May madness!

This has been one crazy month in the Beard household! Work was crazy busy with Hospital Week and weekend events plus I hosted two showers just last weekend alone! On top of that, we bought a new car this month. I won't go into all the details....but NEVER EVER BUY A CAR FROM CROWN NISSAN!! To sum it all up, I ended up purchasing two cars in one week because of a defect in the first car we bought! I ended up with a nicer, newer car in the end but it was not worth ALL of the trouble!

Ty is now 14 months old! He is starting to get brave with his walking. He will walk from me to Brent and even walk across the den. I give him a couple of weeks before he has it down pat! He is really starting to show us his understanding of things. The other day we were at Target he started making this crazy sound and pointing. We turned around and he was pointing to a tractor we had at home and making the sound it makes!! He also now THROWS his sippy cup at me when he is ready for his milk! His favorite morning activity is "helping me" with my makeup. He sits on the floor with me and goes through my bag taking EVERYTHING out! It makes a huge mess, but he is so cute!

We are now gearing up for a MUCH needed vacation. We will be leaving Friday for Port St. Joe, Florida with Brent's parents. We will stay through Wednesday, then Ty and I will have some quality time together at home next Thursday and Friday. We are so ready and excited!!
Pictures soon to come!

First Trip to the Zoo!

We took Ty on his first visit to the zoo the weekend after Easter. The weather was perfect!
Ty had a great time. He loves animals so he had a blast. He also rode a carosel for the first time with Mommy. But his absolute favorite was the food court cheese fries! Brent and I decided to stop for a snack and Ty couldn't get enough!! It was a really fun day and we can't wait to go back!


Daddy with his buddy

Yum...cheese fries!!

What A Difference A Year Makes!!

Easter 2009

Easter 2010

Easter Day Fun

As you can see, the Easter Bunny came to visit Ty! He brought Ty snacks, books, a sippy cup, his first toothbrush (which he LOVES), and some little cars. After going through his Easter basket, we all got ready and went to church. Ty was a little restless, so me and him sat out in the lobby most of the service!

After church, we went to Grandmother's for lunch. We ate and then played outside for awhile. Ty was a little wild man running up and down the driveway in his walker

Sunday night, we went over to Nona and Grandaddy's. We ate Easter dinner and hung out for awhile. It was a pretty big day for Ty, so he was quite ready to go to bed when we got home!

My Sweet One Year Old!

I still can't believe my baby is one!! We had his 12 month appointment at the beginning of this month. He weighed in at 19 lbs 4 oz. I can't remember his exact height. But I do know he is in the 25th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for height. So little man needs to gain a little weight!!

We finally got him drinking whole milk. But I do either have to mix it with chocolate milk or add a little chocolate syrup. We haven't lost the bottle yet...but that is a monster we will tackle at a later date! He is going through a phase now where he will hardly eat anything!! The only things he really likes to eat are biscuits and mashed potatoes!

He started crawling the day before his birthday, and the boy is EVERYWHERE. He is also pulling up on everything. He took his first few steps last week at daycare! (Which does hurt his mommy's heart a little). But he is yet to do it at home. His teachers said those first few steps scared him, so I think he is scared to try again!

His favorite toys right now are cars, tractors, anything with wheels. He pushes them around and makes the vrrrrrrrromm sound. It's really cute. He also LOVES Brooks. He is always laughing and smiling at him. Brooks still isn't sure, but is starting to play with him a little.

We are now about to embark on putting him on a night time schedule. He has been staying up til almost midnight most nights and mommy and daddy are whooped! So we will see how this goes!!

Ty's 1st Birthday Party!

Ty's first birthday was lots of fun. We rented out the top of the barn at the Oak Mountain Petting Zoo and did a John Deere theme. Jaime and I decorated most of the morning and our party started at 12:00. Ty was so good. He rode around in his wagon, ate his little cake, and was very patient while I helped him open all of his gifts! After opening his gifts, we went outside to the petting zoo. I think all the little ones had a good time!

Bless his heart, he did sport his first "boo boo" all day. The Friday before, we had his one year old pictures made at Botanical Gardens. He got really excited during one shot and face planted in the gravel! So his poor little nose looked pretty bad! But no worries, its already all healed up. Unfortunately, its probably the first of many!

Thank you to all our family and friends who came to celebrate with us! A special thank you to my bestie Jaime for all of her hard work!


Here are some more pictures from our fun day!

Ty's Baptism

Ty was baptized on Valentines Day! We had wanted to do it earlier but the poor boy was sick so much in his earlier months.

We were really worried that he would cry and scream when our preacher, Allen took him, but he did so great! Another baby, Aja was baptized right before Ty and our two families were the topic of the sermon. Allen focused on how everyone wants to stay in certain bright moments of their lives. The main quote was "If I could just stay here..." Like the day Ty was born...I wanted to stay in that moment forever. But if we had stayed in that wonderful moment, we would have also missed all the great things that have happened during his first year.

