Well I'm a few weeks late on Ty's birthday post, but I didn't want to forget it! Ty turned 3 this year! He's the cutest kid ever. He is constantly making both John and me laugh, we could just squeeze him we love him so much!  My heart is full multiple times a day with how much I love both of my kids! They're the best.


For Ty's birthday this year we blew up a bunch of balloons and just played in them. 

Ty got an awesome gift from my sister in the mail (thank you Andrea!) and he played with it all day! It was a box full of 4 dinosaur puzzles. He still loves doing them. He's gotten so good at putting puzzles together by himself, I'm always impressed!

 

We pretty much played the whole  day and then when John got home we had brownies and ice cream and he opened another (doc mcstuffins)  puzzle, a Mickey mouse cup, and a squirt bottle. He absolutely loves spraying water all over the salon while I'm doing hair and I'm glad he's found something to keep him busy so I bought him his own from the dollar store :) 
After that, we watched Big Hero 6 and then went to bed. I think he felt really special all day! He loved hearing people call on the phone, it was sweet. We went in on a big boy bike with my parents for Ty and he opened it on the Sunday after his birthday. He's been loving it! We got him a helmet and he will randomly wear it  in the house but loves wearing it while he rides! He's gettng pretty good.  

I'm amazed at how smart he is! He knows his abc's, he can count to 11 but then he says 19, so we aren't quite making it to 20 yet, and he's always saying the funniest things. He's become quite the little talker. I love hearing what he has to say. He remembers a lot more than he used to its interesting to see how far back he can remember! 
He loves being my little helper in the salon. He wants to spray everyone's hair, comb it and help wash it. (Then he says, "You're in charge mommy? You use scissors?")  He knows he's not allowed. Its sweet :)

He is the best cleaner ever! He loves doing the dishes and folding towels and also loves picking up toys to "earn candy".  I'm impressed what he can do all by himself!

 

Whenever I style his hair he automatically puts his hand on his forehead to protect his face from the hairspray, he's such a good sport. And then lately when I'm done, he gets his comb and goes to the mirror and spikes it straight up and says he likes it that way instead. It looks so funny, I love it. He's already so opinionated! He also can pick out his outfit for the day and get dressed correctly from head to toe! (with the exception of his shoes being on the wrong feet most of the time.) He never matches but he's good at getting dressed :) 

Some people are so surprised that he's potty trained or that he wears undies all night, but he has been potty trained for almost a year! We got so lucky to have a good potty trainer. He can hold it for quite a while. he never ever wets the bed. I can't think of one time after his first couple weeks of potty training that he's wet the bed. He always wakes up to go if he needs to and he loves going all by himself. I couldn't tell you the last time he had an accident, it's been that long! I hope my other kids are as easy as he was. Thanks Ty for making it so easy! 

My most favorite thing lately is when it's time to pray, wherever we are, he will start saying a prayer before whoever is saying it starts and then he'll go on and on for what he's thankful for. It is so cute it makes me laugh every time and John tells me I shouldn't laugh but it's too cute not to! I'll probably try to get it on video at some point cause it's my favorite. 

Here was one example: 

"Dear Heavenly Father, thankful for this day. Thankful for my blessings. Thankful for my birthday. Thankful for my things. Thankful for Mickey. Thankful for Minnie. Thankful for my tiger. Thankful for my car. Thankful for my pillow. Thankful for my blanket. Thankful for my bed, thankful for my neighbor, thankful for even Mary." (Haha) and then we have to remind him how to close his prayer, he'd go on for days! Its a good reminder though to have more gratitude when I pray! I love it 

I'm just so grateful for my Ty buddy, I don't know how I got so lucky to be his mom! Love you kid. 

--I love this first picture because on Ty's birthday we put stevie to sleep and let Ty stay up. So after about an hour of Stevie being asleep he woke up poopy (which is the most annoying thing! It ruins their sleep) and he was so tired after I changed him that he wouldn't go back to sleep but he also wouldn't stop crying. I couldn't calm him down and neither could John. He was just freaking out. So I decided to just put him down by Ty for a minute and he calmed right down and cuddled right in. Ty is always sweet to share his blanket with him which, if you know him, is a miracle. He's very protective of his blanket if its anyone else. I love the bond they are creating! so sweet. 

 

(where did this thumb sucker come from?!)



I kind of combined Stevie's birthday into my catch up post last time but I wanted to write down some things about him right now for me to remember!

He is the cutest, sweetest,  and happiest kid.
He has the cheesiest grin and I looove it.
I love his big brown eyes and his almost there blonde hair.
He laughs really easily especially when he is being tickled.
 He loves to dance whenever there is music or someone else is dancing.
 He LOVES animals. He instantly waves at them and runs towards them. He says "Ca" for cat. And "Pup-pup" for puppy.
He has a little tiger (one that John gave me when we were dating, I love that we can pass on the sentiment :) ) He instantly just hugs it and it helps him go to sleep and stay in bed for quite a while after waking up.
He climbs on everything, and with that comes bonks and bruises here and there but he always lets me cuddle him til he stops crying which I love.
He hates having to hold still and is a quick little guy at getting away.
We recently learned how to get him to sleep at church and that makes the whole day less stressful! (Although, then I stress about keeping him asleep...but ya know.)
He hates getting his diaper changed and cries the whole time unless he's being distracted or has a bottle.
 He can hear you get food from a mile away and will run in and say "Eh? Eh?"  with the most sincere face and will open and close his hands til he gets a taste.
He is constantly doing something that makes me just wanna squeeze him so tight cause he's so cute! He loves his daddy and wants to do whatever he's doing or Ty is doing.
He loves bath time and playing in the bath with Ty.
He loves cars and does his best to drive them back and forth and say "vroom."
He is of course obsessed with balls. He can't get enough and if there is a hoop short enough for him he can make it right in every time!
He's obsessed with being outside and just bawls when the front door closes without him.
He loves other kids and gets so excited when he sees one.
He has ALL of his teeth besides his 2 year molars which he won't even get for several more months. I can't believe he got them all so fast! I'm looking forward to the next few teething-less months :)
He loves wearing hats and shoes and headbands that he finds in my bathroom drawer.
He loves talking on the phone. "Ho?" (Hello?)
He recently started doing peek-a-boo. He puts his hands on his cheeks and says "pee-bo."
He will finally willingly give kisses! It is the CUTEST. my favorite for sure.
He's just the best and I can't imagine our family without him!

 

now for a picture overload :)