Finally getting some use

It finally rained here in San Antonio, so Tyler was able to get some use out of his rain boots!

Since we don't have snow here for Tyler to shovel, we make him sweep the rain off the porch.

Here he's just peeking through the fence to see what's on the other side.

My nephew, Zac

My sister just sent me some new pictures of my nephew, Zac and he is just adorable!! I forgot how fast they grow.

In this picture, it's his first time in the grass. He's not sure what to think about it. He looks a little worried.

This is my niece, Allissa holding her brother. Tyler loves Allissa! He pretends to talk to her on the phone and the other day, when I came into the room, he had taken her picture down and was giving her a kiss.

2 year pictures

Well, my friend, Amy did it again and took some cute pictures of Tyler. Here are some of my favorites. www.elkinsphotography.blogspot.com

Potty Training update

Tyler is doing very well potty training. If he runs around with no diaper or underwear, he'll go every time. I think in 3 weeks, he's only had two accidents. We have started wearing big boy underwear and that is going surprisingly well too. He'll usually have 2 accidents a day, but all the other times, he remembers to tell me and take off his underwear. He can't just pull it down, it has to come off. We have gone on one walk and to pick up pizza while wearing underwear and made it there and back with no accidents. Some days, he tells me, "diaper" and wants a diaper on and not underwear. So I let him wear a diaper. I've heard lots of people say you can not force kids to potty train, so I don't make him do it if he doens't want to. Here are some cute pictures of him in his big boy underwear. I think he looks so cute and also so grown up.

The dogs

Just a few pictures of the dogs. Ivy loves it when Tyler gets to use the water hose. Wrigley, on the other hand, runs from him or goes inside.

Craigslist Finds

I finally found a few things on Craigslist. We've needed a new kitchen table for a few years now, but could not see buying a brand new one when Tyler will just bang it up. I finally found a great deal on Criagslist. It's an oval table that has a leaf (I wanted a leaf for when my family is here) and came with 5 chairs. Even the oval table itself is bigger than the round one we had. Our old table was looking really bad, but we had it for 9 years and got the table and 4 chairs at KMart for $99. We got our moneys worth out of it. The new table will be so much more functional.

Everyone knows that Tyler likes Curious George. I found these 3 canvas prints on Craigslist too for a great deal. We hung them in his play area of the game room. His little area is coming together well. Grandmom and Grandpop Shobe got him this table that he loves and then I ordered this bookshelf from Target. I love the bins because they hide all the toys. I'm thinking of putting a big cork board to hang his artwork, pictures above the table. Any other ideas you might have would be great.

Pool Pics

Once again, we were at our "home away from home" aka "the pool." I took a few cute pictures of Tyler.