Our vacation was so much fun...a lot of work, but fun. I still have a million pictures to go through..so first I'll just start off with a slide show of the AMAZING Colorado scenery...I love it and could watch the slide show all day long. The first half is from camping at the Sand Dunes and the second half is from Garden of the Gods!
So one morning...(The Sunday before we left for vacation..we were leaving on Thursday) Ty woke up in his normal happy mood..ate as usual...and then I took him out to the living room and noticed his little eye lids were swollen, so I took off his pj's and noticed he was a little spotty...OH NO!!! The night before he ate peaches for the first time, but we were also outside most of the previous morning with sun screen on. I called my mom and dad (he is a nurse and my mom is a secretary at a elementary school..and deals with all sorts of childhood "things") and they said just to watch him closely and if anything changes to call the doctor. He had no other symptoms besides the spots, which were getting worse...the "day 1" picture was taken about 4 hours after he woke up in the morning. Sunday goes by with no changes except for the rash getting worse then better than worse again.
Monday I call the doctor right away and they get us in around noon. The doctor checks him out and says it just looks like an allergic reaction to something..and since he is not having any more symptoms besides the rash there isn't much to do, just watch him and if things change bring him back.
Tuesday, day 3, same thing again...at times it seems like it is fading, but then shows up in a different spot about the same or worse.
Wednesday was the last day of it being really bad...
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3--please excuse the cute baby butt
Day 4
We still weren't exactly sure what caused the reaction...but since it was nothing more serious than a rash, we left for vacation as planned and while camping put sun screen on him again and within hours his face broke out in hives again....CRAP!! A baby who is allergic to sun screen...we live in Texas and are always out in the sun...My sister in law has a family friend who is a dermatologist told us to try a hypoallergenic sun screen...which thankfully we used and Ty has not broken out from it!
I felt so bad for Ty, but it didn't seem to bug him at all. The only funny thing is my dad has suffered from hives for YEARS now...so Ty looked like a mini version of Grampa!
We are now the proud parents of a graduate...a preschool graduate!!! Tucker was so proud and so were we! He actually got up in front of the church and sang with the rest of his class..well minus Trey (who wouldn't get up there and sing). It was such a nice ceremony and he got the cutest diploma! He looked so handsome in his cap and gown. Now Tucker is officially ready for kindergarten!
I am sucking at this blogging thing right now...well actually I am a bit behind on almost everything right now....having three kids ages 5 and under is TOUGH..to say the least...now don't get me wrong..I love it and definitely wouldn't change it..but it is a LOT of work.
But I am apologizing for being a bad blogger and I have a feeling it might just get worse. I just have so much to get done, blogging is somewhat low on the list...Right now I am trying to get things organized for our VACATION!!!!! We are going to Colorado for a little over a week and are going camping for part of that time! I am so thrilled and I can't wait...but it is a ton of work to get a family of 5 ready for a vacation that includes a 15+ hour road trip (one way) and a 4 day camping trip! But it will be worth it!
Oh and Tucker will be graduating from preschool here in a few weeks too!!!
So, please forgive me and I will try and post when I get the time!
Last weekend we decided to head over to Vinny's parents house to spend a little time with them. They have a nice big open yard and Vinny's dad bought the boys kites! Tucker really loved it and Trey did at first, but then accidentally let go of the string and had to chase after it before it flew away..after that he was done...
Vinny's mom, all 3 of the boys, and I went on a walk down their street. The wildflowers were blooming and it was so pretty..I used my mother's day present (more about that later) to snap a few pictures of the boys.
Last Thursday I registered Tucker for kindergarten!!!! He also got to take a little tour of the school. It was so cute because when we got to the library he said, "wow, that's a lot of books!" Then when we walk into the gym, he just wandered around a bit and was just looking at everything in awww..you could just tell that he was in Heaven!! Next was the music room and he said that it looked pretty cool. And last we went into the Art room, and he was actually impressed, he said, "look at all this art stuff." That surprised me because he usually isn't one for arts and crafts...he's a more physical guy!
It was a lot of fun and now he really can't wait for kindergarten and riding the bus! The picture below is of him wearing Wildcat ears...the school's mascot is the Wildcat...just like my elementary school's mascot!
What the heck...Ty is 1/2 a year old already!!!!!!!!! I can't believe, he is growing so fast!!! We finally got Ty a real high chair to sit in and he seems to like it a lot! He is eating a lot of solids lately..For "breakfast" (I put that in quotes because the meal is not at the usual breakfast time, but sometime during the day before dinner) he eats about a size 1 jar of a fruit (so far he's had apples and bananas) mixed with rice cereal. Then he usually eats about a size one jar of vegetables and at times a little bit more for dinner. So far he has had, sweet potatoes, carrots, squash,peas. and green beans. His favorites are sweet potatoes and squash. Carrots, peas, and the fruits are just okay. When he tried green beans, he ate the first four bites and seemed like he was okay with them (I was surprised because they made his older brothers gag every time they ate them) but on the 5th bite he actually "tasted" what he was eating and gagged..so I tried another bite and he gagged again..so I mixed them with sweet potatoes..and the ate both jars mixed together. We have also given him the little Gerber puffs, in sweet potato flavor and he loves those. He is so cute when he eats them because he smacks his little lips as he is chewing! We also tried the sippy cup with water and he sucked on it, but didn't really care about what was coming out of it..he mostly wanted to play with it.
At his check-up the doctor had nothing but good things to say about him. He was really cute smiling at her the entire time and was really into everything that was going on in the room. Ty was cracking her up because everything she would do, he would give her a huge smile or some sort of look. He weighs 18 pounds 6 ounces and is 27 and 1/4 inches tall. Still right around the 75th percentile.
He is still rolling over from back to front...as soon as I lay him down he almost automatically rolls over then yells because he hates being on his stomach..and hates even more rolling from his stomach to his back, even though he can actually do it. He is almost sitting up on his own without support and we have been taking him out of his infant car seat and letting him sit in the cart or highchair..thanks to cute seat cover his Aunt Ashlie got for him. Ty is quite the little chatter box lately..he love squeal and blow his little lips together. He is still sleeping in his own room in the crib from about 8ish at night to about 7:30ish in the moning.
Sitting in his new high chair!!!
In the front of the stroller like a big boy (Trey is mad that he doesn't get to sit in the front)
Sitting up in the shopping cart..he's such a big boy now!
Now he's sitting in a high chair at a resturant
Almost sitting up on his own!
His cute face after eating some peas!
I love his gummy smile!
For Vinny's birthday he got a fishing kayak! He thrilled about having one and found the perfect spot to take it out. He takes it out down on the coast, but goes in the "flats" the water is only about waist deep and pretty calm. Tucker really wants to go out with him, but Vinny needs to get the hang of everything first
Last weekend we drove up to Ft. Worth to visit with Vinny's brother and his family. We haven't seen them in awhile and it was so nice to get together. The kids have grown so much and they all had fun playing together! 
We have started regularly attending the church where the boys go preschool and last Saturday we went to a picnic they hosted. It was a lot of fun and reminded me of back in the day when we used to do all that stuff at my old church in Colorado. It was a bbq/potluck and the food was amazing. After everyone ate they had games to play. Tucker and Trey got to do their first egg toss and (with a little help from Vinny) did a good job..you know for being 3 and 5 years old). 
