoying climing over you if you're sitting on the floor, climbing over the dog, climbing onto chairs and the chouch (sense a theme here), plus he really likes tickle wars and "wrestling". I think he's going to be an active boy!

We tried to take some fall pictures at the park behind our house . . .


He often tries to run, but can't quite balance yet.


He still likes to eat things he's not supposed to . . . (don't worry, I took the stick away after I took this picture)


Enjoying the wide open spaces


Closeup, haha

I'm so behind!

I'm so behind on this blog! A lot has happened since Oct 1!

We'll start with Tyler's 1st birthday on Oct 11. When he got up in the morning we gave him his present from us. He really liked it!

Later in the day we had a party at our house with lots of friends and family. The theme was Pirates, so we had a few pirate decorations plus some cookies I made!

Tyler got a lot of fun gifts and he LOVED his cake. At first he was confused, then he realized it taseted good, and then by the end he was two fisting it.

In October we also had a great time at a pumpkin farm, fun on halloween (although Tyler was mostly crying by the end of the night), and most recently Tyler began walking!! however I'm tired right now so I'll try to post some pictures from these events in the next few weeks.

The Best Yet Microwave Mug Cake

I found another great microwave cake recipe!! It's so easy and so good!

Mix 1 box of Angel Food Cake (you need this) with 1 box of any other cake mix you want. Store it in an airtight container.

When you want cake, mix 1/3 cup of the dry mix with 3 Tbs of water in a mug or small bowl. Microwave for 1 minute.

It is awesome! And healthy-ish :)