Zoo Day

Tyson is involved in a little learning group where we are learning the alphabet. Well since we we near the end of the alphabet we thought it would be fun to take them to Hogle Zoo. It was also free zoo day which made it even better. They had so much fun and it was actually quite a nice day for being the end of November. It was fun to have a mommy-son date and focus all my attention on him. Tyson said his favorites were the Tigers and giraffes.

Eliza at One Year Old

My Baby Girl is One

I can't believe how fast this past year has gone by and now my little girl is one. Here are some fun facts about her.

-She weighs 16 pounds (1%)

-She is 28 inches tall (17%)

-Wears 6-9 month clothing and some 12 month clothes

-Is in size 3 diapers

-She walks along furniture (doesn't really care to walk on her own yet)

-She plays peek-a-boo, waves, claps

-Her favorite song is Wheels on the Bus and will sing it with you

-She loves books and tysons tools and cars

-Loves her brother and expecially to have screaming matches with him

-Loves her baths again

-Is a picky eater.

-Loves bread, crackers, juice, oranges, yogurt

-Favorite meal is grilled cheese sandwiches

-does not like hot dogs, pears, applesauce to name a few

-Is a momma's girl

-says mamma and dadda

-Has 5 teeth (soon to be 8)

-Is a great sleeper. Takes one 3 hour nap and goes to bed about 8 and sleeps till 7:30.

-Does not like to hold still

-Loves the dishwasher and as soon as she hears it open she hurries on over and could play there for hours.

-Follows me everywhere

We love our Eliza girl and so glad she is a part of our family.

Happy 1st Birthday Eliza

We had a fun little party for Eliza on her birthday. We had lots of family over and lots of fun. I made her cake which is always fun for me and she had fun tearing into the cupcake and opening her presents (or better yet playing with the paper).

On your mark...Get set...Go!

We got Eliza a new car seat and it is always fun to make something with a big box like that so we made Tyson a racetrack. Mike made him a racetrack with a tunnel and then I made him a new and improved race track...I painted it. Tyson loves it and has a lot of fun playing with it.

Happy Birthday Mike!

For Mike's Birthday he requested bacon cheeseburgers and onion rings. We have mastered an onion ring recipe and they are so good. He also requested a peach cobbler for his "cake". It was also very good. The kids and I took him some balloons and treats to his work and surprised him. The next weekend we went to the mall and picked out some new tennis shoes for his birthday present. We love you and happy birthday.

Kids...Kids...Kids

This morning Ty got the blankets and pillows fraom his couch and bed, also his monkey and elephant and oh can't forget the rugs and made himself a little bed and pretended to go to sleep.


This was Tyson's next action of the day. He first took the mattress off his bed then took all his toys that he has and his chair and put them all on his bed. Yes, I am talking about EVERY single toy that we own plus some books. I didn't see it until the damage was done. Him and Eliza were playing so quitely that I just took advantage of it and walked in on this. And Eliza just sat and cheered him on. Then I did have him help me clean it all up. Kids...Kids...Kids.