Growing!

Check out this photographic evidence that our little man is growing like a weed. 

Tyler on July 19th, our first trip to the pediatrician's office after getting home from the hospital. Look at those skinny legs!!!

Tyler on Tuesday (Sept. 3) on his way to his first day of day care! 

Ok those pictures sure make me want to hit the pause button on him for a little and let him stay our little newborn for awhile longer. This week Tyler and I and Kevin had some new adventures as I went back to work and Tyler headed off to his 2-day/week home away from home. We are lucky that Tyler gets to spend his days with our good friends mom at her in-home daycare set up. I was able to convince myself that Tyler was "going to play with Cooper" instead of "going to daycare" which sure made for a smoother (aka no tears) departure! Of course, my going back to work also meant Kevin was in for the new adventure of picking Tyler up after work for the first time, navigating Tyler and a bottle and some boy time while I coached until late last night. I'd say all in all, the 3 of us passed the day with flying colors...I really enjoyed being back at the fields and Tyler continued his preference for smiling at his dad all night. 

The extra day off that Kevin got over the Labor Day weekend was great, we spent lots of time hanging around home over the 3 days but now that Tyler has really started interacting- looking, eye contact and especially smiling- just sitting near him and talking to him to see his reactions is fun. Kevin and Tyler watched their first Hawkeye football game together, something I know Kevin has been looking forward to for a long time.  

Here's Tyler looking so intently at his dad! 

Last week, Tyler got to meet his Auntie Kristen too. She arrived on Tuesday and stayed until Sunday (after a slight flight cancellation mishap!). Although we were experiencing an extreme heat wave which meant we couldn't take his stroller for a spin outside, Tyler and Kristen got to have some quality bonding time. Kristen even got the hang of changing Tyler's diapers, he only took the liberty of trying to get her wet once! We set up Sunday night Facetime dates, the next generation's version of Sunday family dinners for long-distance family members, so that Tyler gets his fair share of Auntie Kristen's love.