As Ty approaches his first birthday, I try to remind myself of this sermon. I have loved him being a baby so much. I am saddened a little when I look into his closet and see his tiny clothes that don't fit anymore and his infant seat waiting to be put in the attic because its been replaced with a big boy car seat. I try to cherish every time he lets me give him his bottle...I know he will not need me quite as much in the near future. Although a little sad, I think about what Allen said. If we stay in this moment forver, we will miss so much! Our little family has so much to look forward to!

Thank you to all our family and friends who were there on Ty's big day! Here are a few pics...

Happy Valentines Day!

We had a great first Valentine's Weekend with our little man. Brent and I were supposed to celebrate Friday, but due to the ice and snow we waited until Saturday night. Brent and I went to Firebirds while Ty stayed with Grammy and Grandaddy. Brent was really sweet and bought me roses and I gave him an Alabama snuggie!

Sunday was a very special day....not only was it Ty's first Valentine's Day...he was also baptized!
He did so good! I'll post more about that later....for now here is a pic of me and my little Valentine!

Snow Day!

Ty experienced his first snow on Friday! I went into work for awhile until Brent had to head in. I got home around 10:30 and Ty and I had a nice nap....then went outside to "play" in the snow with Granna! I guess we ended up with about 2 inches. Ty wasn't too sure about it, as you can tell be his face. It was so nice being home with him most of the day!

Here are a few pics from our lazy afternoon and evening at home....

Watching the snow melt..

My sweet boy...

Ty man and his pacy

Wednesday was not a good day for Ty. Brent called me when he got to work and said he had forgotten to take Ty's pacy to daycare. But not to worry, his teachers said he had an extra in his cubby.

Well fast forward a few hours. I go in to pick him up and I could tell he had been upset. The teachers told me that they thought they had a pacy but couldn't find it. They tried to give him other they had, but he wouldn't take them. He is SO picky about his pacy. In fact, when he was younger I had to special order the pacys that they give in the hospital because its the only one he liked. Anyways, he had barely napped all day and was just distraught about his missing pacy. As soon as we got home I popped it in his mouth. Bless his heart, he was out in two seconds!

Daddy was sure to take his pacy AND and extra the next morning. Looks like we might have a little trouble breaking this little habit in the months to come!

9 Month Stats!

Ty had his 9 month appointment last Friday. He weighed in at 18 lbs 4 oz and was 27 and 3/4 in tall. He is in the 75th percentile for his heighth and head, and 25th percentile for weight. So basically the boy is still tall and skinny!

After Christmas, he developed a yucky virus. He was so sick last week that we had to do breathing treatments...which were terrible!! We had to hold him down to do it every 4 hours!!! We kept him out of daycare all week, but Dr. Stone said he sounded better on Friday, so he has been back and school all week and is much better!

In other Ty news, he is starting to repeat things we say. So far he has said good, quack, quack ..hey baby, and cat. Needless to say, we are having to be careful what we say! He has also started to call Brooks "duh." We couldn't figure out what he was talking about for awhile...we thought he might be referring to his toy duck. But we came to realize he only says it while in his walker chasing Brooks!

He also loves to "read" his books. He looks so intently at each page and always leans in for a "closer look." It is absolutely hilarious to watch!

He is also waving bye bye...well he opens and closes his hand at you. Its so sweet and makes it that much harder to leave him! He is such a sweet baby and so much fun to be around! I can't believe he is getting so big!

Eight Christmases...Ty's First Christmas Adventure

Ty had a wonderful and busy first Christmas!!!

(1) Our festivities began the Sunday night before Christmas. We all went to Brent's Aunt and Uncle's house, where we had dinner and opened gifts. Ty was good for the most part. He loved Brent's Aunt Linda and stayed with her most of the night.

(2) Brent and I were both off work Christmas Eve. We spent the day last minute shopping and wrapping the remainder of our gifts. That night we went to Great Granny's for dinner...where Ty played the piano and posed for a few pictures for Mommy.

(3) We then headed to Granna and Papa's to open gifts. Granna and Papa gave Ty a red radio flyer wagon along with several other toys, and Mal and Chip gave him a cute Winnie the Pooh outfit and giraffe. Brent drove him around in his wagon and he seemed to love it. Ty also introduced us to some new dance moves of his. Aunt Mal and Uncle Fish were messing with Chip's new ipod and Ty heard the music and started his own little dance. It was really funny.

(4) Christmas morning got off to a bit of a rough start. Of all mornings, Ty wanted to sleep late, and was not very happy about getting up. He finally came around and we went to see what Santa brought him. We tried to get Ty to "open" his gifts, but Brooks decided to help him out. In fact, Brooks opened every one of his gifts. Santa brought Ty an activity table, an Elmo, lots of outfits, a glow worm, a lovey, a crawl ball, a train, leapfrog magnets, little cars, and I'm sure much more that I am forgetting! (Santa might have gone a little overboard! Oh well, he only has one 1st Christmas!!)(5) After opening our gifts, we were on the road again. This time to Pops and Ann's house for Christmas brunch. Ty had a good time visiting with his 1 year old cousin Owen. He made it to about 10:30 a.m. when he finally passed out for a long nap.

