Another Idea

Mama again. Here's another idea. It's possible that I came up with this idea after Tyler bonked his head on the tile last night and got a huge goose-egg, and now has a huge bruise. That could have possibly been it.

Big, Squishy Foam Mat!
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2342676

A Note From Mommy

Hello everyone! The mama here.

So everyone has been asking for ideas for Tyler's birthday. As I adamantly refuse to "register" for birthday presents (as suggested to me by more than one person!!!!), I decided that I would post some ideas for his birthday on here. I know you guys don't know what we have and don't have. I get it. But registering? Really?

And here, in no particular order, are some toys that I'm sure Tyler would love, and we do not currently possess.......(PS--I pulled these off the Toys R Us site because it was the easiest...)


Legos!
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2629039



The ever-popular See N Say!
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2265270



Fridge Phonics!
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2266036




A Little Workbench!
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2333022




So there are some ideas. Really, he's a kid. He likes it all!!!!!

I hope this helps! Tyler says hi to everyone!!!!

Boys Will Be Boys

So my new obsession is Macy and Lucy's water bowl. As much as I love baths and swimming, Mommy knew it was only a matter of time before I discovered the fun that lay in store for me by splashing in the dog bowl. Three changes of clothes, two wet face-plants and a lot of slobbery water later, all we have are some cute pictures and some thirsty dogs to show for it. Oh well. It was fun anyway.

I also had Spaghetti-O's for the first time today. Althougth the jury is still out as to how much I liked them, they were messy for sure! And what fun is a food really if you can't smear it everywhere????

Bad Mommy, and MMMMMMMMM!

Mommy says to tell all of you that she is very sorry. She has been a terrible poster and she is most apologetic. It's just that we are very busy in the summer. We seem to be traveling 24/7, and when we're not traveling, we're hanging outside or taking walks or doing other things that prohibit blogging. She'll do better. I hope.

Anywho. Since it's been a while, I'll give you a little recap! The last pictures you have are from sisters weekend, which was in early June. Then we went and visiting Mimi and Pops and G-pa and Gramette for a weekend. Gramette got some good shots of me in the pool. Mommy will try to put them on here later.

And then the last weekend of June, we went to Loveland to meet Mommy's cyber-friends! They were so nice and we'll be seeing them again soon. Again, Mommy has pictures but she'll have to find them later.

Then over the 4th of July, Uncle David, Aunt Kathie, and my awesome cousins Lynae, Lynette, and Lane came to visit. They stayed at the Broadmoor (ooo lala!) and so we spent the 4th of July with them! There are some pictures of those goofy kids in my Daddy's new toy down below.

THEN last weekend we went all the way to Texas for my cousin Rene's wedding. I was pretty good on the way down but I was not very good on the way back! Hey, a boy gets sick of sitting in the car. That's all I have to say for myself.

Anyway, Mommy took the camera but has NO pictures because she forgot. Silly Mommy. If anyone has pictures, let us know.

And lastly, two nights ago Mommy gave me MAC N CHEESE to eat. Oh, YUUUUMMMMMMM! I ate my body weight in cheesy goodness and finished it off with a banana yogurt chaser. A better dinner has never been invented!

On another note, I'm weaned! Now that I have teeth, Mommy got tired of being nibbled on. What, she's tasty! Anyway, Mommy wondered how I'd react, but I didn't care. Just gimme that cup and pass the macaroni, please!

Finally.....A Sister's Weekend Photo

This is one boy who LOVES his aunties!!!!

Phoenix Or Bust 2008

Hello everyone!

I am back from my trip! I traveled all over the Southwest with Mommy and Daddy and we had the BEST time. Unfortunately, I thought waking up at 4am was THE thing to do the whole trip, but oh well, nobody's perfect.

We started out at Great Sand Dunes National Park near Alamosa. I have never seen such high sand dunes. It was so windy and I had sand in my nose, mouth, ears, hair, socks, clothes, and even my diaper. Mommy had to give me a washdown in the bathroom. While we were there, Mommy also managed to forget one of my bottles! Now that we use BPA-free plastic, my bottles are like $10 a piece. Mommy was bummed.

Then we drove to Alamosa and saw Daddy's old school, Adams State College. And then drove on past Durango and spent the night in Cortez, CO. That night in the Days Inn, I crawled forward for the first time! Hooray!

Then, the next day we went to the Four Corners Monument. This is the only place in the United States where four states meet, and I sat my squishy butt in all four of them at the same time! There were lots of scary looking motorcycle men there when I was, and you should have seen them melt over me!!! They laughed and cooed at me and took my picture! It was so funny!

