Adjusting to Tyson

It's almost been two weeks since we had Tyson, and boy the time has flown by. Before we know it he'll be a teenager, or at least the size of one. It's been an adjustment having this new guy in our home but we love that he's here. It's so fun to just snuggle with newborns and I'm taking full advantage that Tyson is cuddly, cause he may be like Oak and never want to cuddle. Oakley loves his little brother. I don't think the change has phased him at all. He tells me all the time that Tyson is not in my belly anymore, which I am extremely grateful for since it was getting a little uncomfortable near the end. He's also been very independent lately. He gets his own food, and just plays by himself for the most part, which has been nice to not have to worry about him. Tyson is a really good baby. He sleeps well in the little play pen we have set up in the living room, and he eats well and isn't cranky. We are blessed to have such a good baby. We just need him to understand the meaning of night and day. He goes to sleep eventually at night but that's for sure his awake time. Wes has been great to stay up with him and let me get some good blocks of sleep before the "night shift". The biggest adjustment is just that we haven't really left the house much. I used to go do something with Oakley everyday to get him out of the house, but it's a little trickier with a newborn, so we've mainly just stayed in. Some day I'll be adventurous and head out with the two of them. We'll see how that goes. I'm grateful for for all of my boys. Tyson for being a great baby, Oakley for being a good big brother and being able to play by himself when mom is busy, and Wes for being such a big help. I'm grateful he took last week off to help with Oakley and Tyson. Him and Oak got to have a bunch of Daddy/Son time which Oakley loved. They went to the bounce house, many stores, and they even rode the Trax downtown and went to the planetarium.

I love my boys, and even though is a little trying at times, I wouldn't change anything.

Introducing Baby Tyson

On Friday, November 11th we finally got to meet our new son and brother, Tyson Drew. We were scheduled to be induced so at 6:30 in the morning the hospital called and told us to get there by 7:00. We were happy to get in there early and get things going. By 7:30 they had started me on Pitosin, 9:30 I got an epidural, 10:45 I felt like pushing, and at 11:02 baby Tyson made his appearance. It all went so fast, especially at the end. I even had to hold off till the Doctor could get in the room. Everyone keeps mentioning that I should have waited 9 more minutes so he could have been born at 11:11, but I really didn't have a choice, this kiddo was coming. We did pretty good with so many 11's though. He was born at 11 o'clock in room 11 on 11/11/11. I'd say that's a pretty lucky number for this kid. He was 8 lbs 9 oz and 20 inches long. Both baby and mommy are doing really well, and we've had no serious issues, so it's a blessing to get him here and start enjoying him. Here's our new family of four: Proud daddy Big brother Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Katy helped out by Taking care of Oakley while we were in the hospital. It was so nice knowing he was in good hands.
He had so much hair. It's long and black. Oakley loves his new little brother. He's been really soft with him and gets excited every time we talk about baby Tyson. The first day when he came to see us in the hospital we asked him what he thought about baby Tyson and he said "He's cool". Then he ran around the room jumping on mommy and all the furniture. He was just so excited.
Babies are always so cute when they sleep, and Tyson is no different. Here he is all snug as a bug in mommies bed: His "going home" outfit. He might actually fit in newborn clothes for more then a week, unlike Oakley. And here's Tyson in his little play pen that we set up in the living room, so he's up away from the craziness of big brother. The last picture is of Oakley when he was one day old and now Tyson. There are some resemblances. I think they could be brothers.

First Snowman of the Season

On Saturday we had our first big snow storm. Big enough that the grass was covered in white. I had to go down to UVU to ref the State volleyball tournament so Wes and Oakley got to stay home and play in the snow. Oakley loves playing in the snow. It snowed about a month ago but not enough to play in per say, but he still wanted to go out and play. Saturday there was enough that they built a cute snowman and Oak was so excited to show me when I got home that night. The next day he wanted to build a dog so he and I went out and attempted to build a snow dog. I think we did pretty good. Then a few minutes later he tipped the snowman over and jumped on the dog and broke it. I guess it's more fun to break stuff then to build it. Oh well. It was fun to play in the snow for the first time this winter.

For some reason Oakley loves the taste of snow. He just goes around eating it off the ground. It's a good thing we don't have dogs. He also loves licking things. I caught him licking the bottom of the snowman after he tipped it over. Yum.

This is Halloween

Oak loved Halloween this year, and I think he actually understood what was going on. He remembered how to trick-or-treat and everything. As soon as he was done at one house he'd run to the next house. Kayla came and went with us around our block. She wasn't as speedy, so it slowed Oak down a little, but I think she understood a little too cause she wouldn't let any of us carry her bag. She wasn't letting go of that candy for one minute. It took about an hour and a half, and by the end their pumpkins were overflowing with candy. Of course mom and dad got to have some, mainly the chocolate ones. Oak's favorite candies were the suckers. He loves suckers. He's been really good about having some healthy food before he gets to choose two treats from his pumpkin.

We also watched "The Nightmare Before Christmas" with Oak the other night and he loved it. He sat and watched the whole thing. Then afterwards he walked around singing "This is Halloween, this is Halloween" over and over. He's a funny kid.