usc game

I love going to the USC games. My parents have had season tickets forever. Since we sit with the same people every week, you get to know them. Here is my friend Stephanie, AKA Step. She is crazy. I have found myself wanting to go to the game not only to see my dear Gamecocks, but to hang out with Step. We have so much fun.

Me and my dad. It took 4 trys to get a picture of us. LOL
And the LOVE OF MY LIFE.

15,18, and 21 month old post....

Yep...it all started when Ty started walking. I slowly but surely got behind on EVERYTHING. It seems the blog was the last thing to get done and this post is the proof. I had good intentions to get things rolling but never followed through. So I's gonna start with 15 months:

My child has surprised me. He started walking a little late (they say this is normal for boys though) so I figured everything else would fall a little late as well. NOPE. Ty started really walking around 13 months. He started trying to say some words, more like babble, around the end of 13 months beginning of 14 months. By 15 months he could say 28 words. He is into everything and wants to know what each thing he touches is. He will touch something and look at me for me to tell him what it is. He will go through all of his toys and all his facial features. We have started with animals and their noises but haven't gotten too far. As for his dr check up, here are his stats: ht-31 1/4 (50%), Wt- 24.4 (50%), Hc- 19 1/4 ( 95%-gets that big head from his daddy). He did well with his shots and only cried for a minute.

18 months:

Ty is talking. No really. Like can almost hold a conversation with me. He can pretty much repeat any 1-2 syllable word. Although we just taught him how to say Happy Birthday for mine and Travs birthday. He can pretty much do anything he wants and if he cant figure it out he screams for a second and then figures it out. He is very stubborn and usually doesnt like help unless something is "too heavy" which he tells me and then I have to carry it for him. He knows all the animal sounds thanks to a book he makes me read over and over and over again. We have been working on ABC's and 123's. He can say ABCD and 1234. I am such a proud momma. If he spots a B somewhere, he points it out immediately. It is crazy. He is growing up so fast.

21 months:

To the now. So I have put up posters on my cabinets of the ABC's and 123's. My cousin had some up at her house and Ty was very into them. He stood there for 15 minutes telling me all the letters he knew and counted to 10!!!. He is also now putting 3-4 words together. His most famous "sentence" is "Mommy, where pappy go?". I am sure to hear this all day long. He can point out 1-10 in numbers on the chart and only about 6 letters. Still pretty good I think. He knows the difference between up and down, in and out, off and on. He loves to tell me if the lights are on or off and as soon as we get in the car he tells me "radio on". He is infatuated with clocks and radios. He looks for them everywhere we go. In walmart all I hear is...radio and lights...ooohhhh. The funniest thing of all right now is what he calls my sister. Her name is missy and he could not get the "m" down on it for some reason (even though mommy and moo he says just fine) so he calls her aunt Biddy. She hates this but we all laugh. I have even been working on saying mmmmmissy and he says: mmmmmbiddy. So stinkin funny. He is also just now learning how to scoot on a "bike" . He had a hard timem understanding the concept that he could push himself and mommy and daddy didnt have to do it for him. I could go on and on about all the things this amazing and smart little boy can do. He makes me so very happy and I thank God for him EVERY DAY. He has blessed our lives so much. We love you Ty.

the wiggles

So Ty's favorite show is The Wiggles. The closest they were coming to us in concert was in Raleigh. Fortunate for us, I have family I am crash in on there so I didnt have to get a hotel room. The great thing was, I was more excited about seeing my cousin than taking Ty to the Wiggles. Here are some fun shots of My cousin Kenji, his wife Danette, and their children Michael and Sara Grace.

He was so enthralled with the show, he barely turned away.

A trip to see Brynlee

My cousin Brandy has a little girl who is 9 months younger than Ty. She is adorable. We took a day trip to Charleston to pay her a visit. She really liked Travis...who doesn't (hahahaha).

They both decided to crawl on me. I told Brynlee to hold on and she grabbed Ty.

