Happy Birthday Ty!

Ty turned 1 year old last week (Nov 11th). Right now he has 8 teeth and loves to eat his pasta pickups, cheesy shells, peas, and carrots. His favorite stuffed animal is his yellow giraffe. He loves to snuggle with it, bite it, and play with it. Kudos to the good folks at Gund for making such a wonderful stuffed animal….and shame on the good folks at Gund for discontinuing the item. When Ty eventually loses his giraffe, it will be a bad day.

Ty is moving around like a maniac these days and is beginning to stand on his own (hands-free). He seems pretty close to walking – maybe in the next week or so.  He is also a master at climbing up the steps!



Ty's little party for his actual birthday.  Ice cream cake with Mommy, Daddy and me!





Ty loved the ice cream cake.  He really liked the blue icing.



Now that is how you eat a cake people!



Ty's birthday gift from Grandma and Grandpa.  A talking dinosaur!



Ty's hockey cake for his first birthday party with all of our friends and family.



Smash cake for Ty!



What is in here?  Ty really was in the spirit to open gifts and eat the tissue paper.

Ty and Adia opening a gift.

Ty, Aunt Lori and Ella opening gifts.

Mommy's friend Ashley and my friend Presley at the party.

These are some of my favorite people.  Rachel, Aunt Lori and James.   So glad Rachel flew to GA from PA for Ty's party.  We love you!



Mommy's cousin Jessica and me! 



Mommy, Jessica, Great Aunt Janet, Me, Great Aunt Barb and Aunt Lori.  Thanks for making the trip from NC.

Aunt Lori and Ty Guy.



Daddy and Mommy's friend Jon and his little girl Anna Rose (4 months).



Some of my friends at the party.  Lauren, Adia and Ella.

Ty and Oliver checking out the presents.





My friends:  Adia, Lauren, Me and Olivia



Kim and Gabe



Family picture. Yes, this was the best one!



Playroom girl time.

Grandma, Grandpa and Ty

Ty had his hockey themed birthday party last week and all of his friends came. It was a wonderful time. We had a separate cake for him that he smashed to pieces and then another cake for the guests who prefer not to have hands and saliva all over their piece of cake. Thank you to everyone for coming and Happy Birthday to Ty.

Halloween

I know it has been a while between posts but Daddy has been busy lately. He has been coming home late each night the last couple of months so I decided to tell him about something wonderful I saw while I was watching CNBC. It is called work-life balance. Daddy started laughing when I mentioned the words. He laughed so hard he started crying. He continued to laugh so hard that he actually started to have trouble breathing. Then he peed in his pants. When he stopped convulsing Daddy explained that work-life balance is an oxymoron like jumbo shrimp, metal woods, or loving wife.

Halloween was wonderful this year. We carved a pumpkin and roasted the seeds. They tasted terrible by the way. I dressed up as Dorothy and Ty dressed up as the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. I was very a pretty Dorothy if I do say so myself, and Ty was a very angry Tin Man. Ty has two additional teeth coming in which made him a bit unhappy during Trick or Treating. Mommy and Daddy did not dress up this year. Interestingly enough though, several people remembered Mommy dressed up as a pregnant nun last year.

Anyway, it took me a little while to build up the courage to say “Trick or Treat” at the first couple of houses but I finally managed to get into the swing of things. I got tired quickly though and we came home after 8 or 9 houses. After we got home I helped Daddy pass out candy to the older kids wandering through the neighborhood.

Cows have udders.

 I have been so behind on my blog because my life is so busy!  It is hard dealing with pre-school, friends, ballet and a little brother who wants me to play with him all of the time. 

Anyway, it has been too long since my last entry.  Here are A LOT of pictures from a trip to a dairy farm (Cagles Dairy Farm).  Gavin, Owen, Tyler and Oliver joined us for the trip.  I have learned an enormous amount about the large, four legged creatures we call cows.  Mommy and I were talking about cows a few days before we went to the dairy farm.  We talked about how mommy cows feed their babies with milk.  She explained how people can also drink the cow's milk.  Seemed to make sense to me.  I did ask her about those things that hang down from under the cow.  She had an answer, as usual, they are called "udders"!  Imagine that - a name for those things!  Well, I processed all of this information that night and put it to good use the very next day.  As Mommy, Ty and I left our community the next morning I told Mommy the horse across the street gives milk too.  She said the horse doesn't give milk for people.  I then told her to look at the horse as we passed, it has ONE udder so why can't it give milk?  Mommy then told me that was a boy

horse.  Oh well, I thought that was an udder!




Tyler, Oliver, Holly and Ty before the tour.

 


This is the "Holly pose".  I like it!








Tyler, Gavin and Holly after watching the cow being milked.



Tyler, Oliver and Kathy

Gavin, Pam and Owen



Kathy and Oliver



Hay ride out to the pasture to see the cows. (Gavin and Holly)

Trying to take a picture with all six friends.  Holly is holding Owen, then Ty, Tyler, Oliver and Gavin!

Huge jumping "pillows", as they called them.  They really were great.

Oliver teaching Ty something.  Not sure what, but something.

A great day with great friends!