A Great day at the Zoo!

Yesterday Tyler and I went to the zoo with our friends, Brittany, Christopher, Chad and Seth. We found out after we had planed to go that there was going to be snow at the zoo. We left early in the morning and didn't get back until late afternoon. We got to see everything thanks to Tyler keeping us on schedule. He would say I want to see the monkeys and as soon as we came to a monkey he said ok more, come on everybody! We got to see them feeding a tiger and Tyler thought it was really cool. The kids loved playing in the snow except for Seth. We got to rid the carousel twice and Tyler wanted to rid the alligator like always but there is no alligator on this carousel, usually he throws a fit and sits on the bench but this time he wanted to ride the snake and then the turtle. When we were about to leave we went and rode the train around the park, the kids love it and get so excited. Tyler said his favorite thing was the spider and the bats.

Holidays are here!

December is going by fast! We have had tons of activities to keep us busy. This year for Hanukkah Tyler understood it a little better than last year. When daddy was lighting the candles and saying the pray, Tyler would try to say it with him, it was so cute. After the prayer every night Tyler would Scream Happy Hanukkah!!! He loved opening his presents and wanted to play them the second he opened them. He got spiderman matching game, candy land, shoots and ladders, Mickey's fishing game, Diego Dino wii game, Diego underwear, spiderman walkie talkies, cheetah stuffed animal and book to go with it and a chameleon stuffed animal and book to go with it. His favorite present was the Diego Dino wii game. He had so much fun playing it. It was the first time he ever played the wii and I didn't know how it was going to go but he did great! And you have to jump, run and roll around so he was burning energy :) He also loves his new stuffed animals and carries them around everywhere. He calls the cheetah baby Jaguar and calls the chameleon lizard. We also decorated Hanukkah cookies or should say Tyler ate the frosting while the cookies were in front of him. Then a few days later we had a playgroup cookie decorating and he actual got some frosting on the cookies:)

We had our annual Holiday playgroup party with families. Genevieve was kind enough to host again this year(even with a new born!) and we had so much fun! The kids went crazy and the parents got to catch up and enjoy yummy food.

Tyler-isms

Here are some of things Tyler is always saying...

because I didn't do anything

thats strange with a head tilt

How(How is all the time)

hello anybody here

where mommy, I've looked everywhere

Nooooooooooooo

I want to play something else

My friend, is that my friend mommy?

wait I not finished
I need butt cream
Don't hit me! (We never hit our son)
ooooo Monsters

What my do(what did I do?)

Snow in Houston

A couple of days ago it actually snowed here! I thought that there wouldn't be enough to really see it but there was a couple of inches, enough to make a little snow man! He thought it was a lot of fun to kick down the snowman. Tyler loved the snow and throwing snow balls at mommy

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Food for the people

When we were at Yia Yia and Papa's house their neighbors came by and asked for canned goods for a fundraiser they were having at school. Yia Yia told Tyler to come help and of course Tyler was super excited to help. He grabbed the cans and put them in the bag. After they left Tyler asked for more people to come. We had told him earlier that John and Jocelyn(Yia Yia and Papa's friends) were coming over to say hi to him. When they arrived he said hi and then ran to the pantry to get some cans of food. He handed them the food and we took it back. But he kept getting them more food, it was too cute and too funny!

Ice Skating with Yia Yia

When we went to Kansas Yia Yia took Tyler ice skating for the first time and he did so good. I was so impressed he was doing better then some of the older kids. The first time around he wanted to hold Yia Yia's hand and then once he got the hang of it he wanted to do it all by himself(holding on to the railing). Towards the end he was going from the rail to Yia Yia all by himself! I asked him what his favorite part was and of course he said falling down!!! He thought it was so funny when he fell and kept falling on purpose.

Playdate with Avery and Hannah

This is what happens when Tyler has a playdate with two girls....

We're Pregnant!

I know Most of you already know because I can't keep it a secrect but I just relizeded I never bloged about it. On My birthday, October 15th I had a doctors appointment. And the doctor confirmed that I was pregnat 5 weeks and 6 days! Here is a picture of the baby(very small)

Now I am 13 weeks pregnant and feeling great! I had a few days of feeling sick but for the most part I felt good. All I can think of now is if we are going to have a baby girl or a baby boy. Of course we will be happy we either. Most of you know I can't do surprises so it's all I think about :)

"When will there be a Doggie on the Moon?"

When Grrpa was here we went to the Houston Space Center. Tyler was really excited to see the spaceships. We went on the tour, which was 2 hours long and Tyler did great. We had to be quite at times and for the most part he was :) At the end of the tour Tyler asked the tour guide "when will there be a doggie on the moon?" of course I had to translate it but it was so cute! The guy said, umm I don't know, he could of made something up and go along with it but he didn't. So now when ever Tyler sees any adults, he asks them "when will there be a doggie on the moon?" Poor guy he is still waiting for an answer!

My little Dolphin!

On thursday Tyler had his last goldfish class on thursday. Ms. Sarah said she needs to move him up because he is so bored in her class and keeps jumping off the step and swimming to the other side(without permission! I wish I could go in there and yell at him to listen to ms. Sarah). Unfortunately, Ms Sarah only teaches one Dolphin class on monday at 12:30 and that didn't work well for our schedule so we had to get a new teacher Mr. Corey. After we scheduled our class we found out that Tyler's friend Alastair will be in his class, how fun :) Here is a copy of Tyler's certificate....

My little Bob Marley Fan

"Three Little Birds"

This song comes on all the time on Noggin and whenever it comes on Tyler will stop whatever he is doing and sing.

