Dogs are cute too...

Chloe wants everyone to know that she is over her sickness..and still cute. Notice how she made herself a little pillow out of her bed. What a goof.

"g" sweater

Graham's Yaya (Grandma-my mom) worked really hard and made him a cute new sweater. It is a little big now so that he can hopefully wear it next winter. Considering his current height and weight stats, I don't think that will be an issue. Thanks Mom!

Art Class

Graham and his little buddy Lilli had art class today. In between projects Miss Jan lets the kids play while she sets up the next project. This is actually Graham's favorite part of class. He goes straight for the balls. Though today Lilli beat him to them, and he wasn't quite sure if he should get in with her. There is one picture of his actual art, it is on the table next to him on the left in the picture he is standing playing with the bead thing....Don't they look cute in their smocks?

What we do all day...

I am sure there are many of you out there that wonder what we do all day long. Well, after getting ready for a meal, eating it, cleaning up from it, changing diapers, rocking to sleep, getting up from naps, letting dogs out, feeding them, there really isn't that much totally "free" time in my day. I know that is hard to believe, I wouldn't have believed it myself a year ago when I was still teaching. However, when the "free" time during the day does pop up, here are some photos of what we do. The fun part? Graham is loving helping! He gets really excited to find socks in the dryer (he will only pull out socks- and actually searches for them in there, it's pretty cute) and most often leaves some of his toys in there as well. He also is a huge fan of my new Dyson vacuum. Isn't it lovely? I love it. It was a Christmas gift that I was so looking forward to! Graham likes it too, he chases me around as I vacuum, laughing hysterically. As for the dishwasher, he tries to crawl into it...so that is a chore we try to avoid!



Notice the little blue ball in the dryer, and the little orange ball in the dishwasher. There used to be a little red ball too....I haven't been able to find it in weeks. I wonder why!? :)

1 year portrait session

I finally got myself together to take Graham for his one year portraits. I got his pictures taken at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and now 1 year. These weren't the greatest, but I managed to find one or two that I liked. Graham pretty much looked worried through the whole session, was a drooly mess, and I tried to do something with his hair, but he was having a bad hair day. Oh well. They always try to sell you on the "enhancements" at the beginning (the photos labeled with "E"), but I prefer the plain portrait shots (the ones labeled with "P"). Try the link below.
https://www.smilesbywire.com/home.asp?AC=LTPP0713119108JCP When you get there, enter Monica Tyler as the customer name and you should be able to view them.


After we got home and Graham had his lunch he wanted to model his cute outfit one more time..too bad you can't see his argyle socks that match his sweater.

Bath fun

Here is some cute video of Graham from bath time tonight. I even did some experimenting with the movie maker on my computer..so this is a few different videos put together. I was trying to get him to do a bunch of words, etc. Things to look for, Graham saying "baby" (he likes to whisper too..so listen carefully!), growling like a tiger, and my favorite-singing "Oh, oh, oh" . Of course his cute run/walk/waddle to the bathroom is the cutest!

Watching history....

Watching the new First Family

Taking a milk break

Parade time!

We spent much of this 5 degree day inside watching Inauguration coverage. It was such an exciting thing to witness. Graham liked all the clapping and cheering. He waved to all the people during the parade. He is pretty good with this due to the fact that we watch the Today Show most days and he claps and waves to the crowd outside the studio every morning. Anyway, we had a fun day watching all of the historical coverage, it was a good first history lesson! I enjoyed watching it all, but I do have to say I think the part of the day that made me smile the most was Aretha's hat. You go girl.