Tyler is 5 months old!

It's been awhile since I've done an update on Tyler and how he's been doing.   He just turned 5 months old and yes, still growing like a weed!  He mostly wears 9 month clothes but occasionally I put on a 12 month onsie that does fit him but that's just because I haven't done his laundry and that's all I can find to put on him =).  He has been eating solid food for about 3 weeks now.  I mix his fruits and veggies with his cereal and he really likes that.  Plus I think it stretches those little jars of food for him to have 2 meals instead of one from it.  I remember Hunter not really liking cereal at all and would only want bananas, sweet potatoes or apples to eat.  So far, Tyler has eaten sweet potatoes, squash, apples, pears and peaches.  He loves all of them....not that I didn't think that he would. He's is going to be my little eater. I really hope he isn't super picky like Hunter was and is now.  He eats twice a day (morning and night).  I feed his little belly up right before bedtime so that he will sleep 7-8 hours for me.  Currently, he is not sleeping those 7-8 hours straight because I believe he has another tooth coming in.  He's been waking me up every 2 hours the past couple nights.  Yeah, I'm exhausted. I forgot this whole teething thing can do that to ya! Anyway, he has started to push his body up with his arms and does 360's and rolls all over the place on the floor.  I've had to pretty much limit his tummy times out in the den where the big rug is because he rolls so far and all over the place that while he is in the living room he ends up on the tile in a flash and I'm afraid of him banging his head hard on the tile. I know I've said this before in previous posts but I'll say it again: He absolutely loves Hunter.  He does not take his eyes off of him if he is in the room.  He cracks up at him when he is nearby and loves when Hunter plays with his cars or his choo choo's near him.  He stares as if he is contemplating how he is going to grab one of those cars or the choo choo's to play with him.  It's so cute and it really melts my heart.  I know one day Hunter is going to pitch a fit when Tyler is able to actually crawl over to them and grab it but we will just have to cross that bridge when we get to it.  Ha!

Yummy!

This kid loves to jump.  He also in the phase of everything needing to be in his in mouth!

Hunter is such a funny little boy.  He sings the ABC song everywhere!  He is obsessed with his firetruck that he pushes everywhere outside.  He's had that thing since he was a baby and learned to walk from it and since then has really made that his favorite outdoor toy.  He loves for us to push one of his other toys around with him in the yard and loves to quickly turn his firetruck around and crash into us.  He is so anxious to get back in our pool.  The water is still cold but we keep telling him that in a couple more months it will be warm again.  We do have a little pool for him that we have him jump and splash in because its warm all the time so that helps.  He loves to come home from school and play in it.  I guess that is a perk from living in South Florida.   It's 80 degrees here everyday.  We did have a little cold spell a few weeks ago but I think that's it for our "winter time".  Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.  Hunter has just recently realized that he's the big brother and that he is important for Tyler so he does really well with hanging out with Tyler while I need to make dinner or be on the phone with something.  He will go to him and smile and dance in front of him and it makes him laugh.  He's so sweet to him.

"Frie-tuck"

Hunter loves the chicken nuggets at Chik-Fil-A so at least this is one meal that I know he will eat =). He loves to dip them in "ket-chee"

I'm busy as usual. I know everyone thinks that if you are a SAHM that you just get to kick back and just do laundry and take care of kids which looks like a "piece of cake" (I thought so too before I become one) but I feel like I'm almost busier!  I do work from home now.  I want to say roughly 4 hours a day (in between Tyler's nap times) and take care of Tyler who has become quite a handful.  Hunter does go to school full time which I get up every morning to drop him off by 8 am, then when I get back to the house, Tyler usually wants to play for a little bit and then he goes down for a 30-45 min nap  and this is when I jump on the elliptical machine.  Then during nap times and when he is quiet I am working.  I do like how I'm on a routine. Not just with the kids but with myself and back to working.  I'm starting to feel that balance back in my life.  For awhile there, it was JUST KIDS.  Not that taking care of my babies isn't what I wanted but when you come from working a full time job with a stressful commute I have to admit it took some adjusting to.  We also go to Palm Beach where my boss's office is and I'm able to take Ty.  So he comes to work with me.  I just let him play in the Pack N Play and bring food and a bunch of toys and he's content.    Plus, on top of being a mom, I'm a wife too!  LOL.  That means making dinner every night! What!?  Yep, if my husband is making the dough, I need to make him dinner that night if he's home. I'm happy to do it though.  I used to cook alot and get really into making some yummy stuff before we had kids and now I have a little more time to plan and make something that looks like it came straight out of Top Chef. Not sure that it tastes just like it came out of Top Chef but I try.  The Crock Pot has been my best friend.  I love making the meat/protein in there and then I make everything else with it later.  It saves lots of time and its so good!!! 

My little assistant at work =)

We are going to have some family come in over the next several months and we are looking forward to it.  Sean's brother and sister out in California and Washington are coming at the end of March and then in May my mom, brother and his wife will be here.  While they are here, Tyler is going to be baptized.  Matt and Jessica will be his Godparents.  I'm so excited! Hunter was baptized during the same Memorial Day weekend as Tyler will be.  I'm planning on Tyler wearing the same outfit that Hunter did.  It's a 12 month size and was a little big on Hunter when he wore it when he was 8 months so I'm hoping Tyler will be able to fit in it.  Hopefully, he will be crawling by then and  thin out a little. We'll shall see.... Also, in April we are planning another trip to Disney.  My mom is going to meet us in Orlando and we are going to see one of my good friends', Shell that I've known since high school along with her family. We're so excited!!!

My babies.  Just love them to pieces.