Big Boy Bed

We had an adventure the other day to get Tyler a big boy bed. It started with a drive to Culver City, near Venice Beach. We found this bed on Craigslist.com, our favorite place to shop for furniture and why not it is always half the price of what you find in the store. We picked up the bed, which we dis-assembled and put in the van. It just barely fit, but we got it in there. Turns out we bought it from a mom with two kids who are actors. The are both going to be in Matilda and one was the Quiznos baby. Then, we took a drive toward the beach and ended in Venice, where Dave proceeded to take Tyler swimming in the ocean when it was 60 degrees outside. Tyler loved it though. He talks about the beach and the waves all the time now. We were there for about 15 minutes before I got cold in a sweatshirt and jeans and told them it was time to go.
On the way home we got stuck in traffic, conviently near Koreatown. We took a short detour to Soot Bull Jeep for some Korean BBQ so we could miss the traffic. It worked, rather than wait in traffic we enjoyed sitting the smoke filled room eating the best thing on earth...Galbi(marinated beef), Rice, Raddish soup and Garlic. It was awesome. It is my favorite restaurant in LA. If you have never been there, you need to try it! Then, headed home to turn in for the night at 9:30pm. Tyler was tired, but had fun. So was the adventure of getting his big boy bed.

He has now slept in it five consecutive nights and naps with no trouble (except one nap time when he would not go to sleep). I think he is proud of himself for becoming a big boy. We are proud of him too. I feel like we finally had a success. We judged that he was ready and he was...small victories in my book!

Uh OH...Keys!

I was in the kitchen a few days ago when I hear...Flush Flush....uh oh! Tyler comes running into the living room saying "uh oh keys". Next thing I know he is pointing toward the bathroom saying, "mommy keys". I started looking for my keys and found them hanging on the key hook. Then, I started looking for dave's keys, which were no where to be found. I asked Dave where he had put his keys and he explained that they were on the table. Well, they were not there anymore! I had a hunch that Tyler flushed them down the toilet and I was right. We had a plumber come and they had to remove the toilet and use a special tool to fish them out.
We then soaked them in bleach and boiling water at least two times. He was lucky that they did not go all the way down the drain, because Dave has a lot of keys on his ring. It would have been hard to replace them. After this incident we put a lock on the toilet so Tyler will stay out.

Staying on theme with the toilet, we started a new adventure this week. Tyler showed some interest in potty training so we tried using the potty a few times and he likes to try. We are not trying real hard, but we are letting him get used to the idea. He has pee'd in the potty at least 10 times in the last few days.

Grandpa and Grandma Knight came to visit this Thursday. They are here for a long weekend. They have been having a good time with Tyler. He has been wanting to go on a bus for the last week, so they took him on his first bus ride. They have done it twice since then because he loved it so much. They are helping wear him out, since I am so worn out it is nice to have someone else keep up with him for a few days. They have also been helping with other things around the house too, which I appreciate. Grandpa made "Playdough" animals with Ty and Grandma spent time telling Tyler stories about the bus.

We went to a train yard at Griffith Park to ride a mini train.

Summer is just picking up and the Heat is on

Summer hits hardest in August and September around here. It has been in the hundreds this week. We took a nice short trip to a new place this week, Santa Fe Dam. Who would have known this was even here. It is like a little oasis near the 605 and 210 freeways (15 minutes away). It is a lake and water area. Too bad it closes today for the season and doesn't open back up until next summer:( Oh well, we enjoyed it for a day and will go back next summer. Tyler and Clay had fun running in and out of the water. Since there were no waves they had a hayday.

One night tyler was a ham for the camera. He wanted his picture taken with mommy and daddy and by himself in his surfboard bathrobe. We had fun with it. I thought he look adorable, so I couldn't help but keep shooting.

Clays mommy and daddy had a blessing ceremony for him at their house this weekend. We got to be apart of it. It was so special. They wrote him special letters and so did his grandparents. Paul Kim (Ty's Godfather) performed the ceremony and blessed Clay also. We celebrated afterwards with food and cake...yum! Then, we swam in Clay's baby pool.

Tyler is going to be a BIG BROTHER

It is confirmed...I am 8 weeks pregnant. This ultrasound doesn't show much except that there is a sac and an embryo. It is our 7 week ultrsound. We feel very blessed, since we had a scare that I may have had a miscarriage at 5 weeks. Everything is fine now, but we count our blessings every time. We have told Tyler about being a big brother and he says "brotha" but doesn't quite understand what is happening yet.
He will be celebrating his 2nd Birthday in November. I can't believe we have an almost two year old. He is talking up a storm. He is like a little parrot that repeats everything you say. He can say at least three words together sometimes, like "i love mommy" or "watch me mommy". He enjoys baseball and throwing a frisbee. He likes the movie Stuart Little. When he wants to watch it he says "Bunny Mouse" over and over again.

Here is the big boy in his car seat.

On Monday, we filled up the van with three adults (Kristy, Jenny and I) and four kids (Ty, Jace, Sander and Clayton) and went to Balboa Island(about 50 minutes away). It was awesome. We had a nice long walk ablong the boardwalk. There were lots of boats and water to look at. We also hopped on a fairy that took us across a canal to the Island. The boys loved it. On the island was a carousel. Tyler cried almost the whole time he was on the horse. After that we went down tot eh beach and let the boys play in the sand. I was a beautiful day. Below is a pic of Kristy and Clay. The water looked teal that day...not like the LA beaches which look a little brown.

Here we are on the fairy.

Kristy, Clay and Jace on the fairy.

A friend of our painted this for Tyler's room. I just love it! It is above his bed.