Kansas Trip 8/20-8/28

On thursday when we arrived in Kansas Papa was there to pick us up, Yia Yia was in Cedar Rapid, Iowa helping Todd with the kids since sadly Sabrina's mother passed away. The next day we drove to Cedar Rapids so we could see everyone and go to the welcome service for Todd at the Temple. Of course Tyler was super excited to see Noah and Gavi he loves hanging out with them. He also loves their new house, it is so big! There were so many hiding spots and hidden stairs that Tyler loved. That night Tyler did very well at the welcome service, considering they started at 7:00. The only problem is that he wanted to stay up there with Uncle Todd and Dance, of course everyone thought it was cute. He loves the attention. The next day we drove back to Kansas. On monday night we went to the baseball game. The Royals Stadium is so cool! They have a kid zone and it has a merry go round, a mini field so kids can hit the ball and run the bases, a splash pad, a playground and a mini golf. When I asked Tyler what his favorite thing was he said when it was Tylers turn to hit and run. After we played we went to sit down and watch some of the game. I guess Tyler is good luck because we were loosing by three when we sat down to watch and when we got up to leave to go home we were up by one. Of course once we got in the car and turned the game on we were loosing again. Here are some pictures from the park....

Another thing we did is go to Deanna Rose. This is Tyler's favorite place to go when we visit Yia Yia and Papa. This time we did stuff we had never done like a horse ride and feeding the baby goats a bottle. He had so much fun on the horse ride! Kids under 3 were not allowed to go on but we let Tyler and I just told him that he needs to hold on really tight. He had the biggest smile the whole time! When we were feeding the goats everytime Tyler had food they would all go to Tyler and try to get the food. He fed one to each of the goats and if one he had already fed tried to get more food from him he would say no, no , no and wave his finger at them. It was so cute he wanted to make sure all the goats got food. Here are some pictures...

Thanks Yia Yia and Papa for flying us there to visit!

I LOVE YOU TOO!

Every time I saw I love you to Tyler he looks at me and says I love you too with the sweetest voice! It melts my heart everytime, I love him so much!

Cute Pictures

Here are a few pictures of Tyler I had to put up because they are so cute!

At the zoo when it was 100 degrees out, that boy always wants to go to the zoo. We were all dripping in sweat, ewwww!

Tyler talking to his friend

Dressed for natalie's cowboy/cowgirl party

Tyler is the cutest cowboy ever!

4th of July 09

For the 4th of July we had everyone over for a barbecue. Even though we were not allowed to do fire works we did some small fireworks in the front yard. I had to put this picture up, Tyler looks like he is going to set himself on fire. He loved the fireworks!

Steamboat 6/14-6/20

For Harvey's birthday we all went to Steamboat, CO. It was kind of a shock going from Houston, Tx to Steamboat, CO. There was snow still on the top of the mountains and the day we arrived we had a hail storm! Of course I didn't pack the right clothes and I had to go out and buy a sweatshirt(which was good because it was cute!). We stayed at one of Donna and Harvey's good friends The Fry's House. It was so big, Everyone got their own room and we had plenty of space. Downstairs they had a theater room that we all watched the video that Brian and Todd had made for Harvey and it was great. Here is a link to the video http://gallery.me.com/rambir#100000 We went to a hot spring and it was so nice the water was so warm, we went on hikes and rode up the mountain on the gondola. One of Tyler's favorite things was to climb on the big rocks and there were so many around he ran from rock to rock. After we we went up the mountain on the gondola we had lunch and then hiked back down which was about four miles. We were hesitant to have Tyler hike down but he did great, well for the first two miles. He was a very polite hiker. Any time there was a stump or a rock in the middle of the hiking trail he would say be careful a rock. Then after two miles he got tired and said up please to(of course) me. He only wanted mommy to carry him. Everyone kept offering to hold him and he didn't even want daddy to hold him. So I after two miles of hiking had to hike another two mile down the mountain with a 34 lb toddler in my arms, boy were my arms really sore the next day! We also went to this place that had miniature gold and a maze. Tyler got a hole in one on his first hole all by himself but then got bored so he started crawling through the stuff on the holes. Then we had to go through a maze and it was timed and if you did it under a certain amount of time you got a prize. Thankfully Tyler wanted to switch to Daddy's arms(he had more hole punches then mommy) and they ran around and finished fast. Thanks Donna and Harvey for such a wonderful vacation!

Tyler keeping warm with dede(Mickey)

Tyler on one of the many rocks he climbed

Tyler doing a belly flop of the diving board

Tyler on another rock pointing at the waterfall(wrong way)

Tyler not letting one of Sunny's puppies go, he loves them!

Everyone hiking down the mountain

After Tyler got tired of hiking

The Thalblum Family!

Playgroup Camping Trip 5/29-5/31

Yes I am finally blogging! The end of May we had our playgroup camping trip and everyone loved it! When I first told Brian that we were going he didn't seem to excited, if his family had a choice of camping or a really nice hotel, they would choose the hotel. But once I got started talking about it and that we were going to stay in air conditioned cabins and it wasn't really camping he was ok. They were cute little cabins, two bunk beds with a full size on the bottom of one of the bunk beds. Each cabin had a cute little patio and picnic table and the bathrooms were close and clean. Tyler had a blast spending a whole weekend with friends. When he woke up in the morning he would start yelling Cole and Avery's name and would go outside and there they would be waiting to play. Jennifer and Bryan brought their boat and that made the trip even more fun. All the kids loved it, Tyler even went tubing with me and loved it. We went on a hike, went swimming in the lake, rode bikes, got really dirty and roasted marshmallows. It was so much fun and I hope we can do it again some day!