Christmas 2008

For Christmas this year, we went to IL. But since we flew out of Houston, we were able to see Scott's family too for a little bit. Tyler got to see his Aunt Stacey, who he hasn't seen since last Christmas on the way to IL and his Uncle Brett on the way back. Tyler had presents at G & G Shobes, at my grandma's, at my parents, and back here in San Antonio. He made a haul to say the least. When we arrived in Chicago, it was a whopping -4 degrees. Monday was freezing, but the rest of the week it was in the 20's and 30's, so not too bad. We had lots of snow too. You'll see in the picture below. There's also some pictures of me and Scott with Tyler, Tyler in his Christmas Pj's, Tyler with his cousins, Tyler opening gifts. He got some Lego's and also some Lego fruit snacks-you'll see he really wants those.

Gymboree

I haven't made a post in awhile, so I figure I better get on it. I took some pictures of Tyler at Gymboree today. He really enjoys his class there. It's fun to see him interact with the other kids and to start doing the activities. For the welcome, they sing a song in which they clap, stomp their feet, and wave. At first, Tyler would just watch, now he does the movements. He loves to ride the rocking horse (he's getting one for Christmas) and he loves the tunnels.

Fun at the Park

Tyler had fun playing at the park the other day.

Bath Time

Tyler loves taking baths. If I say "bath time" or sign "bath" to him, he says "bath, bath" and starts heading up stairs. He likes to splash around and play with all his toys. He new thing is he likes the water running. When he has enough and I turn it off, he signs to me-more water-and it's so cute. I tell him, no, you have to play, and then he signs-please water- with the sweetest look on his face, I just can't tell him no. So I drain a little and run some more and he loves it.

G & G Shobe

Last Saturday, Grandmom and Grandpop Shobe and Portia came over from Houston. Tyler had fun playing with them. He liked reading with GrandMom and having her pull him in his wagon. He had fun interacting with GrandPop and playing with Portia. It was a nice visit.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from the Shobes. We celebrated Thanksgiving this year with our neighbors-Aimee, Emma, and Sophie Stromberg. Mark, Aimee's husband, is deployed right now, so he was in our thoughts today. We had a good time visiting and eating way too much. The kids made Indian headbands and were so cute. Here is a picture of that and one of Sophie hugging and kissing Tyler - you can see Tyler is trying to escape.

Haircut time

Tyler has had his hair cut about 4 or 5 other times, but my friend Julie, who is a hairdresser has done it for us. This week she was too busy with family coming into town, so we went to Fantastic Sams. I wasn't sure how Tyler would do, if he'd cry or what, but he did perfect. He just sat there like a big boy even when the razor was used by his ears and neck. His hairdresser did give him a brand new comb for him to play with or chew on.

The Doggies

I have to make a post about the doggies. They were our babies until Tyler was born. They still are very spoiled-they sleep with us at night, have someone stay with them at the house when we're out of town, but they're not walked everyday now and whenever we eat or Tyler has a snack, they have to go in their kennels. They still get lots of attention though. Tyler loves his doggies and tries to give them kisses. They don't particularly love that, but he keeps on trying.

Ivy is a 7 1/2 year old Westie. She is very independent. She loves to play fetch and be outside. At our house in Sugar Land, we had lots of squirrels and she would watch them for hours. She did catch one by the way. She is the Alpha dogs and puts Wrigley in his place often. She is a sweetie though and will cuddle every now and then and likes to get belly rubs. She loves walks and rides in the car. If you talk to her, she'll listen and cock her head and her ears will move - it's so cute.

Wrigley is a 4 1/2 year old Field Spaniel. He is a happy dog and his tail never stops wagging. He loves to give big bear hugs and just this fall has started to love to be outside. He used to only stay out for 10 min. tops; now he'll stay out for hours. He doesn't play much fetch, but loves to chase Ivy and be chased by Ivy. When they start running, Tyler just laughs at them. He loves breakfast time, dinner time, treat time, and any other time he gets food. He loves walks or rides in the car. He thinks he is a lap dog and loves to cuddle. I almost forgot - he was a show dog. He is a Champion after winning 7 Best of Breeds in a row. He was even on Animal Planet. Now he's back to just being our pet and he loves that the most.

As you can tell they are still our 4 legged babies and we'd be lost without them.

16 Months

It's hard to believe Tyler is already 16 months. He's growing up so fast. Like I said before, he loves to be outside. He loves swinging. We usually do it at least 2 or 3 times a day. He loves to go on walks in his wagon and any time we're out front, he loves to get the broom and help sweep.

He says MaMa, DaDa, bye bye, and tries to say ball, bath, duck, banana. He is signing a lot too. He can sign please, more, finished, clean up and water. If I sign sit, he will and in the bath if I sign duck, he'll give me the duck.

He loves to put his hands in his hair when he's eating. If I say anything he does it more. Here I was trying to ignore him and it didn't work. He ended up with the food in his hair. He thought he was pretty funny.

He is a big boy now-he likes to go down the stairs standing up. He can now climb up on the chairs, couch, and ottoman all by himself. He thinks he's pretty cool.

He loves to read. Since I'm a huge reader, I love that. I can not even count how many books we read in one day. Here he's reading with Daddy and you can see Ivy is enjoying the book too.

October Recap

Since I didn't have the blog in Oct. I wanted to update about our Oct. because we had a busy one. My sister, Valerie was here to visit with her husband, Jason and his daughter Allissa. We had a blast! This was their first time to San Antonio. They took all the pictures and since they haven't sent me any, I have none to put up. Maybe they'll send some soon. We did all the tourist things-Riverwalk, Alamo, Sea World... And Valerie informed us she's pregnant! Yeah!!! She's due the beginning of June.

After their visit, my parents were here for the weekend and again, we had a blast with them. Grandma Chambers brought some crafts for Tyler to do and Grandpa took Tyler on walks, pushed him in the swing, and taught him how to rough house a little bit. We also went to Sea Wolrd again.
Finger painting with Grandma Chambers Going on a walk with Grandpa Chambers

Lastly, for Halloween, Tyler was a pirate. He had fun trick-or-treating with the neighbors.

Finally here

Well, I finally gave in and made a blog. I love reading all my friend's blogs, so I decided to make one too. Plus, it's a great way to keep family and friends updated on Tyler. Tyler loves playing outside and will stay out there as long as I let him. Here he is at 15 months.