12 Months of Ty

1 week, 5 weeks, 2 mo, 4 mo, 6 mo, 7 mo, 10 mo, 11 mo, 1 yr

I stole this idea from my sister-in-law Deanne to put a collage of Ty at different stages, but I am (obviously) not a photographer, and I didn't plan it that well, so I missed a few of the early stages. Nevertheless, here is the growth of Ty.

One Year Stats:

 Weight: 19.5 pounds, 25th percentile

Height: 29 inches, 25th percentile

CAMP TY Birthday

 When we found out Tim's parents and Aubrey were coming for Ty's first birthday, we decided to throw a party! We decided on a Colorado/camping theme and sent these invites to them.

Everyone arrived on Friday and took Ty to the Children's Museum while Tim went to school and I did some shopping, then we all went to dinner and walked around the 28th Street Mall in Boulder. 

Saturday was the day of the party. Ty started the day out opening one present, his first pair of Nike's from Grandpa Rod (that are pretty similar to Tim's!) Ty loved wearing them and walking around in them. I think they made him feel like a big boy!

 Before we left on our picnic, we made our own bags of trail mix:

 

 Aubrey and Grandma Diney kept Ty busy while we were packing the picnic.

 We had a picnic in Eldorado State Park, only about 15 minutes away from our house. There, Ty got to open a few more presents. He got a mini-camping chair and lantern from his Grandma and Grandpa Larsen, and some batman pajamas from Grandpa Tom. (I'll post more pictures once I gather them from Aubrey and Diney. Come visit again soon!)

 Tim and Rod did the cooking.

Cute picture!

 Delicious tin foil dinners

 Roasting marshmallows

 

We played a game at the picnic where we had to draw a picture on plates while they were on our heads. I gave instructions such as "start with the ground...draw two mountains coming up out of the ground..." the picture of the plates below are what we ended up with. We also went on a scavenger hunt for things in nature.

Once we were home, we played some "camp games." They were basically Minute to Win It type games, as pictured below, and finished with some Colorado Trivia!

 

Then it was time to open up the rest of the presents! Can you tell he got a LOT of presents?

 

 He received a few things from Grandma Bywater including a Dr Seuss Book, a "Birthday Boy" shirt (worn on his actual birthday), and a soft bear that he loves to cuddle. From Grandpa Tom, he got a cute outfit and some shape blocks. He loves to roll his Cars cars back and forth and got a Dog book from Aubrey. Opened a cute truck book and matching pajamas from Grandpa Rod, and received a beautiful, homemade quiet book from Grandma Diney (pictures to come).

 This gift, homemade by Ty's aunt Deanne was pretty clever. The white shirt says "Daddy's Study Buddy" on the front and has the normal distribution equation on the back. The red one sas "Mommy's Running Coach" on the front and "If you can read this, we're just warming up" on the back. Thanks Deanne, Scott, Mackenzie, and Matthew!

 

This boy was already very spoiled, but then we brought our gift down to him, a big dump truck with mega blocks (big legos) in the back. Ty even found out how to use the truck to assist him in walking (on grandma and grandpa's watch).

  Ty was too grumpy for cake Saturday night, so we waited until Sunday. I made a "campfire cake!"

 

Ty REALLY liked his chocolate cake. He picked up the entire piece with both hands and shoved it in his mouth (and up his nose). He didn't want to move his hands away from his face because he was afraid he wouldn't get another chance to put more in! Aubrey and Diney gave Ty his bath that night, and they said there were chocolate chunks all over, but it was stuck in his nose even after the bath!

Ty enjoyed his birthday party, and especially the attention he got from his visitors. Thank you all for your gifts and birthday wishes! I can't believe this cute, crazy kid is ONE!

Easter-a few more pics!

 All 8 cousins in their coordinating outfits!

 Easter Hike in Red Cliffs

 This year, Tim left Ty and me for a week so he could do research for his dissertation in Salt Lake. I was very nervous to be alone with Ty for so long, but Ty was wonderful and we survived! I even managed to make some cookies after he went down for the night.

 Ty and I flew out on Wednesday. While in the airport, we sat on the chairs that backed up to a moving walkway and Ty thought it was the funniest thing to see everyone move past him. He even got quite a few people to smile back at him.

 

 He also had fun trying to eat the chairs-yuck!

 Tim picked us up from the airport and we spent the night with Grandma and Grandpa Larsen before driving down to St. George. They gave him a little Mickey Mouse that went straight into his mouth, but he had fun playing with it.

 In St George, we stayed busy. The weather was so warm and perfect. After a fun lunch at Cafe Rio, we went to the Arts Festival:

Friday night we had our big family picnic in the park. I can think of a few excuses for why I didn't take many pictures last weekend, but a big one is that they would have mostly been of us just sitting around visiting.

Saturday morning, we went with my dad and cousin Nick and his wife Tamra on a hike up in Red Cliffs. We knew it would be busy, so we went early. We were the first ones there, but it was still too shady and cold to get in the water.

Ty liked putting his feet in the freezing water, but once we tried to get a picture, he lifted his little legs (see below:)

 The hike to get to the water is only about ten minutes, but it was enough to wear this little guy out.

 

 After the hike, we met up with more family at a park. There were 5 babies there born in 2012. Here is Ty with little Leo.

 My aunt Ruthanne's family rented a house for the weekend that was huge and had a pool, so we had a pizza party there on Saturday night. It was too cold again to swim once the sun went down, but that doesn't mean Ty didn't try!

 

 We held another "Peeps Contest" that was even more competitive than two years ago. Ours was "Peepasana: Peep Yoga in India"

 Above (done by adults) from top right to bottom left: Life of Peep, The Peedles, Eat More Cows (Mindy's-I thought this was the cutest idea!), Winnie the Peep, Les Miserables

Bottom (done by kids): Fairy Peep, Dark Vader, 3 Men in a Tub, Girl Scout Cookies

 Sunday we went to church, which was pretty wild with so many kids, and had a kids Easter Egg Hunt:

 

It was great to see everyone!

Big Boy and Buddies

This boy is 11 months old and he sure thinks he is a big kid. His biggest news is that he can stand holding on to things. He loves to play standing against the couch or coffee table with his toys on top, but he still doesn't crawl. I guess he'll probably skip crawling all together.

 Happy St. Patty's Day!

Thanks for the cute outfits Grandma, Grandpa, and Aubrey!

 Check out these cheeks:

Ty and Henry (3 months older than him)

We went with friends Jaime and Henry to play at the mall. I didn't even know this play place existed, but it was a lot of fun!

The Easter Bunny was at the mall and Ty got to sit on his lap, but they didn't let us take pictures. Luckily, we got a cute one on this "Easter-y bench."