Night 1...

Last night was night #1 of letting Tyce cry. He slept from 7:30pm to 2:00am, then fussed on and off (but never a hard cry or scream or anything) till about 5:00am. Then...he slept till 9:30am! Amazing! He never sleeps past 7:30! When I went in to get him in the morning he was SO happy and SO excited to see me. He kicked his legs and flailed his arms, I love it. I love that he forgives me for letting him cry. =) I'm not getting my hopes up that tonight will go as well, but it'd sure be nice!!! Wish us all luck!!!

P.S. I'm sure you're all thinking, oh good, they must've gotten a good nights sleep...but no, Parker and I were wired for some reason (stressing about whether or not to buy a house I guess) and then Jack wet the bed SO...it was another sleepless night...

Big Boy Tyceroo!

Tyce had his 6 month appointment yesterday and he did great! He weighs 19 pounds (75%) and is almost 29 inches tall (97%)! He's a big big boy! I'm so glad he's tall like his daddy! The doctor was amazed at how strong he was. I talked to her about his sleeping (or lack thereof) at night and she said, once he gets feeling better, it's definitely time to just let him cry. It's so hard and so sad but has to be done, for his sake and mine!

He's on solids twice a day and is actually eating a lot less than he used to. He definitely loves baby food more than his bottle. He takes two naps a day and goes down very easy for naps and bedtime, all we have to do is lay him in his crib and give him his la la and binky. Now if only we could get him to STAY ASLEEP!

He sits up perfect but is starting to decide he wants to be more mobile and play with his brothers. He'll roll all the way across a room to get something he wants. I'm hoping he won't crawl anytime soon but it's looking like he will. He loves to bounce in his exersaucer and loves to be in the room with his brothers. He is literally the happiest thing in the world. He will smile all day. He rarely rarely cries.

I love my Tyce and feel so blessed he is MY boy!

Here's some random pics of my chubalub...

Once There Was a Snowman, Snowman, Snowman...

After church today the boys asked Parker to make them a snowman. Tycee is really sick so he and I stayed inside but I came out to get a few cute pictures...

Here they are making the body... I think Josh spent most of his time eating the snow...

Taking a nap in the snow...

The finished product...After he got thrown in the snow by daddy...

Today is Tyce's 6 month birthday! I can't believe he's 6 months already! How did he celebrate? By having a fever, runny nose, and horrible cough. =( He is still so happy though, well, trying to be happy. He is such a good baby (during the DAY!) Well it's 8:15pm and the kids are down, I think I'll head to bed too! MAYBE I'll get some good sleep before Tyceroo wakes up. We'll see...

Painting Fun...

So I was in the office typing this blog and the boys yell, "Mommy come look at Tyce! His head is stuck!" Needless to say, I run into the family room freaking out and this is what I see...

Hahahaha, he emptied out his toy basket and then rolled right into it! The funniest part was that he was busting up laughing about it, haha.

Yesterday the boys did a fun paint project. They have been so excited to do it ever since I bought the stuff. Jackson painted a ceramic cat, a wooden bus, and a wooden truck. Josh painted a ceramic dog, a wooden bus, and a wooden truck. It was interesting to watch them because Jackson lost interest pretty fast and ended up having Jadeh finish his for him. Josh was very meticulate, wanting it to look good and making sure all surfaces were painted.


Here's Jack starting his dog... Jadeh and Tycee, she just loves Tycee and would hold him for hours...

Joshy painting his cat...Cute little painters...Josh's creepy looking cat...Happy guy, bouncing away...
Josh painting his bus...Jack painting his truck...Joshy's finished products...Jadeh finishing Jackson's truck for him...The finished cars...After painting I started laundry and came upstairs to see this...Story time with Jadeh, they really love her...

It was a fun night and now the boys are loving playing with the cars they painted. Best $0.47 I ever spent! Haha. So we've done no naps for the twins now for three days and have been putting them down at 8pm. It's hard during the day never having them down (we do quiet time, but it's not the same) but it's nice having them down earlier at night. The difficult part is getting them down by 8 though, because Parker gets home at 6:45 so that leaves us a little over an hour to do dinner and play with daddy before bedtime. But apparently Tyce got the no nap memo because HE has decided he doesn't want to sleep anymore! He's always taken an hour morning nap and a two-three hour nap in the afternoon, not anymore! But, don't worry, he's still up all night. AH!!!

"Cuddle Me for Lots of Times"

Every night after the boys have calmed down and are ready to go to sleep Jackson calls for Parker to come up there and give him a drink, tuck him in, put his Thomas blankie on him, etc. When Parker goes in their room what does he hear? "Daddy, cuuuddle me for lots of times." It is SO cute and SO impossible to say no to! So Parker, of course, lays down next to him and Jack wraps his little arms around Parker's neck and pulls him in close telling him he can't go. It is adorable. I try not to get jealous that Jackson steals my cuddle time with daddy, because I know these days won't last forever so we're trying to enjoy the moments.

Last night I finally grabbed a picture of the cuteness...Jackson just adores his daddy, I love it...On a different note, Tyceroo is doing good. He is sitting up so well and he loves it! Actually the past couple days he's been getting in the crawling position and rocking back and forth! Please no, I'm not ready to have him crawling around...goodbye freedom! Haha. He is still up a lot at night. He only eats once but he fusses for his binky about 2-3 times a night. We are TIRED and FRUSTRATED, needless to say. Lucky for him, he's cute and SO happy so we still love him. =) Next week is his SIX MONTH appointment, crazy, so I'll update more on him after that.

Here he is sitting up this morning...Josh had just woken up, "Mommy, I'm too tired to do my best cute smile-but I'll try for your blog." HAHAHAHA...Josh is such a good big brother, he absolutely LOVES to play with Tyce and Tyce's face literally lights up every time he sees Josh...This morning Jack runs into my room and says, "Mommy you HAVE to come see what I did!" I go into his room and he stands by his bed so proud..."I MADE MY BED SO GOOD!" Haha, I was proud of him and appreciate his efforts to make mommy's life easier...(and no mom, he did not MIDER (spelling?) the corners!)
Things are going well for our family. Other than Parker and I being tired all the time we are all happy. We are always meeting new people and making new friends which makes everything so much better. Parker's job is going well and he's looking forward to March when he goes on the "Manly Man Retreat" to McCall, ID to go snowskiing/snowboarding with my dad and two brothers in law. Don't worry, us girls will get our fun too but it's not till AUGUST...so far away but that's good because I've got to get skinny since we'll be laying by the pool all week! Anyways...that's the latest! Oh, and MY PARENTS COME TO VISIT IN 16 DAYS!!! YAY!!!

Oh, and there's a new video on the bottom of my blog. It's hard to hear but Tyce was fussing so Jackson laid beside him and sang him primary songs and was rubbing his back and head which is exactly what Parker and I do to the twins to help them sleep...it was so cute.