My babies...

...aren't babies anymore. They will always be my babies, of course, but they are growing up so fast that it's making my head spin. Ansley is talking up a storm and everyday she amazes Mike and me. She is really a smart cookie and is into everything that it makes me a little crazy sometimes. She has gotten more battle wounds in the past month than in her whole little life put together. Ty is crawling everywhere and pulling up on everything. He has even started to cruise which is crazy. I can't get over how quickly he is learning things and he is a handful...but in a good way. I don't know if it's because he is the second child or maybe I babied Ansley too much but he is doing things so quickly. I have heard that boys are a little slower at doing things but that certainly isn't the case with him. Anyway, my babies are growing up fast...too fast for my taste...but they will always be our babies...always.

Wanting daddy to take her for a ride on the dolly


Big smiles from my sweet baby


My silly little monkey


All pretty and ready to go to church


Trying to help me pick up Ty...yeah right...I give her A for effort


He LOVES being outside


Where's Ansley?...


There she is! No, you aren't seeing things...it's a big swing


Not yet! I'm in my pjs and my hair is a mess


She's always hoping she'll get a snack if she gets a snack cup


I think Ty is definitely move too fast...it's only their first date


Her is the start of her black eye...hard to tell but it was bad


Going for a ride...in their wagon and they love it


All smiles all the time


There's nothing better than a big smile from your baby...


...unless it's from your other baby too!


Chowing down and loving it


Ready, set crawl!

Mommy's big helper or Ty's worst nightmare?

So Ansley is definitely into helping Mama out and doing little things to be a big helper. She will go get diapers for me, throw things away, try to feed Ty, etc. Lately, she has started to undress and dress herself (which is good because I want her to learn that) but she is also trying to undress and dress her baby bro. She will pull his socks off and try to put them back on and try to take his shirts off and so on. This is all done with good intentions but I think from Ty's perspective...it may appear as though sissy has him in a choke hold and not just taking his shirt off. Let's just say that she doesn't have the most gentle touch while helping me with Ty. I keep trying to remind her to be careful because one day, and one day VERY soon, Ty is going to be bigger than her and may want to "help" his sissy.

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Bust a move

So I told you that Ty is crawling now and I promised to post a video of that...so here it is. This video was not taken recently, it was probably a few weeks ago, so I will make sure I take another one and post that too. Just to show you the progress he has made and how much quicker he is getting. I am pretty sure that I will have a walker on my hands here soon...oh my!

One step back...two steps forward

Okay, so I have been a bad blogger lately and I apologize for that. I haven't had as much opportunity to post like I normally do but I won't let so much time pass again. I will have to go back a little and then I will bring everyone up to date. I want to post some pictures that were taken a little while ago but don't worry...I will also put up recent pictures tomorrow.

Bath time in his tub in the sink...


...and bath time in the big tub...


...I wonder which one he prefers?


Here is sissy loving bath time as usual...


...no surprises here


Her pony tail at bath time


"Eating" something that she made in her kitchen


She must have really liked it


Just to give a little insight on the pictures...Mike and I took the kids out to eat a few months ago. It had been a while since we had done that...actually, I'm not sure that we had done that since Ty was born. It was good though because Ty stayed in his stroller and Ansley was a sweetie as usual. We ordered a pizza and she ate a piece all by herself (and trust me...these pieces are not small by any means). She did good and we snapped a few pictures which shows you how often we get out of the house and what the highlight of our days are like. We ended up going to a little Mexican place a few weeks later (because we are crazy like that) and that was a great experience too. Ansley did great and ate a good bit of food as well. She really like the chips (shocker...I know) and thought she wanted the salsa but Mama had to save her from that mistake. Ty actually sat in a highchair and ate his dinner and that was a first for us. So, all in all...it was good and we aren't scared to do that more often.

Being such a good boy in his stroller


Drinking from his sippy cup


Our sweet, happy little man


"Bring on the pizza!"


She loves her Daddy but enough to share?


Yummy....this is soooo good!


Can she possibly get any more pizza in her mouth at one time?


Yep...she sure can


Ty is such a good baby. He makes my life pretty easy which is nice especially since I have two little ones to take care of. He has gotten on an amazing sleeping schedule. He wakes up around 8am, goes back down at 9:30am, I almost always have to wake him up around 1pm, he goes back down at 2:30pm, up at around 4pm and then down for the night at 7pm. It's crazy because Ansley NEVER napped like that. She has actually gotten a lot better about napping now that she is older but hey...better late than never...I'll take it! Ty is also helping me out with feeding time. I can make him a bottle, put him in his bouncy chair, and he will hold the bottle and feed himself. In fact, he prefers to hold the bottle and although he will let me hold it too...he won't let go of it so I end up letting him hold it. It's nice though because I can give him the bottle and go off and get Ansley taken care of or knock a few chores off my list.

Here he is feeding himself...


I am going to put up a little video of Ty which was taken a little less than a month ago. He was 6 months old and starting to show signs of crawling. He would get up on his hands and knees and rock back and forth and would be mobile but by doing the "worm" as I would call it. He would get from point A to point B by using this method. Fast foward to present day (which was only about 2 weeks after this video was made)...he is full on crawling. I will post a video of that tomorrow. Anyway, it's been crazy and different from Ansley because she was so laid back and had no desire to move around. Ty, on the other hand, is ready to go and I think he will be walking VERY soon. I could be wrong about this but that is my gut feeling. Anyway, until then...I am going to try and enjoy the crawling stage while I can!

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So ready to crawl...

Sitting up like a big boy

Waaaay late

Okay, I should have posted this a long time ago and I have been meaning to...but then I forgot. I am very sorry. I have several new and recent pics to put up but wanted to post this first. So, I took Ty to the doctor (for his 6 month check up) and he did great. He did have to get several shots but took it very well. He was 18.2 pounds (75 percentile) and almost 28 inches long (95 percentile). I could not get over how long he was. Ansley was 20 pounds and 32 1/2 inches long at 18 months so it is going to be a little scary. I take Ty back to the doctor on May 20th for his 9 month and then Ansley the next month so that will be a really good indicator of how close they are in size. Sorry for the very late post. I thought I had done it and realied I had not. I will post some new pics very very soon!