We love this stage!

I just thought this face went perfect with what his shirt says :) It's from my twin brothers.

First experience in the swing and loving it! He is wearing Tyler's hat so his hairless head didn't get burned.

Gotta love those chubby cheeks!!!

So these last few weeks have been getting better and better. Tayden is sleeping much better. Last night he slept for 7 straight hours! It was heaven! He has started to become more of a little person instead of a baby that just lays there. He is so much more active. He can now roll all over the place (front to back and back to front). I will put him on his stomach, leave the room for 10 seconds, and come back to find him on his back. :) He has started to make new noises, like growling and squeaking. He loves to talk to us and tell us all about how his day was (sometimes he talks with me more than Tyler does :) He has also reached the stage where he is starting to grab at everything. I often get my hair and necklaces pulled, but I'm just glad his coordination is coming along. He has also found that he loves grabbing his toes and feet. He is starting to become ticklish and he now giggles when we give him zorberts/raspberries. It is too much fun! He is even starting to enjoy peekaboo. He is just getting tons more fun!

He even helps me fold laundry. I lay him on the bed with the laundry near his head. He will grab a piece and pull it over his head. I grab it off of him (peekaboo), fold it, and wait for the next one. I never thought I would enjoy folding laundry this much.

He is starting to develop such a strong personality too. The other day I told him that he was adorable and he rolled his eyes at me! Oh boy! Dad...it's payback for all the times I did it to you...sorry ;)

We put him in the swing at the playground for the first time the other day and he absolutely loved it! He would giggle and makes funny noises. Sometimes when he came forward he would open his mouth and stick out his tongue like he was trying to catch a bug. He is all the entertainment we need now :)

Last Saturday we celebrated Tyler's 30th birthday!!! (His birthday was on Jan. 22) We had a BBQ at a friend's pool with some of our closest friends. We have made some really great friends here. The party was really fun. Our favorite part was getting Tayden into the water. He absolutely loved it. He was giggling and kicking his feet like crazy! He actually stayed in the water pretty long too. (there is a video of it below) I gave Tyler some pool floats for his birthday so that he could play with Tayden. He also got an umbrella so hopefully we can start taking our little guy out to the beach.

Some of Tayden's little quirks include:

• He often sleeps with one eye slightly open.
  
• One of his ears has a point on it. His pediatrician nicknamed him Spock. I just call it his elf ear.
  
• When we wave a pillow at him or blow on him it startles him and then he starts giggling. Wind does the same thing too as long as it's not too strong.
  
• He is starting to be able to control his hands when he sneezes. Although they do come close, he can now stop his hands from hitting his face :)
• He still doesn't take a binky but he has found that he like to suck on his pointer finger on his right hand.
  
• We toss him into the air and he is actually starting to like it. He doesn't freak out like he used to. Don't worry...we don't toss him very high.
  

Tyler continues to be busy in school but he makes an effort to come home for meals and spend as much time with us as he can. He is an amazing husband and father! Thank you to all of those who helped him become the wonderful man he is today! He is trying to get an internship over the summer because he graduates in December. He is applying to places in California and Idaho. Hopefully he will get an awesome internship with some great experience.

I continue to be entertained by our little squirt. I don't know what I would do without him right now. Life would be so boring. Hope you are having a great winter.
TLT