I Caught The Blog Fever!

So let me start out by thanking my good friends Andy & Sarah for giving me the motivation to start our first blog.  They have been posting ever since their baby Whitney was born, and it is so fun reading about their journey, that I want the same luxury of having an online journal that we can look back on years down the road.

I am intending this blog to be a way for us to keep a journal of our family and our son Tyler's milestones and growth... but since he is already 8 months (today- yay!!) I'll have to do a recap.  I'm sure that Michael will post some as well, and please don't expect this to be a daily occurrence.  There are many days where I feel like there aren't enough hours in the day to accomplish the things that have to get done.  With that said, here is the short version of the past 8 months:

Tyler David Cleland was welcomed into this crazy world on November 19,2010: 7lbs. and some odd ounces (seriously can't remember right now and don't feel like digging for it.  Mark that on my "Mom of the Year" board).  He had a head full of hair and the nurses were referring to him as the baby with all of the blond hair.  It was love at first sight!  I remember Michael and I thinking that we wanted to keep him in our room the first night and not in the nursery because we could handle it- HA!  A few hours later I remember Michael laughing in the background as I am calling a nurse asking if "someone could come and get our baby."  We decided that we should take full advantage of the nursery while we had the help.  Yes, we have been graced with a child :)

He is so great, almost always happy (except when he is tired or hungry) and finally after 5 1/2 months of waking up every 1-2 hours, is now sleeping solidly through the night.  It's amazing how much happier our entire family is when we all get sleep! He does, however, have some minor baby issues:  Jaundice, 3 ingrown toenails (not all at once), 2 ear infections (all at once), staph infection under the fingernail (confirmed no MRSA), and severe eczema (so much so that he now uses $15 body wash and lotion, and Selsun Blue for his hair).  But I suppose it comes with the territory and we love him no matter what. 

Needless to say, we are learning everyday and enjoying every minute of it.  Tyler went from squirming around to smiling, to cooing, to giggling, to full on belly laughing, to rolling over, and now doing the army crawl.!  It's so neat to watch him play with toys, laugh at our dog, Dakota, and give us great big hugs.

Here are a few pics...with the last one of his most recent haircut- his bangs had grown past his eyes and we decided to trim them, and of course it turned out exactly how we DID NOT want it to.  Another lesson learned- leave it to the professionals.

One Month Old

Happy New Year!

7 Months- Chillin Poolside

 1st Haircut (trim over the ears) 6/28/11

2nd Haircut (trim the bangs...a little too much) 7/19/11 -8 Months!!