Mealtime with Grammy

Tyler is really enjoying mealtimes now--oatmeal cereal is his current favorite. We had dinner with my mom who decided to feed Tyler his dinner.

Only, she spent most of the time cleaning him off between bites because she doesn't like the mess. He indulged her but made it clear that he would rather eat.

Party Boys

Tyler attended his first party--a double birthday for Jeff's cousin Megan's two boys--Griffin turned three and Owen turned one. Despite having the sniffles, Tyler was all smiles.

Our nephew Jacob (Jeff's sister's baby) is in the red and in the background is birthday boy Griffin and his mom, Megan. Jacob is exactly two weeks older than Tyler, but he's about 4 pounds lighter and 2 inches smaller.

Owen wanted to play by himself.

Snow Angel

Jeff and Tyler got to play in the snow the other day, and this time Tyler enjoyed being outside in his snowsuit.

First Foods

Tyler is now 17 pounds and almost 27 inches long and has two bottom teeth that are almost completely poked through. He's off the charts in height and weight for his age, and is eating us out of house and home--almost 45-50 ounces of formula a day. He is so hungry all the time so we decided to try some rice cereal just to see how it went and he LOVED it. I think he's been waiting for something other than all that formula. We let him have his own spoon and once he realized it could go in his mouth we had trouble getting it out.

Dogs

Tyler has been spending a lot of time watching the dogs run back and forth across the family room. Ruger (our black dog) has now taken an interest in Ty for the first time. She won't leave him alone.

First Snow

We got our first real snow of the season! Just a coating, but enough to try out Tyler's snowsuit. He was not thrilled with the outfit, it was just too much fabric for him. As usual, I'm sure he'd rather be weating his birthday suit.

Sick Baby

Tyler has been very ill--he developed RSV a terrible respiratory infection, likely a result of all the wonderful attention at his christening. The doctors were considering admiting him to the hospital because his breathing was so labored but first they suggested we try a respiratory machine at home. We have been administering medicine through the machine every three hours around the clock and it has worked well. He is getting much better, sleeping well (and alot) and today smiled and played for the first time in several days. Only bad news is Jeff and I have both gotten pretty sick now too. I have pneumonia, and Jeff seems to be developing the same.