WAKE UP!!

So normally Tyler is a very reliable alarm clock.  Every morning at 6:30am we hear him wake up and let us know that he is ready for his morning bottle.  Occasionally it will be 5:30, but on those days he gets some practice going back to sleep on his own.  Well, this morning, he woke up at 5:30, and fell back asleep.  Next thing I know, he wakes up and it's 7:30- 1 hour after our human alarm clock is supposed to go off!  Luckily we had his bottles and food ready for school (day care) or else we would have been really behind schedule.  Somehow we left on time and no one was late- today.  Lesson learned: we will now be setting a back up alarm.

4 months- Just waking up!!! (one of my favs)

On another note, this past Sunday, The Cleland Fam went hiking at a nearby State Park.  I know most of you wouldn't think of Columbia when it comes to popular hiking spots, but the trails actually had some hills.  It was Tyler's first time hiking, so we got packed up with snacks, bottle, diaper bag essentials and the baby carrier.  We wanted to start small, since we didn't know how he would do, so we chose a 3 mile round trip path.  He did so great and we stopped half way to feed him and take a break.  This is where we snapped some photos and Michael showed me what a Crab Spider was (since it was hanging over my head).  It's actually a very neat looking spider and I had never even heard of it!  The best part of the hike was the way back.  Tyler is notorious for falling asleep instantly in the car and apparently the motion of walking puts him to sleep too!  We will definitely be doing more of these hikes and can't wait for him to be able to start learning all about nature.

All tuckered out!!!  We couldn't stop laughing :)