We've got ourselves a sleeper!

His favorite way to sleep(of course, it's a muscle pose)...with his friend, the monkey.

After a week of trying to get Tayden to fall back to sleep on his own at night...HE DOES! For example...last night he slept from 8:30 until 7 this morning! It is absolutely wonderful! The only down side is that I no longer get to watch "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" at 3 AM, but I am doing just fine without it! :) He is also sleeping much better during the day. He will take three naps all at least one hour long. I can actually get stuff done during the day! In the last week we have also gotten him to where he can sleep without being wrapped at all. Tyler and I are loving it!!! We feel like real people again, not just sleep-deprived parents. I look back on the past four months though and I am amazed that Tyler and I were able to function on such little sleep. I think we got a little help :)

He just can't stop giggling sometimes. It's the greatest. He is becoming much more ticklish, which we absolutely love. We can get him laughing so hard he has a hard time catching his breath. It is absolutely awesome!

Tayden is really starting to grab things and throw them around. Sometimes he can get it to his mouth if he can hold it long enough. His favorite thing to grab is my hair...not my favorite.

Bubble-beard the Pirate! ARG! (He loves blowing bubbles.) He makes some of the funniest noises. He experiments all the time with his tongue and lips, which causes him to drool like crazy sometimes. He also loves to suck in his lower lip.

This is one of his favorite aunties...Aunty Maddie. She is one of my best friends here. They just moved into the apartment below us in January. She finished school in December and is waiting for her husband to finish. She goes walking with me every morning and then we usually hang out a little bit later in the day. She doesn't have a full-time job because they are expecting a baby boy in June and we are so excited for them! She is such a cute pregnant woman!

Tyler is still working hard at school. He found out that his department/the school think that he is one of the top 5 programers in the school. He was pretty excited. He has so many people come to him asking for help with homework and projects in and out of school. He also helps a lot of people with their cars when they don't work. It is nice to be married to a handy man.

For those of you that don't know, I am the primary/nursery music leader in our ward. It is fun and challenging because our primary is very young. They are mainly 3-6 years old with one 8 year old. Only three of them can read, so I have to be very creative. I am slowly figuring out what works for them and it is becoming easier. Sometimes it is just the teachers and me singing, but it works. What is even more challenging is trying to get the nursery kids to sing. We have about 15 overactive, out of control two year olds. Some of them are starting to sing the songs with me, but it's usually just me with the leaders joining me every once in a while. I'm not a huge fan of singing solos, but at least it isn't a crowd that will judge me :)

We hope you all had a Happy Valentine's Day!
Aloha, TLt

He's a beach boy!

Tayden's first real beach experience. He loved it!

First time in the ocean.

His toes are his new best friends.

Future missionary right here! This one is for his three awesome uncles out on missions.

Tayden was such a tough little guy last Monday. I had to take him in to get his 4 month shots. I can't believe he is already 4 months!!! On the first shot he didn't cry at all. I was trying to distract him when the nurse asked me if we were ready for the second shot. I couldn't even tell he had already gotten one shot. The second one he screamed for about 5 seconds and then he was fine. He is starting to become a little tougher. Hopefully it stays this good or gets even better. Our neighbor's kid poked him in the eye yesterday and instead of crying he looked at him and gave him a "why would you do that bro?" look. Our
Last Saturday we took Tayden to the beach for his first ocean experience. It was kind of chilly and there was a breeze so we only stuck his feet in the water. We think he liked it. He enjoyed looking out at the water and watching all of the kids. He even got to have his first taste of sand. No matter how much we tried to keep the sand off of the blanket and away from his hands and mouth it didn't work. He didn't eat a lot, just a little bit that got on his hands.