Me and my little man!

Tyson's 2 year photos

I wish I could see his face! He looks so sad from this view!

My sweet little boy! Doesn't he look so innocent??

This one totally looks like a Senior Picture!

Future Husker!!

Saturday was a nice day so we took advantage and went to the park!!

Nice shoes...

Tyson likes my high heels! He can walk better in them than I can!! Derick isn't thrilled about this but Tyson was pretty proud!!

Playin' at the park

My parents came up this weekend and we had Tyson's 2 year pictures (holy cow, can't believe he's going to be 2) taken. We went to this cute little park here in Lincoln. Grandpa and Tyson had fun riding the "puppy". I think it was maybe an aligator, but Tyson kept calling it a puppy. He even gave it kisses! The pictures went a lot smoother than I had anticipated. I knew they wouldn't as be as easy as last years, but I hoped for the best and expected the worst. It's hard to get a 2 year old to pose for more than 2 seconds at a time when you've let him loose in a park! To my surprise, we had no major melt downs and the photographer said she was able to get some cute shots.

Potty Time!

We've decided to give potty training a try. Try is the key word here. Tyson has been asking several times to "go potty". We decided we'd give it a whirl. Sunday he spent about 40 minutes straight on his "big boy potty" with no results. I did laundry, cleaned the bathrooms, read him a couple books and he brushed his teeth. I even stuck his hand in warm water to see if that would help him along. But nothing! We tried it again later that evening and he didn't end up going either. But he is very excited to sit on the potty and he told Daddy over and over when he got home that "I go potty, I go potty!" It was very cute, but the kid just doesn't want to get off the pot! He threw two of the biggest fits in his 23 month history yesterday when it was time to put his diaper back on! We want to start being very consistent with it since he's showing interest in trying, but the aftermath is what is making me not want to potty train the kid! We'll see, yesterday was only day 1...I talked to his teacher at daycare and let her know we're starting to try. She said she's been letting him stand at the toilet there while she changes other kids diapers. I asked if maybe she could sit him on it since we're teaching him to go sitting, not standing. I think if he stood it could get a little messy! Anyway, I couldn't resist taking a picture of our first official potty training session!

Corn Husking...

We went to the Nebraska State Corn Husking contest Saturday. Yes, there is a statewide competition for corn husking...news to me too :) This is something Derick did growing up with his dad and grandfather. Anyway, they pick corn the old-fashioned way with a hook on their hand husking and picking the corn off the stock one cob at a time while the wagon pulled by horses is behind them. Tyson liked the horses until he was face to face with one. He was able to ride in the wagon with Grandpa Gary after Grandpa's pick and he loved that! It was a fun and interesting morning...I still just don't see the fun in walking through a corn field to see who can pick the most corn!! Sometimes I ask myself how I ended up with this small town farm boy?

Tyson and Ava

We went over to my cousin Michele's last night to help move and desk and for dinner. Tyson and Ava have so much fun playing together! They are exactly a year apart. She'll be 3 the day before Tyson's 2nd birthday!

They go to the same daycare and we're going to have their birthday parties together this year!! They were giggling at each other as they were rocking in the chair! Too cute!

Derick turns the big 2-9!!

We celebrated Derick's 29th birthday last night! I made him lasagna and his parents came up for dinner and cake. I ordered him a cute little cake from Hyvee and made him hold it and take a picture with it:) He was thrilled.

Do you have tickets to the gun show??

Tyson was showing off his guns to Auntie Becky this weekend. He was looking pretty smooth with her sunglasses on too!