Our little athlete

We have all heard the saying, "Like father like son". Tyler is a mix of Dave and I, but he has really been taking on some of Dave's qualities. He just adores Dave right now. His most recent fedish is going to watch Dave play frisbee. He knows when Dave's goes to play frisbee because Daddy takes his cleats. Now, Tyler wants to wear his own cleats and go to the field to watch daddy and to play frisbees. Between balls and frisbees, this kid could not be happier. We bought him an indoor frisbee, which we have now duck taped twice and it is irreparable after Ty destroyed it this afternoon. He can catch it and throw it also. Following in his fathers footsteps, he only wants to wear mesh shorts and sweatpants now. He gets really upset when you try to put jeans on him sometimes. I guess he just wants to be comfortable. It is really special to see he and Dave together wrestling, jumping, playing with blocks, reading stories, tickling, and rough housing. Dave is such a great dad. He really spends quality time with him and Tyler just soaks it up.

A while ago I told Dave that I wanted to take him ice skating. I know he loves it and we don't get to experience winter much here in So. Cal. Back in the day, Dave was a great hockey player and could skate really fast. We haven't been in years though. Pasadena has a nice ice rink that we decide to visit. We took Tyler and it just so happened they had skates his size, so we got him out on the ice also. He didn't know what to do with it in the beginning. Dave took him for lap after lap and he warmed up to it. By the end, he was walking in the skates. At first he wanted Dave to carry him. All in all we had a great family outing!

We let Tyler choose his shoes to wear and he wanted to wear his bear slippers. So random:)

Playing in the snow:)

B-ball shorts and cleats!

watching daddy play frisbee.

Big brother soon...30 weeks and counting!

The clock is ticking and we are itching to meet our baby girl! We have another appointment next week. The baby weighs as much as a cabbage and is about 15 inches long. I can feel her moving a lot now. We will be meeting with our doula Catherine this month to talk about our birth plan.

Yesterday, Tyler and I went to our friends house, Kristy and Clayton's, and did a photo shoot. To see pictures of Ally Jane-5 weeks click here. Otherwise, see below pics of Clayton and Tyler.

Not a great photo, but I wanted you to see how cute Tyler was trying to pose like mommy for the picture.

30 weeks! There have been requests for belly pics and although I hate having my picture taken here you go.

Tylers belly picture!

Claytons nickname for Tyler is b-ball, so this is fitting that he is holding a b-ball! I was taking Clay's pictures and Tyler plopped down next to him for a photo op. They are just too funny together!

He is really hard to photograph at this age, but here are a few candids I got of him playing in the yard with Clay. I guess we will call them his 2 year 2 month photos and clay's 22 month photos.

Drinking buddies:) Juice of course!

28 Weeks

I think it is safe to say our family has recovered from the holidays and two weeks of sickness. After family left for the holidays, Tyler got a fever and cold for about a week and a half. Then, after coughing in mommy's face for that long Mommy got it. I was sick in bed for two days and took another four days to recover. One of the perks of pregnancy is that you can not take many over the counter medications, so I had to resort to natural remedies. I am a fan of those anyways, but a decongestant would have been nice. Instead I con-cocked an array of onion, lemon and honey remedies. Thanks to Dave and some of my good friends who helped with Tyler while I was sick. One day I felt a little better and took Ty to a kids Gym called Gymnastikids. He loved it. We are looking into a little kids gym membership because he just loves the trampoline and needs to expend some energy. (see pics below) It is like a gym I used to work out called The Little Gym. We will be checking that out in the next few weeks for a trial class as well.

Tyler is a little chatterbox. He does not stop talking until he falls asleep at night. It is pretty funny to listen to him. Some of his new developments are...he loves basketball shorts, he doesn't like jeans, he says "where's daddy?" all the time, even if he knows where daddy is, He loves wearing his cleats(soccer shoes) like daddy who wears them to play frisbee in. Anytime we got to watch daddy play frisbee or go to play with Tyler he wants to wear his cleats. He says that things are spicy if he doesn't like them. He walk up to my tummy and say baby sister in mommies tummy. He loved cucumbers and green beans of all things. He drew a "T" and said "I made a 'T" for the first time this week.

This week marks pregnancy week 28. I am starting to feel tired again and I am not sure if it is due to a lingering illness or the third trimester. I am trying to take it easy to say the least. The baby is moving a lot and it keeps me wondering what position the little bundle is in. This week I have been doing some nesting. Tyler and I visited Babies'R"Us and if thinking about a newborn is not overwhelming enough they created a store to make you feel like you are totally unprepared. Needless to say, we left with a few key items and I am sure we will be back for more in the next few months. I was excited about the purchase of a Graco Travel lite Crib/Bassinet. It will hold the baby in our room until she is old enough to move into Tyler's room in the crib. It is convertible, so I can use it by the pool or the living room and it won't take up a lot of space like the regular size play-yard. I know this is exciting stuff:) Next on the list... finish Tyler and the babies room, find a combi double stroller, ask people to help out with Ty when the baby is born, schedule family to come visit to meet her, finish my birth plan/request for the hospital, chose her name, and rest:)

Left over holiday pic that I forgot to include. Here is a pic from when we went to pick out a Christmas tree. As you can see this is as fresh as they come out here in LA:)

He jumped on this tumble track for almost 45 minutes straight without breaking a sweat.

