Sleeping 101

I was fortunate to be given an infant who slept extremely well. Waking up only once until 7 weeks and then sleeping through the night. As a toddler however, things have drastically changed. I first blamed it on his ear infection, then his teeth, and now......??? Naps continued to be easy until he moved into the toddler room at cobber kids. Tyden finally was able to communicate with me that he wanted to sleep on the floor. Apparently he doesn't like the crib anymore. He layed on the floor, played with his feet, talked, and then fell asleep. He didn't even try to get up and shoot baskets!!!!!!!!!!!! Whatever works!!

What does a Lion say? ROOOOOAR

I am a lion for halloween. I just learned to LOVE my costume and I want to put it on all the time!!! I especially like the "hat." I know what a lion says. I put my scary hands out and say ROOOOAR! Mommy doesn't have afternoon practice on halloween so she is taking me to a few of the relatives houses to trick-or-treat and then we are going to a halloween party at my auntie's house. Here are some pictures of me. Mommy took them in case I decide to be stubborn and not put my costume on for halloween.

Corn Feed

The Corn Feed at Concordia was in Aug. but I am late at posting any pictures since school has started. Tyden loves corn on the cob. I actually think gnawing on the cob feels really good on those gums (that are now filled with teeth!!). How can Concordia NOT use one of these pictures for the corn feed brochure next year???? :)

Austin is 1

Happy Birthday to Austin! He turned one today. We celebrated by going to Chuck-E-Cheese for games and pizza! Boy did Tyden have fun. He loved the animals on the stage and the Gorilla "lilla" as Tyden called it and the rides!

Company

My friend Tracy and her daughter Elizabeth came to visit this week. It was so fun to have company. We went for stroller rides, the park, part of a baseball game and lots of playing! Thanks Tracy for visiting!

Tyden and Austin

Here are the boys. Tyden is my little tornado who goes from room to room and destroys anything he can get his hands on. However, with our 3rd episode of croup, he has slowed down a TINY bit. Here is the cutest picture of his feet during nap...I just think they are so cute!! Here he is with his glove (or maybe Austin's glove...I am not sure) throwing the ball in the glove and taking it out and throwing it in and taking it out! I don't know where he learned it....maybe the zillion baseball games we have been to this summer or the countless times he has been in Bryant's dugout??? Oh- and Tyden won't go anywhere without his Gopher hat from Papa Bucky.
Here is one of my favorite pictures of my nephew Austin sucking his feet. He does it all the time and it is so funny!!!! He licks all his toes and gets them all slobbery! He is also Papa's buddy when food is around! SORRY MY PICTURES WON'T UPLOAD....I'LL TRY AGAIN LATER

For you Mom!

My mom is in Norway right now and I thought I better update some pictures! Mom- here is Tyden after bath (one of your favorite times). The pics aren't uploading so I will try again another night.

My one year pictures

More pictures

1 year old!!

A lot has happened since my last post. We went to Omaha, NE for Bryant's legion tournament and the College World Series and ALSO to celebrate Tyden's first birthday!!!! We celebrated at the ballpark with birthday bubbles, balloons and cupcakes! There is no better place to celebrate a birthday. We had a party for him when we got home.

Just plain cute!!!

Here I am! Such a big boy!

Uncle Brett's Confirmation

My Uncle Brett was confirmed last weekend. I had new territory to explore and my uncles had fun helping me dunk the basketball. I was obsessed the hoop!!! (surprise, surprise!) :)

Uncle Brett = Babysitter!

Uncle Brett babysat me during Uncle Darin's college graduation. He really wore me out as mommy found us like this when she got home.

Baseball!!

Well, it has been awhile since I have updated my blog. Here are some pictures at the Cobber baseball games this spring. Him and his cousin Austin have matching Cobber baseball sweatshirts. Tyden loves pointing at the big boys on the field and saying "ball!" He also likes to run the bases with Papa Bucky after the games.

There is also a picture from Daddy's baseball games in Ulen-Hitterdal. He like to run the bases there too and anytime Daddy claps, Tyden claps too. He thinks that is really fun. We make sure we have plenty of balls to play catch with as that is Tyden's favorite thing to do.

Monte is going to State!

We went to watch Uncle Todd's team play on Saturday in the sub-section final. They won and Todd played great! They won again on Tuesday and Todd played great again so they are going to state!!! We are so proud of him. Tyden even got to wear a Montevideo shirt to his game.

Phoenix

We made it! We arrived in Phoenix yesterday afternoon. It was a very long day of travel, but the kids were so good (my sister's kids included). The landing was a little rough and Tyden threw up EVERYWHERE!! I felt so bad for him! We then went directly to the field to watch the 2nd baseball game. Dad took the grandkids around the bases. It is so fun not to have to put snowsuits on. Tyden was over-tired last night and didn't have that great of a night, but had great naps today! There were no baseball games today so we laid by the pool in our backyard and relaxed. We went out to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. This is so fun!