(6) Around lunch time, we headed to Grammy and Grandaddy's house for more presents! Ty got a car that lets us push him around, a microphone stand with piano, lots of outfits, bath toys,a Mickey Mouse and much more! Ty loved his little car and let Grandaddy push him around the house. One of my personal faves was a little dachshund outfit and beanie cap from Janie and Jack from Uncle Casey and Aunt Brandi.

(7) After opening gifts, Ty and I curled up for a little nap before heading to Nona and Grandaddy Beards for dinner. Ty racked up yet again. He got more outfits, more toys, and his Aunt Sue and Uncle Randy opened him up a special savings account. He was so good. He entertained us at dinner by getting his sweet potatoes everywhere but his mouth, played in the floor, and even tried some of Nona's banana pudding. (Mommy got a little carried away and gave him too much....making him sick much later...ooops!) He finally could not take the Christmas fun anymore and cuddled up with Aunt Sue and went to sleep. Not too worry though, the excitement was just too much. He woke up when we got him home, hyper as could be and stayed up til 1 a.m.!!(8) The morning after Christmas, we met Jaime, Jason and Brady at Cracker Barrell for our Christmas together. The boys were very good, especially since we had to wait a pretty long time for a table. Brady got Ty a shape cookie jar and a cute fleece outfit.

So after all is said and done, here is a picture of Ty's "loot".....I think he did pretty good! And thanks to some awesome grandparents...Mom and Dad did too!

As you can imagine, Ty's first Christmas left us exhausted, but it was perfect. We are so thankful to have so much family and special friends in our life. Thank you to everyone for making Ty's first Christmas so special!

Ty and Santa

Just another reason I love Ty's daycare. They had someone dress up as Santa and took pictures of the kids with him. They put all Ty's pics on a CD for our Christmas present! It definitely beats standing in line for hours at the mall!

Brent and I went with Ty the morning they did the pictures. Ty wasn't wild about sitting with him. He didn't cry but definitely did not want to touch Santa. No smiles, but I thought they were still cute!

Ty's First School Picture! (7 months)

All About Ty!

Ty is growing up so fast! He is now 8 and a half months old! I am TERRIBLE about writing in his baby book, so I thought I would list a few things he has started doing...

* As you can see, he is sitting up on his own very well now. He loves to sit in the floor and play.

* He's not crawling, but the boy is still ON THE MOVE! Our friend Rachel let us borrow her son's walker. Well Ty figured it out last week and the boy is all over the house....taking decorations off the tree, clearing off our coffee table...just a preview to the crawling days!

* He's been saying Dada since he was 6 months old. But he finally said Mama. Me, Ronnie and Jo Ann were at the table eating dinner and he was in his jumperoo. Well he was tired of it and got mad so he started screaming "Momma, Momma, Momma!" I was so happy :)! Of course he still only says it when he gets mad!


* He also has learned Bye Bye! We were leaving daycare the other day and his teacher said bye bye. Well he looked at her and said bye bye too! I was like when did you start doing that???!

*He also loves to takes "sips" out of Mommy and Daddy's cup or can. He especially loves Diet Mountain Dew. I literally cannot drink one without him screaming and reaching for it.

*His favorite toys are now my cell phone and the remote control! Once he sees them, he has to have them.

* He has two teeth now on the bottom! He got his first one November 16 (7.5 months) and the second one soon followed. I don't think he is going to be a terrible teether thank goodness!

Time to Play Catch Up!

The past few months have been SOOOOOO BUSY in the Beard household!!! Of course I can't remember all that has happened so I'll just list the big stuff!

October-

Ty celebrated his first Halloween! Unfortunately, he was sick. But we dressed him up as a little monkey and all the grandparents came to visit. He looked precious as you can see!!!

November/ December-

We had a great first Thanksgiving as a family. We have SO MUCH to be thankful for this year!We had lunch at Pop's and Ann's with the Bradley side of the family, then dinner at Nona's for Brent's family. Ty was VERY good all day!

We also had to make a couple of visits to Children's ER! The Sunday after Thanksgiving, Ty broke out in a rash. I called the on-call nurse to see what to do and she instructed us to head straight to the ER in case of meningitis! We were so scared, but after hanging out in the ER for a couple of hours, he was diagnosed with roseola. I had never hear of it, but its just a virus where babies run fever and have a rash....nothing serious. Thank God! But wait.....fast forward to the next Sunday night. We were about to eat dinner at Brent's parents' house and noticed Ty was burning up. He was running a 103 fever and not totally alert. He also seemed to be having trouble breathing. So off we go again! It was really scary because we were taken back immediately and his pulse rate was way too high. They gave him so medicine to bring his fever down, and he seemed to get better. Turns out he had another virus and his fever got too high, too fast which caused the difficult breathing and him not being very alert. We kept him home the following Monday, and he was much better by Tuesday. And...there is more good news! We made it through this past Sunday totally healthy! Hopefully these ER visits are a thing of the past!!!

We have to work on sharing....

"Uncle Fish, I'm warning you- DO NOT touch my toys!

"I mean it- I'm watching you!"

(Not a good idea)
"Now, I'm MAD!"