We have been working on his napping...which is extemely hard. He hasnt liked to lay in his bed for naps for a long long time. He likes to be held- but I decided it was time that he sleep in his own bed. Sooooo the last couple of days have been pretty stressfull on all of us. But I am happy to say that last nigth he was put to bed awake and fell asleep with NO crying and only woke up once through the night!! Now we'll see if we can make it that easy during the day....
We had a great Thanksgiving day- with great food and good fun. Then on Saturday Grandpa Santa came and gave out presents! It was a lot of fun to see how some kids liked Santa and others, even though they knew it was Grandpa, were still scared! 
We stayed until the following Wednesday while everyone else had to leave on Sunday. We played a couple games of Hand and Foot- and I am happy to say that Marita and I kicked Kurt and Newels butt!! (The second game!) We ate at YUMMY 5 guys and of course Pei Wei. MMMMMMMMMM! Then we went bowling, went to the park where the guys played football and the girls and kids walked around, watched the ducks in the pond and played on the playground.
Snuggle time with Grandma
Fun times with Grandpa
We have started Mr. Tyson on rice cereal this past week and he LOVES it!! The first time we obviously didn't know what we were doing so the cereal was a bit runny....pretty much fed him milk from a spoon! But he did pretty good with it- most of the stuff on his face was from us trying to get it to his mouth- not him spitting it out! The second night I think I made it too thick, trying to better it from the night before! And fianlly the third night we got it juuust right! Last night I couldn't be quick enough inbetween bites- he would yell each time after he would swallow a bite until the next one would come! He got a bit crazy to say the least- I had to make more 3 times because he just kept wanting more. By the end he was settled down and quite full:) 
My pumpkin
Kurts pumpkin!
Daddy and Tyson having fun
Modeling the sweater and hat a family friend made for him!
Tyson Grady is 3 months old today! He's changing so much- he loves to smile very big smiles- and will "talk" all day with you. He still loves to take baths and hates when its over. He is very wiggley and sometimes it hard to even hold on to him. He has been sleeping from about 8pm to 4am!!! Then again unitl 7 or so. Ahhh- its so nice- I just hope it's to stay! He usually wakes up very happy in the morning! While that is nice, his napping isn't- I havent been able to get him to sleep on his own for more then a few minutes in a long time. So if anyone has ideas- we are more then happy to hear them! He got a new playmat with jungle animal toys hanging down- it lights up and plays music which he seems to really enjoy. It takes him a few minutes each time to figure out he can touch the toys but once he does he likes it. We have been working on rolling over. He hasn't cared for tummy time much in the past but is getting better so I do it as much as I can without making him upset or overwhelming him!! He still hates to have a dirty diaper(which I dont blame him) and will let you know if he wants it changes, if we happen not to know it already! He seems to know when dinner time is and insists on eating the same time we do! A friend let us borrow a front pack to carry him in and I am excited to start using it now that he can hold his head up pretty good(except when he's tired, he seems to get a little lazy with it!) He loves to watch out the windows of the car when we're driving and likes it when I sing to him and help him dance to the songs! When I go to the store not many people come up to look at him- but Kurt and I were at JCPenny's, Kurt was holding Tyson and lady after lady after lady would come up and talk to Kurt about how cute Tyson was. I guess Kurt is more approachable then me or something. Or maybe these ladies like both my guys!! All in all he is a great baby and we love him to death.
Cousins
Starks Kids
This past weekend we made a road trip to see mty family in Wyoming...yup took a 14 hour drive with a 2 month old!!! I will admit I was NERVOUS! But he actually did reaaly good. I kept telling Kurt that I wish he was old enough to reward him in some way by getting icecream or something because we were so proud of him! We split up the trip into two days- we first went to Salt Lake which is an 8 hour drive, stayed with Kurts aunt and uncle who made us a super good breakfast before we headed out the next moring. From there we drove on to Laramie which is a 6 hour drive(well suppose to be). We stopped in Rock Springs to meet my Dad for lunch(he was there on a trip)which took forever. I mean I really loved having the one on one time with Dad but I dont think I have ever been to a slower Subway. We stood in line for almost half an hour with only 3 people infront of us. Then we stopped at Taco Time for my bovarian cream empanada(its a tradition! mmm!) on the way out where Tyson had a little melt down that set us back another 30 minutes or so. Rock Springs did not do so well for us- not to mention all the stinkin' contruction between there and Laramie...grrr. The rest of the weekend was packed full of lots of quality family time. It was the first time in a long time all 5 kids and their families were together- plus a bunch of my cousins and aunt and uncle were there, and my grandma flew in to meet Tyson too! ahhh-he's so loved! We had a really good time reminiscing! And again Tyson did great!