Then we drove on to the Grand Canyon. On the way, we drove through part of Monument Valley. It was so beautiful! Once we got to the Grand Canyon, we checked into our lodge and then went to check it out. That canyon is DEEP! Mommy had me strapped tightly into my Baby Bjorn so there was no risk of falling! Mommy is very scared of heights so she tends to freak about stuff like that.

The next morning, we woke up at 4am (of course) and took a sunrise tour of the Grand Canyon. We got to go to some lookout points that are closed to the general public and there were only 8 people on the tour, so we were pretty much all alone! The Grand Canyon is so wonderful at sunrise, and being able to enjoy it in solitude was even better! We had a great guide that showed us all kinds of fun things.

Then we were off to Phoenix! We drove through Flagstaff and had lunch in Sedona, and then when we got to Phoenix we went straight to see Lace, Kyle and baby Avery. Avery is one of my several girlfriends (I like to play the field) and it was so nice to hang out with her. Then we went over to Brandon and Amy's house and I got to meet Maxx! Maxx is a ball of energy and kept me on my toes! We call him Tyrannosaurus Maxx (or T-Maxx for short) because he likes to growl like a dinosaur!

We did all sorts of fun things in Phoenix. I went swimming for the first time! Amy has those pictures so when she sends them to Mommy, she'll post them. In Phoenix, we also picked up Daddy's new Viper! I think he might love that car almost as much as me....almost.

We were so sad to leave Phoenix but all good things must come to an end. On the way home, it snowed on us in Flagstaff! Oh, also on the way home, we stopped to see the largest meteor crater in the US! One funny thing about the bottom picture...you can't go down to the bottom of the meteor crater because it's a scientific study site, but they have this little background in the visitor's center where you can take your picture like you're at the bottom. So of course, we had to do it!!!

And that concludes this recounting of my travels. My Lilliputian self was very tired by the time we got home. And thankfully, I seem to be back on my sleeping schedule, so Mommy and Daddy are recovering a little bit too! Here's some pictures!

We're off to Phoenix!!!!

Here's a little pre-vacation mischief to tide you over till we get back!!!!!

What's That? An Update, You Say?

Mommy is terribly sorry that it has been so long. But she has one word for you--mobility.

That's right. I am ALL OVER THE PLACE!!! I am rolling, scooting, and crawling backward. And getting into everything! I haven't quite figured out how to put the crawl-machine in drive, but I'm working on it! And I've got reverse down pat!

Mommy tried to get a picture of my backwards crawl, but it's kinda fuzzy because I'm in perpetual motion. Oh well.

Oh yeah, and I also got another tooth. Happy Day!

Tyler and The Toast

So, Gramette bought me this zwieback toast for Easter. I LOVE it. It is so tasty and fun and messy. I like to drool all over it and lick it and rub it in my hair....I might even hold it down and let the doggies have a little taste too!!!!

How does Gramette always know what I will like? It's a mystery to me, but I'm sure glad she's around.

On another note, Mommy wanted to try to capture a picture of my tooth for you. I was fairly cooperative (in that I didn't scream at her for it). The tooth is on the bottom, on the left.

**No babies were harmed in the taking of these photographs**

The Babies I (Virtually) Hang Out With

Finally!

Well, I finally rolled from my back to my tummy today. Daddy was here when I did it! I sure do hate my stomach. There is just not enough to see. What, you want me to stare at the floor? Why anyone would want to lay that way is beyond me!

I'm Gonna Get You!

Is this some crazy, half-rotted goblin baby coming to haunt your dreams?

Nah.

It's just ME covered in my least favorite food, peas. Peas suck. And what do I do when I don't like my lunch? I stick my hand in my mouth, pull out the yucky food, and wipe it all over my face! Take that, Mommy!

No Longer A Lemming.......

Now I have teeth for biting!!! Mommy says you won't get that joke unless you watch Austin Powers 2 a gazillion times like she and Daddy have.

I was running a little fever yesterday and Mommy couldn't figure out why, until she stuck her hand on my gums, and felt my new little tooth! Hooray!

And double hooray, we're getting air conditioning put in tomorrow! For all you Texas people out there, yes, most of us live without AC up here! But not the Knoche's anymore! We're gonna be nice and cool this summer! Whoopee!!!!!!

Long Time No Post

Sorry it's been so long since the last post. My mom is a big time slacker!!!!!!

Okay, what all has happened to me since the last post?

Cindi at Mommy's work made me this really cool Baby Genius quilt. I'm laying on it in the first picture.

We went to visit Mimi and Pops in Roswell. That was fun. I got to see Mommy beat Daddy at pickleball. You better bet Daddy's never gonna live that down!

