Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Happy Birthday TYLER!

My Tyler is 3 today. THREE! I mostly have to tell myself over and over because really I can't believe it! Where have the last three years gone? My little man is so grown up. What a journey the last three years have been.

He came into this world, happy and calm. I still remember vividly Matt saying on the drive home from the hospital that we had surely lucked out with two easy going, calm babies. Well, how wrong he was! :) Soon after we got home, Tyler started giving us trouble. He was a hard, hard baby. Between reflux, colic, major jaundice, constant gas pains, never sleeping, etc, it was a rough time going for me.

You would never know looking at this picture, though. He's such a cutie!! He was a very good eater though. He chunked up fast from his 7 lb, 5 oz birth weight. (In his first 2 weeks of life, he gained 3 lbs!!)
But, luckily a little before Tyler turned 1, he morphed into a more happy, mellow baby. He has been that way ever since.
He has never given me trouble as far as tantrums go (unlike his sister :)), and is so easy to reason with! I love it. He is happy to just hang out, and do whatever. He'll happily follow me around asking what I'm doing, and being content with whatever it is.
We sure love this guy! What a joy he is to us, and to our whole family.
Some other fun facts about Tyler at 3-

- He hates shoes and socks, and never leaves them on unless absolutely necessary.
- He loves bananas, strawberries and oranges
- He has mastered the jump 360 turn in the air. I'm hoping this leads to something athletic that gets him a gold medal someday :)
- He is a jumper. He'll jump off anything, everything, no matter how high or what he's landing on.
- He loves to read and dance.
- He also loves his computer and video games.
- His favorite 'people' are Lightning McQueen and Mario
- He LOVES to snuggle. Unfortunately, lately his favorite time to snuggle is at 3 am. But he's such a good snuggler, who can say no?
- He also loves to kiss. Ask anyone that has ever said goodbye to him...

Happy Birthday Tyler! We love you!
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2 comments:

Lyndsay Detro said...

Happy birthday Tyler!!!! What a great kid you are! Can't wait to celebrate with you on Saturday!

Liz said...

We love you too Tyler! Happy Birthday! Keep jumping, snuggling, and spinning! You are an amazing young man. :) Happy birthday!