Ty & Wes Time: Near Accident, Copsey Christmas, Lost, "Shut Up", Dog Treats, Hair Trim & Too Much "TB"

Wes: 7 Weeks Old

Ty: 2 Years, 2 Months & 3 Weeks Old

2 Fridays ago was a frustrating, scary, and fun day all in one. It was frustrating first and foremost because I was desperately trying to get out of the house at a decent time to go to my parents for Copsey Christmas. We learned the hard way that for Christmas…bringing presents back and forth, bringing all the stuff for the kids and the dogs – we can never fit in one car. Anyways, so we decided we were bringing two cars to my parents. Heath was going to go to Conway directly from Lebanon (and was bringing Sean), so I was able to go up early with the boys. That is if I could get out of the house. There are just certain times when no matter what you do, you just can’t get out of the house when you want to. We got up by 7:30 AM and I fed Westin. I figured that I could finish packing up, get Ty breakfast, get all of us dressed and then feed Westin early at about 10 AM… then we would be able to go by 11 AM. Fast-forward to me leaving at nearly 12:30 PM. Westin had not one, but two complete blow-outs in that span of time – needing me to do 2 complete outfit changes (so three outfits in total, counting the first outfit I had put him in before all the explosions happened). And I had been asking Ty continuously if he had to poop after breakfast, but he never went. Of course, as I had the car running, the dogs in the car, and Westin all bundled up in his car seat…that was the moment that Ty chose to load his drawers. Oh – I was so frustrated! The scary part of the day came next. We were just getting into Conway, when we almost had a horrible accident that was completely my fault. I had taken my eyes off the road to look in the rearview mirror to check on the boys for a split second, when the car in front of us decided suddenly to brake and make a left-hand turn. We had been going 45 miles an hour. When my eyes looked back up to the road, we were right on top of the car and we were going to nail them. Hard. Instinctively (though it was a completely wrong instinct) I braked hard and swerved to miss the car. But I swerved into the other lane (on-coming traffic) since there wasn’t a break-down lane or anything to swerve into on the other side because of the snow bank. Thank goodness there wasn’t another car coming, but just as we were passing the car – he started to turn left RIGHT INTO US! In that split second I was sure that he was going to hit us, right on Westin’s side…but I don’t know how – he didn’t hit us. It is only by the grace of God that we are all OK. It could have been really bad. God is so good. The fun part of the day came next when we all got together at my parents (except Leigh, who had to work) for dinner on Friday night. I was a bit concerned since we were all sleeping in one room for the first time. We could have split the boys up, but the far end of my parent’s house had been shut-down and was probably 45 degrees – so I passed on that. I was sure that Wes would wake up Ty, but it didn’t happen and both boys slept like angels.

This pic was taken at home, but Ty loves to wake Wes up and get him up out of his crib!

On Sabbath we went to Sabbath School and church and stayed for potluck. Poor Ty had a bit of a scare during potluck. Ty had been playing with some kids with a kitchen set and Heath was watching him, while talking to some people nearby. I went up and started getting a food plate for Tyson. Somehow Ty just wandered away – and must have walked right past Heath. My Dad found Ty walking towards the stairs of the church and crying, “Daddy…Daddy…Daddy” (of course it wouldn’t be Mama when Daddy is around). Ty was petrified! He was lost! My poor sweetie pie. It was pretty pitiful and it took some time for him to calm down. After church we headed home and just hung out. Now I know that Ty loves Mia – it is very obvious, but his love is now bordering on obsession. Forget Daddy when Mia is around…all Ty did all weekend long was say, “Mia…Mia…Mia” over and over again. And he would say this when she was right with him and, of course, he wouldn’t say anything when she would say, “What Tyson?” One of the cutest things happened on Sabbath. Ty went up to Sean and said, “Sean…Sean…Sean!” Sean said, “What Tyson?” And Tyson said, “Caw-caw…tweet tweet!” and then Ty started giggling non-stop. Let me explain. Tyson calls birds “caw-caws” – so Tyson really wanted to show off to his Uncle Sean that he knew that birds say “tweet-tweet!” (= It was so cute, I laughed so hard. It’s so funny how things change once you have kids. Our big Saturday night consisted of watching Ty & Bode run across the family room a million times in a row. It was really cute. They would line up against the windows (and actually put their hands on the window sill) and then we would count, “1, 2, 3, GO!” Then they would run across the room to the couch. Well, Bode would start every time early at “2” and would only go half-way across the room! Tyson would count with us and run all the way to the couch yelling, “Go, go, go!” the whole time and then pounce on Mia, who was lying on the couch. They did this forever.

