Afternoon at the park

Tyler went down the slide by himself yesterday. It was so cute. He wanted to push himself down without help, so I let him do it over and over again. As you can see here...he loved it! He also enjoyed playing in the sand and playing with a little girl he met at the park. She gave him his first kiss:) It was really sweet. He recognized that she was his age and he started to follow her around.

14 Months Video

Random Pictures

Ty loves his books. I find him in his room sometimes, just sitting on the floor reading his books.

We took a visit to El Porto Beach on Sunday. Our babysitter and friend, Brooks, went with us to have some fun.

Tyler was very cuddly at the beach.

Dave loved showing Tyler the waves and the surfers. It was beautiful. The waves were really big...probably triple overhead.

About a month ago Tyler met my cousins Melody's daughter.

Dave's cousin Brandon came to visit from Missouri and meet Tyler. We had a nice time with him.

Christmas Pictures

Tyler and Mommy at The American Mall in Glendale. This is Santa's house.

Christmas Eve with Tyler.

Tyler and daddy at Pasadena City College. This is where Dave likes to take Ty and let him run around on the football field.

Grandpa did his hair for this picture.

Wrappping Up 2009

A lot has happened in a few weeks. Tyler has a new cousin named Carter Anthony Speck. He was born on Dec. 28th to Dave's sister Christy and her husband Tony in Minnesota. Grandma and Grandpa Olson came to visit over Christmas. We went to the Rose Parade and had front row seats.

Tyler has been testing our every nerve the last few weeks with his new gift of screaming. Hopefully the neighbors don't think we are beating him, because he screams really loud, even in the middle of the night sometimes. I have been reading and some sources say it is developmental. Either way, it drives me crazy that I can not control it. He is still a great boy though. He is just learning about his voice I guess.
He also learned how to stand on his rocking chair today. I guess he is going to be adventurous and daring like his mom and dad. This is a picture I took quickly of him before removing him and telling him not to do it again. He proceeded to try over and over again. I put the chair up for now. Tyler has also been learning to communicate through sign language. So far he knows the signs for : please, moon, all done, bath, and milk. We are working on some other ones. He picks up on some of them better than others. He really understand when to use "please". There are some other pictures here to enjoy...Dave jumping over Tyler, Tyler pointing, Tyler with his new giraffe friend, Tyler opening presents, Tyler with Grandma Olson.