Ty's First Day of School and Meeting His Teachers

Well, the time has come.  School time.  It is so hard to believe that my little man is going to school.  This will be a challenge in so many ways.  First, I have to prepare myself that Ty is growing up and I will now have to share his wonderful little personality with others.  Second, Ty has to learn to be away from Mommy.  This has been hard for both of us.  He cried and I cried (but I only cried just a little).  

Ty and Daddy ready to meet his new teachers Mrs. Kasir and Mrs. Ayers!

He loved finding his name on the door.  He read it right away!

I don't know how this is my child.  The first thing he finds to play with is the broom and dust pan.  He LOVES to clean.  I am sure his teachers will appreciate this.  His Grandma has taught him well. 

Ty and Mrs. Kasir.  I am happy he is so comfortable with her.  

Mommy and Ty.  We had so much fun playing together. 

Ty is going to be a BIG brother

On August   2011, I found out I was pregnant again.  Yep, pregnant.  Not what I was expecting either.  After such a long and emotional road with Luke, I had not thought about having another child yet.  I mean, it has only been 3 months! What was God trying to do to me? To say the least, I was scared to death when Dr. Ridenhour confirmed the test positive.  So much went through my mind.  Fear, excitement, questions, more fear, sadness, happiness.  I was all over the place.  I immediately put this child in God's hands.  He will have to be the one to help me carry him/her because I was a wreck.  I went in on August 18 to make sure everything looked good and it did.  Dr. R reminded me that what Luke had was very rare and not to worry with this one.  Yeah...wasted breath and she knew it to.  How do you not worry. Because of me developing HELP Syndrome with Luke and with him having Triploidy, I was going to be monitored very carefully.  If you have never heard me say it, I LOVE MY OB/GYN.  I never feel the need to second guess.  They all listen to me and my concerns.  I feel like they care.  They are a part of my family.  So, we start another journey and I pray pray pray for God to make this one an easy one.  I don't think I can handle any problems.

Trying to update

I am trying to get caught up with some post.  Sorry they are seperated, but I am trying to keep it in order.  Here is a list of them:
1/10 SNOW DAYS
2/18 PICNIC AT LAKE MURRAY
3/9 SILLY TY
4/2 IM A BIG BOY NOW

Edventure with The Higbe's

Yes, I am behind again, but I will catch up.  Lets start with a fun day at Edventure with the Higbe's!  

Its always an adventure when you hang out with the 3 Higbe boys.  They are so much fun and very creative.

They were very excited to be jamming on some drums making delightful music.

Heather is showing them her skills.  She's got rhythm.

Ty crossed this bridge, I believe, 15 times.

Who doesn't love a good camel ride!

What!  Ty not cooperating for a pic?  

How cute are these boys!

Mason is one amazing boy.  He is so sweet.

I fear the day that Ty really does want to snow board.

These boys were killing the boards.  Heather should be afraid too!

Cooper tunneling through!

They found the slide....lets just say we were there for a while.  

Collin driving the boat.  Everybody ....hold on!

That can't be good Collin.

Heather.  One of the strongest, loving, caring, determined and beautiful woman I know.  I am blessed to call her a friend.

Can this boy be any cuter?

Time to go shopping.  

He did so well getting healthy items.

Who doesn't love to drive a firetruck?

These boys are some kinda cool.  

This scares me.  Is this a glimpse into the future?

Heather, are we ready?

Silly boys!

Drawing and Drawing and Drawing and Drawing and more Drawing!!

I knew it would happen.  Ty got way to much for Christmas.  So I  put a few things away to bring out when he got tired of his current toys.  I decided to bring out the easel that his Aunt Bitty got him.  Oh boy.  HE LOVED IT!.  It has a dry erase board on one side, a chalk board on the other and a spindel for a roll of paper to go on.  He really really really likes the dry erase board.  We have bought 3 packs of dry erase markers already!  He tries to write his name and can do the T perfect but the Y is still a little iffy.  

So proud of his work!

Bye Bye Pappy!

I am hoping to start Ty in a preschool program this year.  I have so loved my mom keeping him during the day for us.  He loves it too!  So in preparation, I decided it was time to say bye bye to pappy.   I knew this was going to be a battle, but I was ready for it.  I sat down with Ty and told him we had to give his pappy back to Mr. Pappy Man.  We came inside and colored an envelope and addressed it To: Mr. Pappy Man   From: Ty.

    Daddy walked him out to the mailbox  

Time to put it in the mailbox!

  

Push it in there real good.

Make sure the door clicks!

Don't forget the flag!!!

Even though this looked painless, it wasn't  He was OK for a while, but when night night came, he wanted Mr. Pappy Man to give it back.  I stayed with him for a while in his room and held his hand and he went straight to sleep, ONLY to wake up in the middle of the night WANTING his PAPPY!!! I ended up putting him in our bed for 2 nights.  Now I am letting him cry it out.  He has done ok.  The one thing I really miss is, he use to sleep til atleast 8, sometimes 9.  Now he is up at 6:45-7.  UGH!  But all in all, he has done good.  We are still whinny when we go to bed, but it now only last for a few minutes. Praise God!

Potty Time

We have been working on potty training for a while, but Ty has not been too interested.  

Everybody always told me "When he is ready, he will get it".  So the second week in May, we tried again.  Grandma went to the Dollar store and WRAPPED a punch of toys and put them in a basket, everytime he pottied, he got to unwrap a present.  At home, he got m&m's and a toy (mcdonalds toys, I have been saving these since he was born) from the basket.  It took 2-3 days for him to get the hang of it.  He only had a handful of accidents.  I was so proud.  A couple weeks into it, after doing so good, he had a few bad days, but got right back into the swing of things.  At night, he wore a pull up.  He would wet them on occasion.  One night I told him " we are going to wear your big boy underwear at night now, so you cant wet the bed."  He has not had an accident yet.  (KNOCK ON WOOD!).  I am so proud of my boy.  He is growing up so fast.  Here are some good first date pictures!