The boys wore matching outfits that Sonia gave them to church

The three cousins before they started their running-across-the-room thing

Sunday was our Christmas! We had breakfast first, once the Devin Copseys made it over. Poor Leigh had worked all night and stayed up to have Christmas with us and didn’t sleep! Ty was funny and called the prosage on toast (that he has had many times) “wapples” (what he calls waffles). He couldn’t get enough and kept asking for “more wapples!” After breakfast we started opening presents. Ty did fairly well, but did need a time-out in the middle of presents – I don’t remember for what. He went absolutely berserk for his bubble blower that my parents got him. He was in a bubble frenzy! We had a great Christmas and we had a wonderful dinner that afternoon, but we were minus Devin since he had to work that night and was sleeping. We were all only together for a few hours that morning. It really stinks for scheduling when you have all nurses! Sunday night we headed back home and it was too bad that I had my own vehicle to drive home (with both kids no less). Our trip started slow, when I had to pull over and put the binky back in for Westin before leaving Conway. Heath is able to do this while driving since he has long arms, but there is no way these short arms can reach! Wes calmed right down and slept the whole way. Tyson, on the other hand, did not sleep the entire way. And we had left at about 7 PM! I thought for sure he would sleep, but no! He was cute, though. He wanted me to sing with him and would say, “Mama…Mama…Bible so” and then “Mama…Mama…beep…beep!” Let me translate for you! He wanted to sing Jesus Loves Me and The Wheels on the Bus! He loves to sing and gets some of the words in there!

Finley enjoying her breakfast

The bubble blower - I love this picture

Still enjoying the bubbles

Ty put swim diapers on his legs like floaties

Our best attempt at a cousins picture

On Monday we spent the day unpacking from Christmas again and I was up until 2 AM finishing it. One thing that was pretty funny happened first thing in the morning. My parents gave Tyson this cool little table set. It has a table and four chairs. I do not have any space anywhere at the moment to set it up, but I will put it in Westin’s room (our current bedroom) when we move downstairs. I will be able to put up a ton more toys/play things since the room is so big. I was trying to bring two of the chairs downstairs to the basement while Ty was eating his breakfast. I was really trying to be stealthy and get the chairs downstairs without him seeing them and avoiding a meltdown. As I was creeping down the stairs, I heard “Mama…chair…back!” He is really starting to put words together – it is so great! But it is also harder to get away with things. I pretended that I didn’t hear him and he didn’t push it, so it was good! Speaking of putting words together…he has started saying a phrase. Unfortunately, the phrase is “shut up!” Of course I am to blame for this, but I have to say this is what happens when you live with Min Pins. It is kind of funny when Ty runs around saying, “Puppies…shut up!” when they start their barking. I have now changed my phrase to “Puppies…be quiet!” and have been telling Ty that this is the better way to say it! Somehow I don’t think he believes me!

Ty trying on my new coat & hat

Westin in his new snuggly car seat cover that Auntie Shannon gave him

On Tuesday we worked on the laundry and ran to Concord in the afternoon to help watch Finley for Shannon while she had an OB appointment. Long story short, but my parents ended up coming too. I thought I might not go and they were going to watch Finley, but we all ended up there together. Ty & Finley were quite a pair tearing up the waiting room and Wes was a good boy and slept the whole time in his car seat. We did a few errands in Concord and then headed home to finish the laundry. More crazy things happened with Tyson that night. First of all, he was emptying out some of the drawers in my kitchen while I was making supper, when he got a dog treat out and popped it in his mouth! It is a pretty big, so I was afraid he would choke on it. I managed to get about half of it out, but he finished the rest like it tasted like candy! Gross! At bedtime, we were reading a book about dogs and he saw a white poodle in the book and said, “Baa…baa!” He thought it was a sheep! Pretty cute! We had gotten two glow-worms from the Edwards for Westin for Christmas, so I figured that Ty would like one and put it in his crib. I showed him how it worked…that it lit up and played music. Ty was scared of it! He cried and wanted me to take it out of his crib! What a scaredy cat! I fell asleep nursing Westin again that night and woke up at about 4:30 AM. This happens about once a week! It is so annoying! But I can’t help that I’m tired.

