Guess who is 5 months?

Tyler James is!


He didn't want to wear his socks, it's his new trick. Those little boogers are hard to keep track of.

Tyler can set up by himself for a little bit, before falling over. Hence, I was there to catch him. He looks bald, but there is some hair growth going on, it's just blond.

We celebrated my birthday a little early for a few reasons. 1) I wanted an ice cream cake and wanted to have time to eat. 2) Greg's schedule is crazy and he won't be home until late on my birthday. 3) Kara was over for dinner. 4) Our weekend is hectic.

Another five month picture, he is in the process of pulling the socks off.

We've had a rough couple of days. He is been getting a low grade fever, not eating or sleeping. But the fever is coming and going. He has also been spitting up, this morning he got me good. I had to take another shower as it was in my hair, on my face, shirt, and pants. I'm not sure what is going on, I hope it is just a tooth coming or something. His skin was better, but it has seemed to revert back to its old habits lately, especially around his eyes.

Is it Christmas time already?

Sorry, no pictures today. The most recent ones are a) on my laptop and b) being used for the Christmas card, so no sneak peeks.

I can't believe it's December and 2010 is almost over. What a year it has been! Greg and I usually get a cedar tree out of a friends pasture for our tree. We decided this year to skip a tree due to time constraints and we are afraid the smell could bother Tyler. Cedar allegeries in Oklahoma are a huge problem. I'm sad we don't have a tree but I'm not sure where we would put it. Instead I pulled out a few decorations and are displaying Tyler's first Christmas ornaments. I have a great start to the Willow Tree nativity scene and hope to get a new piece or two this year (hint, hint Eileen :) ). I think I have most of the shopping done. We decided to hold off on getting Tyler anything until after Christmas. I'm looking forward to spending the holidays with family, I only wish Greg could take more time off.

Tyler is growing like crazy and is showing his personality more and more each day. He has started making a squeaking noise and sounds like a bird. He thinks it's great. He loves to chew on everything or at least stick it in his mouth. No teeth yet, that I can tell anyway. We have tried rice and barley cereal and he HATES it. Absolutely Hates it. So this weekend we may try a fruit or veggie. He will be 5 months on Monday, so it should be fine. I keep trying every weekend and someday he will decide to like it, I hope. He loves to chew on the spoon and lets me stick in his mouth, as long as it is empty. Silly kid. He definetly recognizes Greg and I. We can get him to smile just by smiling at him, usually. He likes to watch TV, especially football, he will do everything in his power to watch. Tyler has rolled from his stomach to his back a few times for me, but nothing on regular basis. He moves around by rolling from side to side.

I have to get to work - Have a great day!

Pictures for November

Kids at the sale, minus Tyler



Tyler with Grandma and Grandpa at the tree farm


Mom says she was standing in a hole and that's why I'm so much taller.


Tyler likes to take up the whole bed when I lay him in it with me in the mornings.

Just hanging out

Tyler is growing!

Yesterday was Greg's 29th Birthday, so here is our family self-portrait, scary eh? Tyler is going to have Greg's eyes I think instead of mine.



With Daddy's birthday cake:


Just hanging out


Tyler was a pea pod for Halloween. He was getting tired at this point and the hood was over his eyes. His cheeks got really red and he broke out in a rash on Monday. So we went to the doctor yesterday and he has eczema real bad. It is totally a Meier trait. We have a new skin care routine to hopefully fix it or at least improve it.

Tired of watching Mizzou suck, so he took a nap on Saturday

Daddy came home! Greg was gone most of last week so Tyler wore his I love my dad shirt to welcome him home (Thanks Carr's for the outfit!)

This is from Homecoming walkaround. Tyler was decked out in his orange and black. He enjoys being in the carrier most of the time. He likes to see what is going on.

We go to the doctor on the 15th for our 4 month check up and shots.

It's Homecoming!

There are two huge football games this weekend for us - OSU v Nebraska and MIZZOU v ou. Both are homecoming celebrations! We did a quick drive by this morning to check out the house decos before it rains and ruins them tonight. They are unbelievable. OSU has house decs, Mizzou has floats. Woot!

Tyler is 3 months old!

To celebrate his 3 month old birthday, Tyler decided to get up at 4:00 am this morning and party like a rock star. We were both ready to go at 6:00 this morning. So I did his 3 month photo shoot. I'm going to try to take more pictures tonight and hopefully get some smiles and no red eyes. He weighed 13 lbs even with me on the scale this morning, so I'm going to average that with his weight tonight. The length is a guesstimate too.



Tyler helping me with his clean clothes this weekend.


We tried on his Halloween costume and its really cute. Can't wait to take pictures of it.

So I experienced a first today, an earthquake. Our building is under renovation, so I thought something happened with that to cause the shaking. (Bricks have fallen from the ceiling as well as water, so it was a good possibility). However is was an earthquake, they are still trying to decide the magnitude of it. It's really weird being on the third floor of a building and everything is shaking.

Does anyone use messenger during the day? If so, shoot me an email and I'll add you on mine. We use it at work to "communicate".

Tyler just wants to say . . .

Hello!



I'm a big boy now!



Just relaxing in the hotel, watching TV and reviewing the sale catalog.