Bubbles:)

Does't this look fun?

Ending 2010 with a Bang

ER

Never can be too careful we found out this last week after our first visit to the Emergency Room with Tyler. Accidents happen and this was a big one. We woke up the day before New Year Eve at 7:00am to Grandma running around trying to find a key to the bathroom that Ty had locked himself into. When she opened it she found him standing on his stool that he uses to brush his teeth holding an open bottle of Grandpa's blood pressure medication. She yells to me and I immediately went to the refrigerator where I have all of our emergency numbers and called poison control. They said, "Where is your closest ER? I will call and let them know you are on your way!"

I threw my clothes on and Tyler's jacket and was out the door before Grandma and Dave could even say a word. When we got the ER they administered two full syringes of liquid charcoal into Ty's mouth. It looked like Black paint. They said that if he did not swallow it they would have to put a tube down his nose or throat. Thankfully he drank enough that they did not have to. It was not pleasant having to hold him while they did this. Then, we had to stay for 6 hours for them to monitor his blood sugar and blood pressure. Meanwhile, it was the day I had to fast and get my Glucose test done for the pregnancy, so I had to leave Ty, Dave and Grandma at the hospital for about an hour and get blood drawn. Fortunately, it was not effected by the stress of the events that day and results came back fine. I went back to the hospital and took Ty him Elmo and his little DVD player so he could watch movies. They released him at 2:30pm and we took Ty to Jamba Juice, one of his new favorites. There were no side effects to the meds he took. We think he only took one and if he did the charcoal absorbed it and it had no adverse effects. Only side effect was from the charcoal, he had some cramping and diarrhea(sorry to much information).

27 Weeks

Today marks 27 weeks on the pregnancy calendar and the start of the third trimester. Baby is about 2 lbs. and 14 1/2 inches. Lots to think about and prepare. We had our 26 week visit with the doctor this week. Everything measure right on schedule. Woke up to a violent leg spasm last night that felt like I had broken my leg...no joke. ..it hurt and still hurts today. It could be a number of things, but probably need to drink more water, relax and get more calcium. It has been a long few days with Tyler. He has had a fever for two days and not sleeping well. Which means we haven't slept well either.

Grandma and Pa Olson visit

Grandma and Grandpa Olson came for about a week over New Years. We had fun going to our favorite restaurants. Dave even got tickets to the Rose Parade in VIP seating from a frisbee buddy. We were right at the start of the parade about 100 yards from the NBC tower where it is televised nationally. Ty loved all the floats and special effects. We don't usually see the special effects of the floats where we watch the parade, so that was a treat. They spent quality time with Tyler as well. Mom helped me organize part of the house, shop for some much needed things around the house, rearrange Ty's pictures and some of my closets. It was such a big help and Lucus and Grandpa pitched in too.

Soot Bull Jeep, my favorite Korean BBQ restaurant

Grandpa and Tyler at the end of the Rose Parade

Our VIP seats at the Rose Parade

Castle floats with special effects

Ty the morning of the parade. He was half in the bed and half out of the bed when we went in to get him. Mr. Bear apparently was wrestling with him in the middle of the night.

Having fun New Year's Eve with Grandma and Mamma at Houston Steakhouse.

Ty really enjoyed cuddling with Uncle Lucus

Like father like son:) As I am writing this Tyler is sitting here watching and laughing hysterically at this picture.

Tubular Ty practicing his surfing with Uncle Lucus.

Ty's nurses at the ER right before we were released. They gave him all sorts of little toys to take home...an elephant, a stuffed fish and a power rangers bag.

This picture makes me want to cry everytime I see it. He was not happy after one of the nurses repeatedly came in to prick his finger and check his blood sugar.

This is after they gave him the charcoal and he had to spend 6 hours in the bed. We took turns sitting in the bed with him.

Daddy rubbing his back and head. If you notice, he is holding Elmo. Elmo had his blood pressure checked and vitals checked too.

Opening Christmas presents from Gma and Gpa Olson. This is a Thomas the train set.

Last year Mom gave me (Shelby) a couple pairs of underwear that were a few sizes too big. When I opened them I said, "Is this a joke?" They were obviously too big, but she thought they would fit:) This year the joke was on Grandma. We got her the largest pair of underwear we could find.