Turning 3!!!

I can't believe my baby is already 3! Tyler had 3 celebrations for turning 3. On friday we started his birthday off with a dinner with friends. Every month a few of us get together for dinner since our husbands work nights. Since it was almost Tyler's birthday Miss Brittany made cupcakes. All the boys brought their stuffed puppies and we made it into a puppy party! The boys had a blast which they always do when they get together.

Then on Sunday we all went to the zoo for his actual birthday. Yia Yia and Papa drove down on Saturday to celebrate his birthday. I asked Tyler what he wanted to do on his birthday and of course without hesitation he yelled go to the zoo. That boy loves the zoo and he would go everyday if he could. It was Daddy's, Yia Yia's, and Papa's first trip to the Houston zoo so Tyler made sure to show them everything. While Tyler was napping, Yia Yia and I made a spiderman birthday cake for Tyler. He was so excited when he saw it and just kept singing the spiderman song over and over again.

Then today was his birthday party with all his friends at Chuck E Cheese. All last week he was so excited. I kept telling him that your party is on Tuesday and he would ask me if it was Tuesday yet. My friend Ella made Tyler's cake and it turned out great! Tyler and his friends had a wonderful time playing games, eating and playing with Chuck E Cheese.

Happy Birthday Tyler!!!!!!!!!

It's a Girl!!!

Today I had a doctors appointment and I didn't expect to get an ultrasound, My doctor told me that I would get one when I was 20 weeks. I am a little over 18 weeks now and so when she said lets just get an ultrasound today I was super excited! Anyone who knows me, knows that I was dying to know what I was having from the minute I found I was pregnant. With this baby I am feeling A LOT of movement. Tyler didn't move that much or I just didn't notice. So from that I just assumed I was having a boy. I have one toddler who is jumping and running in circles and another one in my tummy! They both have a lot of energy :) Well I was surprised to find out that its a girl in there! The pictures arn't that clear because this girl was all over the place! When I had Tyler's ultrasound it was very clear he just laid there sucking his thumb.

Introducing Samantha Josephine Thalblum.....

It's cold in Kansas

We just had our first road trip in our new van to Kansas. We had so much room!!! Tyler did great he watched movie after movie. Everytime I go to Kansas I say I hope it snows and then it doesn't and we go home and two days later it snows. Be careful what you wish for! It snowed the whole time we were there and it was so cold! Tyler loved the snow. He loved to walk in it and just sink to the ground. Everytime we went out side we had to really bundle up, one of the warm days was 16 degrees! Brrrrr We still got to have lots of fun!

Tyler's first Tattoo....

It stays on for 3-5 days, he loves showing it off

Tyler's Basket....

Tyler usually likes me to carry him up and down the stairs. Pretty soon I wont be able to and I shouldn't lift that much weight(my boy weighs 35 pounds!) So I started telling Tyler to come down the stairs by himself. The first two times it worked great! Then he started bringing more and more stuffed animals down with him(He got a few new ones from the holidays) and he would start to cry because he couldn't carry them all by himself downstairs. So I came up with the idea of leaving the basket in his room and when he gets up and mommy tells him he can come down stairs, he can put all his stuffed animals and blankie in the basket and drag the basket down the stairs. Again this idea worked great and he loved it. Then daddy had the idea for Tyler to get in the basket and daddy carry everything down the stairs. So of course he wanted to do it all the time but I told him it was just a daddy thing. He just loves his basket!