Happy 8 Month Old

 

     Tyler is now 8 months old! He is getting such a personality. The other day I caught him going after my flip flops and I said, "no," while shaking my head. He nodded "yes" with a HUGE smile. This happened three times! Little smarty pants. He loves to hold his own spoon and put handfuls of avocado in his mouth at a time. I put him in his jumperoo while doing the dishes yesterday and I swear, he said, "Mamamamama!" He was so mad, but I won't count it just yet! His naps, Bible study and activities at Jeff's school have made it hard for me to go to my workouts, but it's all worth it. Augh, the ever-changing nap schedule! He got his first top tooth this week, that makes 3. Ty loves to play music with toys and shake his head and bounce. Musical baby! and SO happy.

 It took Jeff 8 months to decide we should keep Ty. He asked us one morning if we were going to keep him and we said, "What do you think?" He said, "Yes, I think we should keep him." I guess he did not know Daddy was only kidding when he asked him all these months!

 Reading together

I adore the back of his big, round head!

 First baths together

Our School Boy!

 Jeffrey is loving school! I am so proud of our boy who hops out and happily bee bops from the car and up to the door everyday. He had two days of "Montessori 101" where they learned the process of things in their environment with only the new students. He has 3,4 and 5 year olds in his classroom. I had my first parent/teacher conference yesterday as a parent. I learned that Jeffrey is very interested in many things. He completes tasks at his desk and observes others, including 4 year olds and asks for lessons that he thinks look interesting. He carries his tray, pulls his chair out and pushes it in, cleans up after himself...all the things that are important at the beginning of this journey. I call him my school boy and he calls Ty my stay home boy. I feel lucky that Jen is there and sends me pics every once in a while and loves to check in on him. Jen opens the car doors in carpool lane every morning. In 5 weeks, she's only opened his door once, but he still hopes he gets her every day. : )
     Jeff has music class and motor skills. He knows the names of all his teachers and loves teaching me songs on the ride home and telling me about the stations in motor skills. We are so fortunate that he is in such a wonderful environment everyday. Montessori is reuniting me with my love for education. Very exciting.

 First real day of school, August 22

Working at his desk

 Garden Party



Toddler Test

Amanda sent this toddler test, no coaching, just asking the questions:
                What is your name? Jeffrey
                How old are you? 3
                When is your birthday? I don't know
                How old is Mommy? I don't know
                What is your favorite color? Red
                What is your favorite food? Fruit
                Who is your best friend? Lacey
                What is your favorite show? Dinotrux and Magic School Bus
                What is your favorite movie? Cars
                What is your favorite song? Life is a Highway
                What is your favorite animal? Zebra
                What makes you happy? You (Me, aw!)
                Where is your favorite place to go? Camp Bullis Park (where I workout and he plays!)
                What do you want to be when you grow up? A Daddy
                What is Mommy's favorite thing to do? Work in the kitchen
                What does love mean? I love you.

A few other little things:

It's neat to see Jeff observing things. I overheard him talking to Lainey while we were at Chick-fil-A and he said, "Hey, you have blue eyes like my Mom!"

He asked me what a tattoo was on the way to school one day. Then I realized, it was in the Travis Tritt song we were listening to, my favorite! I couldn't think of anyone who had one that is visible, but keep trying to show him an example of this "drawing on a person's skin that never comes off."