Tyler is 4 Months Old

I can't believe Tyler is already 4 months old. His personality is really starting to shine. He now weighs 14 pounds 11 ounces. He smiles and laughs all the time. Tyler loves his brother...he is constantly turning his head to watch Ryan (or else he is protecting himself and making sure nothing is flying at him). Ryan has been helping Tyler learn to roll over. Ryan saw me practicing this movement with Tyler and a couple days later I heard Ryan cheering, "Yeah, Tyler rolled over!" from the other room. Come to find out, Ryan had helped Tyler roll over, which means he pushed him from his back to his tummy!

Tyler's likes:
-people
-Ryan
-looking at himself in the mirror
-sitting up (in the bumbo seat)
-sleeping and lying on his belly

Tyler's dislikes:
-loud noises (hard to avoid in the house with Ryan)

Tyler, protecting himself :)

Blizzard 2011

The 3rd largest blizzard recorded in Chicago came roaring through this week. I think we got somewhere around 20 inches of snow! Both of the clinics that Marc and I work for were shut down so we had a snow day! Marc worked really hard cleaning off our driveway and sidewalks. All of the neighbors were outside helping one another because it was difficult to clear your driveway by yourself. Marc then spent the rest of the day building a snow fort. The fort has 2 entrances - the entrance that you see in the pictures and one at the end of a 8 foot tunnel on the right. I was comissioned to make a flag for the fort. Unfortunately, Ryan was sick so he could not play outside nor did he want to play outside. At the end of the day he asked to put on his snow pants and go outside so we were able to get a few pictures.

Marc snowblowing the sidewalk...


Marc with his fort...


The ROLOMOTO fort flag...


Ryan with the snow...


Playing in the snow fort...