small update

I am now 28 weeks along! How did this time pass so quickly? I'm in my last trimester and feeling pretty good. I have started getting back pain again, like I had with Ty, but I'd rather have it then be sick again. I've been trying to do some yoga and stretching so I'm hoping that helps soon.

We have been house hunting... :) It's a bit overwhelming but exciting. After tonight we will have looked at 30 homes, and so far, we haven't seen anything that we love. We've been looking on the south and west side in Lethbridge. It's been difficult for us to find a balance of things we each want in a home. Michael has already found many homes he would like to buy but I just feel like if we are spending that much money, we should LOVE it. I know it's not going to be my dream home, but we just want to make the right decision so we can stay put for 5-10 years. My hope is that we find a place to move into before this little boy arrives, but our house hunting is slowing down now that we have looked at most of the homes with our criteria in our price range.

Ty is talking a lot. Only single words, but it's awesome how fast he is picking them up now. Some of the latest include banana, orange, corn, lion, owl, bear, snow, boat, star, baby, moon, bunny, cars, help, coat, and today his newest one "boki" for broccoli. Right now Ty sleeping schedule is completely ideal and SO predictable. He goes to bed at 7pm and wakes up between 8-9am, then naps at noon for 2-3 hours! It's the best he has ever slept and I am loving how I know exactly when he will need to go to sleep! Now if he could stay like this until well after the baby comes, I would be so happy!

Swimming Lessons

Okay I am DYING here!! How adorable is this photo? I was talking to my Mom about how I wanted to put Ty in swimming lessons before baby #2 came so she said she would pay for Ty and Madison to go in them together. They love to hold hands.

 Yesterday was their first class. I'm pretty sure Madison just loved the whole thing, but Ty hated being put underwater and he hated having to lay on his back and kick his legs. The photo below shows Michael struggling with Ty to keep him on his back, and then there is Madison's leg way up high in the air. She was a pro. It was fun to watch them, and I'm excited to take turns going in the water with Ty. I'm glad he has the chance to have these lessons before all the water time he will be getting in the summer!

The Holidays

Okay I've been terrible! But here's a makeup post for the past month or two! We drove down to Salt Lake City with Michaels sister and his parents to go to Devin and Amber's wedding. Ty did really great on the drive. He also became obsessed with the word "lights" while we were there. The hotel lights, all the Christmas lights, and especially all the lights on Temple Square. He was in heaven.

At the mall right across from Temple Square they had this AMAZING play place for kids. There was all these dinosaur figures and they were soft. So you didn't have to worry about your kid hitting their head on them. Ty absolutely loved it. It makes me sad we have nothing like this in Lethbridge.

The slide he went up and down, up and down.

A better picture of all the dinosaurs. Ty would go up to all the dinosaurs and point to their eyes and say "eyes"

My two guys on the wedding day! Man, I love these two!

The lovely bride and groom. Ty was afraid of everyone, especially Devin. Don't worry, by the end of the trip he let his Uncle Devin look at him at least.

Us with the bride and groom. They looked so happy, and it was such a wonderful day! You can really tell how much they love each other. Ty is soooo ready for a nap here.

Ty became smitten by his Auntie Jody. He got to spend a lot of time with her over the holidays and he definitely preferred her over anyone else.

The night after the wedding Ty got the flu and was up all night puking. It was great that we were in a hotel though because we didn't have to worry about doing all the laundry after! :) Then on the way home Michael was sick, and his Dad got sick, then after we got home, I got the flu. We thought it was all over but we were very wrong. This photo is of Ty during sickness #2. We all ended up on antibiotics for possibly strep throat and Ty got a double ear infection. I sure got a lot of snuggles during the holidays.

This was at a Christmas party we had over the holidays with some friends from high school (plus spouses). It was super fun to get together and eat some good food and reminisce while looking through old photo albums.

 Ty with his truck he got from G and G Smith. Ty got spoiled by all grandparents, but he was SO sick on Christmas day so we really didn't get a lot of photos of him that day.

 Ty with Maddy at G and G Parkers. Just playing on their iPhones.

 Ty loves this dog he got from G and G Smith! We sometimes have to hide it because he always trips over it while carrying it around the house. He also got that chair for Christmas from Santa!

Ty taking a nap with Grandpa Mendenhall. He NEVER does this, so it was a treat! The only problem with having him fall asleep on you is that you can't move until his nap is over... haha. I made that mistake with him over the holidays. I was sitting and he was sleeping on my chest and by the end I thought I was going to pass out with because I couldn't breathe with the pressure from the baby and Ty on my chest. Anyways, I took a LOT of photos over the holidays but with Ty not feeling well I really didn't get many good ones of him. We had a lot of early nights but we still had a nice holiday and Michael got to take a good amount of time off work!

Ty 18 months

Ty is now 18 months and he is just SO much fun! I've been wanting to do a post about what he's been up to lately so I'll just list everything!
-he says guck(truck), owl, clock, cracker, eat, shoes, socks, boops(books), boop(sounds like boo-p, and its boot), auntie, papa(grandpa), uncle, dog, baby, lights(while pointing to all the christmas lights on the house)
-when we ask where the baby is he goes over to my belly and pats it
-he loves his big giant dog he got for Christmas
-loves riding on Dad's back
-went to nursery today for the first time and he liked it, and when we got home he was hyper. I've never really seen him hyper so it was really funny. he was babbling his own language and laughing randomly and acting really silly.
-kicks legs when we pick him up like he's swimming
-he loves to wear his winter boots around the house
-he LOVES to dance. His style of dancing is basically just tapping his feet on the spot repeatedly
-if anyone is ever pestering or taking something away from him or bullying him he squawks at them. I guess it's his defense mechanism. haha
-Ty now naps only once a day and he goes down for his nap without his bottle. He's been doing this for about a month and a half now.

Here are just some random photos of Ty I wanted to post of him hanging out at home!

 Getting ready to go outside

 He ALWAYS gets up in his crib when he is awake so it was really funny to have him just laying there after a nap one day.

 One day I told Ty to smile and this photo above is what I got. hahahaha. We've been working lots on it and his smiles are much more realistic. Also notice all the books. He put them all on the couch then climbed on the couch and goes through them one by one and once he is finished each book, he tosses it onto the floor.

 Just laying on the floor being cute.

A photo of Ty with our Christmas tree this year while eating one of his favorite snacks, dried cranberries and blueberries. It's not much taller than him, and he really liked the lights and decorations. Notice his eye too. It's been getting a lot worse and he had broken both pairs of his glasses but we got them fixed so we are working on him wearing them all the time now.

I have a lot more photos of Christmas and our trip to Utah and other random stuff so I'll post them soon! I've been really bad at blogging lately, I know.. but I have been feeling great lately so I will be posting again soon!