Tyson

Tyson is an amazing boy! He is so fun to parent and is much better than I ever could have asked for. I'm so grateful for him!He thinks it's cool that I can make milk with the "machine!" He likes to try sometimes, too :)
He LOVES to read to Austin. He is so cute!

Some of his funny sayings as of late:

"Mommy, I made a 'bless you' thing!"--meaning he sneezed!
"Daddy at school?"--He asks this every morning
"Hurry, Hurry! Get that gumball!"--For Christmas, Christian's brother sent us a gumball machine that actually takes money. If Tyson ever finds money on the sidewalk, this is what he says as he rushes for home!
"I happy now!" He is sent to his room whenever he throws tantrums and is allowed to come out when he's happy. However, when we put him to bed, he often shouts this out even though he's not in trouble!
"There's a bug in there!" He says this if he has an itch in his ear, eye, under his shirt...anywhere!
"Feed me! Feed me!" He chants this whenever Austin is crying :)
"I don't like it!" He says this very definitively every time he is offered something new to eat...before and after he tries it! Yesterday he was offered unlimited goldfish crackers, juice, and cookies if he would take just one bite of soup. After many tears and about fifteen minutes, he tried a bite with a goldfish on top of the spoon. He didn't like it. He doesn't like many things!

He is getting so big! He recognizes Jesus in pictures, loves to sing (Santa rap is his all time favorite!), goes crazy for leapfrog movies as well as winnie the pooh, reads, plays on his own very well but LOVES to play with friends, and even has a fake laugh that he uses all the time! We love our Tyson-buddy! He is such a blessing to us!

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!!
For New year's this year we babysat a few of the neighbor's kids and really had a blast! We had pizza, played skipbo with the older kids, and launched some mentos in coke! It was really fun to have someone to celebrate with us! Later that night our next-door neighbors had us over for a midnight barbecue, games, and to watch the fireworks! I was feeding Austin during the party, but Christian had a really good time! My favorite quote of the night was, "We finally bought real champagne this year instead of that cheap sparkling stuff...Oh wait, none of you guys drink!" We love our neighbors!! They are so kind to us!

Break

Over beak we did some fun things! Between feedings we went to wal-mart a few times, attempted the zoo, drove around downtown San Antonio, and visited the missions. Mostly we stayed home and did laundry--between 6 and 10 loads a week! I'm so grateful Christian is such a kind and patient person! I needed his help so much and he never once complained that this wasn't what he wanted to do over his break...although I'm pretty sure it wasn't his dream vacation from school! It was a vacation for me though! Not one day did Christian do homework or go on campus! It was dreamy :)Here we are at the missions!

Driving around downtown! I've never seen more tire shops and car junkyards in my life! We even drove past a garbage can with an actual car inside of it...it was pretty crazy!
Of course we have to have a picture of this little guy! We love him so much!!

Christmas Day!

Christmas day was wonderful this year! I kept thinking I would have liked to have had family around-and I would have, but it was also really nice to just have everything low-key. We woke up around ten, fed Austin, watched Tyson open his santa present and then the Blairs came over for Christmas breakfast! We had poppyseed bread and eggs on english muffins. It was so yummy! Then we opened presents and just relaxed! For dinner, we went to the Blairs with a bunch of other people who had no family in town for Christmas and played games. It was really fun!Christmas morning!
This entertained him for over 30 minutes at which point we had to interrupt his play time to eat breakfast. We had no idea what a great gift this would make! (note, this picture was taken a day or two later)
Opening presents!
Our good friends the Blairs! Christian and Jeff were roommates for three years in college and they were our favorite doubling couple for a long time in Provo. We've taken road trips, met up in random cities, and now they live just down the street! We are so very grateful they're our friends!
Tyson loves everything 'Thomas the train.' Here he is decked out in his train pajamas, playing with his train set. This has been the best toy to keep him busy when my hands are full!
Hanging out during the day! I love what a great big brother Tyson has been. He is always trying to make Austin happy and loved. He really is wonderful!
For Christmas we got a new camera from Christian's parents (thank you so much! What a fabulous surprise!) and we have loved it! Here's Tyson who has liked to dress crazy for a while now. He loves these goggles!
This picture was taken a week before on Christmas Sunday. He is such a cutie!

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas everyone! Here we are--a new family of four! The best gift this year was the birth of our new son, Austin! It's crazy how we ever felt complete before he was here.
Speaking of children, we are so grateful for the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ. What a miracle that He really came into the world to save us from our sins. We are so grateful for Him and know that because of Him our family can be together forever. We hope everyone's Christmas was filled with love and peace! Merry Christmas!!