While I was working on the laundry - they did these adorable pictures. Ty close to Wes

Even closer to Wes

Closest!

Finley loved Ty's bear backpack

Running in a far corner of the waiting room at Shannon's appointment

On Wednesday Ty did a lot more crazy things. First of all, after his nap, I asked him “How was your nap?” and he answered me, “Good!” He answered my question appropriately! That really hasn’t happened like that before. For lunch I tried giving him a black bean burger. I don’t think I had tried to give it to him before. He devoured it, but he couldn’t help but pick out all the chunks of corn and black beans in the burger! He still has issues with textures! In the afternoon, he ate his second dog treat. I couldn’t believe it! And he had the gall to say, “Yummy…tummy!” I finally relocated the treats to the top of the fridge, so he better not get them! I was also impressed with a couple of things that he did and said. First of all, I had told him that he would be getting a bath that night (which he loves). His response to that was to say, “Tubby…Daddy…Gone!” He was telling me that he didn’t understand how he was going to get a bath since Daddy was at work! Then earlier in the day I had told Ty to ask Heath for money when he came home from work to put in his new piggy bank that he had gotten for Christmas. I thought it had gone in one ear and out another, but the first thing that Ty said when Heath came through the door was, “Daddy…money!” Smarty-pants! Wednesday night was a big deal for Wes. He finally got the trim that he desperately needed. I just couldn’t take it anymore. So he lost his mini-mullet in the back and got trimmed around his ears. Thank goodness! He looks so much better, even with that small amount taken off! He did great and didn’t even fuss!

Ty with his piggy bank - actually it was supposed to be Westin's, but Ty has adopted it

Not a great picture, but I think this was right after we cut his hair

On Thursday I started my Pilates again. I’ve got to stick with it and hopefully I’ll see some results! Ty said another three word phrase on Thursday. “Daddy...Work…Come!” He knew that Daddy was gone to work and he wanted him to come home! Something I have really figured out is that Ty is watching WAY too much TV and it is becoming a problem. I used to be able to have the TV on and Ty would play with his toys and not really pay any attention. Now if the TV is on, he sits right down and is glued to it. So I have been not having the TV on while I’m nursing and just cutting back in general to try to decrease his viewing. But I’ve figured something else out. We live in an age where it is very hard to limit TV or entertainment because of technology. I might have the TV off, but Tyson is glued to my iPhone or my iPad. He knows exactly how to pull up Youtube and watches videos there and watches trailers over and over on the iTunes store. So this makes things a lot more difficult. I knew it was becoming an issue when he started saying, “T.B. (instead of T.V.) on!” Uh-oh. Thursday night we went to Mexican with Adam, Sonia, and my parents. We had a nice time and a great dinner, as always. Oh yeah – one interesting thing happened with Adam & Ty. They were playing with a toy and it stopped working. Tyson said, “Battery!” Adam realized that he needed a screwdriver to open the battery compartment. Adam told Ty he needed a screwdriver, so Ty ran and got him one (we keep a few of them in a drawer in the kitchen). It was too big, so Ty ran and found him a smaller one. The smaller one was too small, so Adam told Ty that he needed a screwdriver “in the middle!” Adam & I both thought that this was a concept too difficult for Ty, but he surprised us both when he brought back a 3rd screwdriver…one that fit perfectly! Good job Ty! I do realize that the majority of the blog is about Tyson and not as much about Wes…but Ty is just doing so much more right now. Westin has a great schedule down and is eating, pooping, and sleeping all the time! He does throw some smiling and cooing in there too! He is a doll and I can’t wait for him to get older so they can both play together! Well, that’s all for now. Have a great week!