Cowboy Ump

Sorry, Inside joke on the Ump.

Anyways, these are some cute pictures that Stephen took of Ty this morning.

And one I took of his little chipmunk cheeks full of raisins yesterday.

13 Months

Tyrel is 13 months young now. He learns new things every day.

He loves to climb on things. Thankfully he hasn't learned to climb high yet. Footstools and boxes are good enough......for now.

He has a small vocabulary, but it grows all the time.

He says "Mama, Uh Oh, Ow, and Moo's" a lot. He moo's at cows, goats, chickens, dogs, Mama...anything.

He like to bang his head on the floor, then looks at me and says "Ow". Goofy boy.

He is such a "crackter". (Character)

I have finally started using cloth diapers full time....unless we will be gone from home over night, then we get some store ones to use. Nothing fancy, just prefold diapers, and diaper pins, and rubber pants.

I try to put him on the potty if he hasn't gone in a while, so he will get used to going on the potty.

The other day, after all night, he was dry, so I rushed him to the potty, set him on it and waited....nothing, so I set him down and went to get his diaper to put on him...and he promptly began to pee on the rug in the bathroom. Little stink bug.

I love how he is so happy to see me and rushes in if I have been out of the room for a few minutes. It makes me feel loved.

He loves playing in the little red car at his Granola's house, he climbs right over the door into it. He likes to prop his feet on the steering wheel and just sit there.

His little feet just pitter patter all over the place...so sweet. He is always on the go, rarely with a moment to snuggle anymore, so I cherish his nursing times...which seem to be slowly dwindling down, mostly just at nap and bed times.

He kisses my chin a lot too, but if I am not careful it turns into a bite.

He likes to help daddy with lots of things too. He follows him around getting into things when he is home. He also enjoys helping with chores, he will come sweep my pile of dirt I've swept up, back all over the floor.

Ty, and his friend Stella.

So anywho, that is what my little man is doing by now.

Practicing Photography

Well one of my 25 before 25 things that I have on my list is to get decent at photography.

I have been out practicing today. Here is what I got.

First is pictures of Tyrel

Watching Ducks

Then Pictures of Me and Tyrel

Self Portrait

Inanimate Objects and Critters

And the other angle, just to see which looks better

Yay Me!

I finally got around to sewing the apron I cut out a few months ago. For once I followed the directions on the pattern and was much more pleased than I usually am when I sew and ignore the pattern. So what do you think? The material looks funny in the picture. It is green gingham.

It slips over my head easily so instead of worrying with button holes, I just sewed the top.

So Smart

Babies...er excuse me TODDLERS (:( my baby is growing up) are so smart. They understand things that I think they aren't going to.


Tyrel was just over in the kitchen trying to get him an apple. His Granola told him to go ask his Mama if he could have one. He immediately left the apples, turned and came to me saying "Mama, Mama". ....He got an apple. That was SO smart of him.

Enjoying his reward for obedience.

Starting a Tradition

I read an article in a magazine a long time ago, where a lady dressed her baby girl in a swimsuit every birthday and took her picture until it fit her. I liked the idea, other than it being a swimsuit. For my baby boy I decided to use his daddy's cowboy boots. Not his work ones, but his nicer pair that might last til Tyrel is grown. So here are my pictures of Ty with his Daddy's boots, at one year old...Maybe next year he can WEAR them. lol. So let me know which one you like best, I will get a print of it, and frame it til next year when we do this again. I never did get one of him actually LOOKING. Oh well, they are cute anyways.

Pictures from our trip.

In no particular order, and not labelled.