It's beginning to look a lot like...fall :)

No matter how we swaddle him he always manages to get at least one arm out.
He is our little escape artist.

This is what Tayden and I do during the day...we hang out :)

This picture isn't exactly fair to Tayd. Where it looks like there is no hair, there is some it's just lighter. But he is definitely losing it.

Tayden won't take a binky...we do this for fun to see if he is hungry.

Tayden helping me make Thanksgiving dinner. He just kept me company mainly :) He is sitting is his bimbo chair.

So I have been meaning to update this blog for many weeks now, but Tayden is awake more often and I would rather play with him than update this blog :) Sorry. And I have also been decorating for Christmas! Life continues to be great here on the warm island. It is actually getting a little cooler (like in the high 70's) and is starting to feel like fall. Tayden doesn't sweat as much as he used to so that's great. We even turn off the AC occasionally. It definitely does not feel like Christmas but we can tell it's getting closer.

So a few weeks ago Tyler was able to go on a five day trip to California for his major. He went to Silicon Valley, Cali., with a bunch of other students with computer majors. He went to Google headquarters, met lots of people from major companies like ebay and Apple, and opened up a lot of options for his internship this summer. He had a great time and came home happy and excited about doing his internship.

Tayden continues to grow like crazy! He graduated from size 1-2 diapers to size 2 diapers on Thanksgiving day! He is getting cute rolls everywhere. He even gets lint and things stuck in his neck. We have to clean it or it starts smelling! haha He still smiles a ton! (especially as he is falling asleep and right when he wakes up). His favorite things to do are to hang out in his changing table. He kicks and wiggles constantly. We don't know why he loves it but he really does. He loves to sit in his bumbo chair (Tyler calls it his bimbo chair) and watch me make dinner and do the dishes. He is constantly looking around at all the new sights and sounds he can find. He loves it when we make funny noises and stick out our tongue. He stares intently at our mouths and sticks his little tongue out too. It's so cute. He is sleeping much better during the night. He sleeps somewhere between 5-7 hours, which is absolutely amazing! He will wake up if he has gas though, poor kid. He is definitely Tyler's child!

We had Thanksgiving dinner with some awesome friends of ours, the Quigleys and the Smarts. We had a delicious dinner with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, pumpkin pie, and everything else that goes with a Thanksgiving dinner. It wasn't a normal 'Idaho' Thanksgiving, but it was a great island Thanksgiving.

Love,
TLT

Happy Halloween!!!

Our little pumpkin

All wrapped up after his first bath in his cute little monkey bathrobe :)

The outfit he wore to church for the first time.

This is a swing that we have. He started out with his head at the top and his feet at the bottom, but he is such a little squirmy kid that this is how we found him :)

Tayden had his first Halloween! We weren't going to buy him a costume or dress him up but I broke down and bought the cutest pumpkin costume when I saw it at the store. Even though he only wore it for maybe 10 minutes, we think it was worth it. And now we are set for all of our other kids on their first Halloweens. :) Tayden had a doctor's appointment on Thursday where he had to get a shot. When the nurse first poked him he just made a face, but then a second later he started screaming. He forgot about the shot after a few minutes of eating. Silly kid. So he was 8 lbs. 6 oz when he was born and now he weighs 11 lbs. 11 oz!!! And he has grown almost 3 inches! The doctor said he is in the 90th percentile for both height and weight. All we know is that he is eating and sleeping tons! When he is awake he smiles a lot and is even more alert. He loves to look around and follow things. He especially loves to look at lights and a certain poster of a wave that we have on our wall.
So we decided he is looking more and more like Tyler. Some say it's because of the receding hairline (he is slowly losing his hair). Tyler says it's because they are both "short, fat, bald, and stinky." I agree :) I don't care...I love them both!!! So we have so many nicknames for Tayden already and he is only 1 month old. Some of them are:
little shark (when breastfeeding he makes the funniest noises and moves his head side to side like a shark) Tayd, stinky, Tay-shawn, Tayd-ster, Tayder Tott, and squirt.
Tyler is still busy with class and is getting ready to go on a five day trip to California to meet people from distinguished computer companies. This is so he can hopefully get an internship next summer. Tayden and I are going to continue hanging out in Hawaii together and loving it :)
Hope you all have an amazing week! We love you :)
TLT