I am still trying to teach Ty the meaning of share. He gets it sometimes and then other times he just really wants the toy.

Beach again

7-15--7-`17

As you can tell...I love going to the beach. This week we went with Travis's family. It was sooooo much fun. The week was packed with all kinds of activities..that would be due to his Aunt Lori because she wants Ty to "see it all". So we hit Broadway at the Beach and Ty got to ride some rides. We bought a few tickets and then realized that it wasnt going to be enough so we had to go back and buy twice as many. Once Ty would get on a ride, he didn't want to get off so he rode with 2 or 3 times.

Here is Mike, Lori and Will on a ride. Poor Mike was getting squished.

Here is me and Ty on the Pirate Ship. This is one that we rode over and over.

Aunt Lori had to ride the Tea Cups with him. I don't do well on the round and round rides.

Here we are heading home and he was enthralled with this light. It seemed alot brighter because it was so dark outside.

Another day we went to the Aquarium. That place is nice but very busy. I felt like I couldn't see everything because it was so packed. Having a stroller didn't make it easier. Ty loved looking at the fish. It was so neat how they swam right up to the glass and over your head. I loved seeing the belly of a shark and other scary fish.

Ty is chillin out and taking a break from the conveyor belt. He was tired from pointing out all the radios along the wall...yes he is still infatuated with radios.

We took a break on the indoor playground. We needed to wear some more energy out. He liked the bubble and the big slide.

I cant remember what these things were called, but Ty wanted to touch them.
He was trying to find "nemo". Hope he wasn't in there. He would get eaten.

We were getting ready to go to the beach.

As you know, Ty loves the beach. He likes to bury his feet and run from the water. I was excited about our trip today because his cousin Will would be there to play with him. After Will was done riding the waves, he came in and him and Ty dig lots of holes.

We then needed a sucker break. Don't ask how many times I had to rinse sand off the sucker.

I am big on sunscreen. As you can see in this picture, Will has it caked on him. He was so tired of me applying it.

I love the new park at the old Air Base. If you haven't been it is really nice. Across the street are lots of shops and a PF CHANGS. YUMMY. We didn't go this time, but I am making a note to stop by next time. Ty wanted to chase the ducks until....they turned on him and started chasing him!

Ty decided to take Will for a ride. Will is so sweet with him.

Fun at Hilton Head

Since this was our first trip with Ty to Hilton Head, we tried to hit all the kid places. Although, Dafuskie Island is not a kid place, he did get to ride the boat over and then travel around on a golf cart. We had so much fun learning about the Gullah traditions and seeing the history on the island.

This is the sunset from behind our place. I love when the boats come in in the evening. It is so beautiful seeing them with the sunset. How can you not relax looking at this.
Oh yeah...thats right. Just have a 1 year old running around carrying HUGE chess pieces. That will throw that relaxing feeling out of the window.

I must say though. This life size chess board was pretty fun. I have no idea how to play chess but Ty and I had a blast rearranging all the pieces. He had to carry them all. As you can see, they were all so heavy.
We are headed out to The Salty Dog Cafe. I was SOOOOO VERY excited about this. They have the BEST crab legs. When we finally got seated, I looked at Travis and told him he was on Ty duty and to pretend I wasn't even there. I enjoyed those crab legs to the fullest and thanked Captain Phil and Captain Sig for braving the Bering Sea to catch them for me.

After some good food, we headed to Sea Pines to look at the big boats, do a little shopping and have some ice cream. Where I found room for ice cream after those crab legs I do not know.

We also hit a kids interactive museum called The Sandbox. Ty had a blast here. Lots for him to do and it was inside which made me happy. I can not explain the heat we had to endure on this trip. It was terrible. Anyway, Ty got to dress up in many costumes but I liked the pirate best.

This one he might not like when he gets older. LOL
So many things for them to play with. He had fun playing with his Daddy.

I have so many more pictures but they are on my other camera and I haven't got those on the computer yet so these will have to do. I can not wait to go to the beach again. He absolutely loves it.