Then we went to see Gramette and G-pa in Odessa for Easter. Daddy did some tile at G-pa's store and Mommy and I hung out with Gramette and my aunts. And then! Guess what! The Easter bunny came to visit me! I got so much cool stuff! AND I GOT THE GOLDEN EGG!!!!

I am sitting up very nicely by myself now and I can hold my bottle to feed myself. I've been doing that for a while actually, but now I can REALLY hold it and tip it and everything. Mommy's been working with me on the sippy cup too. I'm not really sure about the sippy cup. Something tells me Mommy is trying to get out of doing all the work around here by trying to get me to hold my bottle and cup. We'll see about that.

I also have developed an obsession with Gerber puffs. I LOVE them and will shove them in my face as fast as Mommy puts them on my tray. This is quite an accomplishment considering that I haven't perfected my pincer grasp....so basically I rake them into my palm and then shove my entire hand into my mouth and THEN release that puffy goodness onto my tongue. I'm especially enamored with the banana puffs. I'm kind of a banana lover, period.

Well, I guess I better go. I'm ready for my bottle and it's time to get my mad on until Mommy makes it for me!

New Music!

This song came out about the time Tyler was born, and Ryan and I decided that it's his song. Our photographer set his newborn pictures to it for us. It was soooo cute! So...here it is. Btw--you have to press play :)

Picture Preview!

Here are some of Tyler's 6 month pictures! If you're so inclined, you can access the rest by going to www.smilesbywire.com and then our customer name is Keely Knoche and the access code is LTPP0162110472JCP. Why the access code has to be a million numbers long is beyond me. That's why cut and paste is a fabulous feature!

Is he not the cutest boy ever?

Cutest. Baby. Ever.

We took Tyler to get his 6 month pictures done today at JC Penney. I hope you guys are ready, because in about 10 days you're gonna get a link to some of the cutest pictures you have ever seen. In my opinion anyway.

He was SO good and was a total ham for the camera. The photographer said he was the best baby she had ever worked with. Seriously, we went in there thinking we would spend like $50, and we spent almost $200 because they were so precious. Oh well. He's only 6 months once!

Stay tuned for the cuteness. You'll need a few days to prepare yourself, anyway.

A Very Merry Half-Birthday to Me!

I'm six months old! Mommy can't believe how time flies! Anyway, here's some documentation of the big day! Including my newest trick.......I can stand! Someone has to put me there of course, and I have to hold on, and it doesn't last too long, but I can do it! My doctor's appointment is on Tuesday so I'll report back with my new weight.....I bet I'm a chunker!

A Busy Weekend!

This has been an event-filled weekend! First, my repaired highchair finally came in, so I got to eat in there for the first time. I like it, and Mommy does too because she doesn't have to bend over to feed me like she did when I ate in the swing!

Then, on Friday night, I went to the mall with Mommy and her friend Lauren, and my friends Brennan and Cristiana. Then they came over to play and eat pizza. Their Dad came too. Brennan is about three weeks younger than me and we had so much fun! We rolled around on my playmat (Brennan has less junk in the trunk than I do, so he can already flip BOTH ways! What a big boy!) and played in my excersaucer!

Then, on Saturday, we went out to see Mommy's cousin Megan and Ava! Mommy forgot to take her camera, so we don't have pictures of that. But Ava ate cheerios and I layed on her playmat, and we both watched Elmo! Mommy and Megan ate Chick-Fil-A and yummy cake, and just talked and talked. Those two wouldn't shut up! And then when we got home, Uncle Randy and Aunt Becky and Cousin Travis came over! They hadn't seen me in a while and were amazed at how dashingly handsome I have become. Of course I know I'm handsome. Mommy tells me everyday!

And then finally, today around lunchtime Mommy took me on my first BIG BOY stroller ride! I got to face forward for the first time and I loved it! It was such a nice day (although a little windy) and I looked around at the sky and the trees. A couple doggies stopped to lick me too!

And now, as Mommy types this, I am passed out in my crib. I am one tired boy after all this action!

He Has More Than One Outfit, I Swear

Seriously, how many times has this kid been photographed in the blue striped onesie? Ridiculous! We do really like that outfit cause it's so soft, but Mommy is going to make a concentrated effort to branch out. It'll probably only fit for a couple more weeks anyway.

Btw, I've been finding lots of ways to entertain myself lately. Some of them involve paper towels.

Also, Gabe and Kelsie came to visit us for Valentine's Day. We went up to Breckenridge and it was really fun! Mom and I stayed at the house with Kim and Sam while everyone else went skiing, but we still had a very good time. I've started to notice my surroundings so I don't sleep very well when we're away from home, but I crashed and slept the whole way home in the car.

And that's about it from the Knoche household this week. We're so exciting.