Birthday Party Time!

We celebrated Tyler's birthday with the whole family in late November. Thank you to Grandma Denise for helping us with the cake and hosting, and to everyone else for coming and bring great food!

We had to show everyone our Halloween costume. :)

We had the coolest chair to sit in while opening presents. Thanks Perkins!

Checking out the See 'N' Say from Grandma and Grandpa Hallquist. I had to laugh at his bare feet swinging away throughout gift opening!

Grandma and Grandpa Newman gave him this cool fire truck - he loves to push the buttons to make it sing, and every time he gets the biggest grin and dances!

This was the famous Monkey cake! Mom & Dad had a lot of fun making it.

We had a great party and a wonderful first birthday! Many, Many more to come!!!

Happy 1st Birthday!!

Tyler celebrated his 1st birthday on November 3rd with Mom, Dad, & Uncle Kyle. We had pancakes for supper, then opened his presents, and ate cupcakes!

Halloween!

Tyler seemed to have fun for his first Halloween. We had a halloween shirt and cool socks (sorry Inky, not sure where they went for the picture, but we wore them!!!), and were a monkey for trick-or-treating. We went around to a few houses with the neighbor girl, Ashton.

Farming & Fishing!

When it's harvest time, Grandpa's don't have a lot of time to visit Des Moines.....so we decided to visit Stanton! The three of us took a weekday trip to Stanton and got to visit the guys in the field and ride in the combine with Papa Knute! Tyler thought it was pretty cool, especially all the buttons he could push. Then we talked to the guys from the senior center that came out to the fields for the morning. That afternoon Andrew and John helped my dad get fish from the DNR to stack the pond. Throw in a few visits with Grandma's and Great Grandma's, and it was a busy 24 hours...but worth it all!

I may get in trouble for this one, but I couldn't help it! :) Andrew said to blame him!

Pumpkins & Picnics

In early October we met up with the Perkins and Grandma & Grandpa Newman to celebrate Mason's birthday at a park and Pumpkin patch. The boys had a lot of fun throwing the football and chasing squirrls. The rest of us enjoyed just relaxing! Then we picked pumpkins and did a corn maze. It was great weather for a fun day!

1st ISU Football Game

We finally had an ISU football game as a day game and good weather, so we made a family day out of it. We ate and Jimmy John's (Mom's favorite in Ames!), looked around the bookstore, and then tailgated with Uncle Kyle. We then had a picnic lunch and headed into the game. We had some nice seats on the 5 yard line, about 4th row......but as I expected, it was just too loud for the little guy. But once we moved, he enjoyed the game. Too bad ISU didn't pull out a win.

Tyler and Uncle Kyle hanging at the tailgate.

This was as the team came out and the cannon shot off.
Here are our new seats - a LONG ways from the cannon!

But, we had fun so that's all that matters!

11 Months Old

October marks 11 months old.....we are crawling all over, love to play in the living room with our toys & ball table, and like to watch Mickey Mouse Club on TV. We are learning to fight naps and throw our food & cup off the high chair when we're done eating. But we are still a very happy and good boy. We laugh a lot, especially when tickled, eat well, and sleep all night through.

This is what happens when we fight taking a nap all day. :)

Aren't my boys cute!?!

What a smile! :)

September Fun & 10 Months old!

Tyler turned 10 months old in September. Here are some pictures of what he was up to then! He learned to crawl right at the end of August, and it was full force from the start!

Tyler & Daddy watching the ISU vs Iowa game. If you can see close enough, Tyler had a rough day (like the Cyclones) - he fell twice since he now knows how to pull himself up on things. Once on his right eye, and then his left cheek. Poor Cyclone kid!

Andrew & Tyler at a wedding reception we went to.

Starting in mid-August we began to really move around at night and sleeping on our tummy is a must. As soon as we lay him down he rolls over. We often find him up against the rails of the bed in the morning.