Tyler 2 Year Photos

Have I ever mentioned how much I love Aunt Jeanne?  Well, I do.  We are so lucky to have a family photographer to capture our little man so often.  I was almost a month late in getting Tyler's two year photos taken...I know, I know.  I am horrible mother! :)

Well, it was worth the wait although it makes me not want to wait so long next time.  I love the new photos!  It was a perfect fall afternoon.  The Cardinals are in the playoffs (hence the Pujols jersey) and the leaves are falling off the trees.  I just love the way Jeanne was able to capture Tyler's many expressions and his personality absoultely perfectly.  Out of all the photos she took, these are some my favorites.

Love the fall colors and trees in this one with his little jersey.

This is so Tyler's personality!  Just walking along, probably singing a song...

You may think he is holding a baseball bat but it was actually one of the wires anchoring the electric poles.  Safe, right?  Anyway, I think for photo purposes, we will just consider it a baseball bat. 

Love this expression!

Love!

Jeanne calls this "dramatic lighting."

Ahhh...just another day of being cute.  It is rough being two!

Can you tell I love these photos as I had a hard time editing which ones to share?  I just love so many of them.  Let me know your favorites!

Mizzou Homecoming this Weekend

Homecoming is tomorrow at Mizzou!

I hope to have another post dedicated to our day in good 'ole Columbia.

Check out this video from YouTube!

Get excited and GO TIGERS!

Zick/Wilson Wedding Reception

Enjoy more photos from Ross & Julie's wedding. 

Jeff is such a great daddy.  He read to Tyler before the wedding party arrived to keep the little man happy and occupied.

Barb, Julie's mom, did an awesome job of decorating - very cute!

Tyler couldn't wait to break it down on the dance floor.  He looks a bit scary here.

Welcome to your party, Mr. & Mrs. Wilson!

Julie had this great I-Spy game that was on cards where you were supposed to attempt to capture photos of the evening including the bride playing with her ring.  I cheated a bit and staged some of the photos.  The I-Spy card didn't manage to make it home with us but it was a fun project throughout the night. 

Uncle Stu lovingly telling Julie and Ross how happy he is for them. 

Cheese!  We were supposed to get a table photo for the I-Spy game.  Jeff elected to take the photo.  Notice Tyler's multiple drinks thanks to the sippy cups. 

Kyle.

Jenny making her MOH speech.

Sophie and Tyler chased each other around the dance floor for quite a while.  A unique event happened while they were "dancing."  Tyler laid down on Sophie to give her a kiss...yikes!  I didn't get a photo because I was laughing too hard.  The wedding party was cracking up and cheering.  Not so aggressive Tyler! 

Such cute name cards.

The Dessert Table! 

Julie had a cute idea to have family and friends make different desserts in addition to the wedding cake including pies, cookies, cupcakes, etc.  I was in love!

The bride and groom holding hands.  Yes, this too was in the I-Spy game.

Tyler crashed pretty early in the night due to a short nap before the wedding and using lots of energy dancing.

I was prepared for the early night and had Tyler's pillow and some blankets in the car. 

Stu and Julie

Julie found her ring bearer napping in the corner and thought it looked like a great idea. 

What bride is willing to get down on the floor like this? 

I love this photo!

I am not sure who took this photo with my camera (probably dad). 

It was a fun party!

Congratulations, Julie (and Ross)! 

Julie enjoys a cocktail for me! :)

We are so thrilled for Mr. & Mrs. Wilson! 

We wish you a lifetime of happiness and appreciate you including us in your special day. 



Zick/Wilson Wedding

This past weekend we were thrilled to celebrate Ross and Julie's wedding.  It was so much fun.  I have a whole lot of photos to share...

The Rehearsal

Julie, the blushing bride.

Julie and her bridesmaids who all coordinated to wear black.  All the girls were Kappas except the two family members; Jenny Zick (Julie's sister) and Emily Wilson (Ross' sister). 

The handsome ring bearer.  Doesn't he look just like Jeff?

Bride and groom to be.

I had to include this photo because it is just classic Uncle Stu.  I love it!

The rehearsal dinner was on the top floor of JBucks downtown and the deck had amazing views.  All I managed to capture was Tyler enjoying the view.

The Wedding!

A two year old in a tux is just flat out adorable, don't you think?

Twins.

Tyler singing in the back of the church while waiting for the ceremony to begin.

I took Tyler and Sophie outside to run around a bit as the waiting quietly wasn't working so well. 

4-year old Sophie was helping me guard the door so Tyler wouldn't escape back outside just before the ceremony was to start. 

All smiles. 

So sweet.

The kiss!

Mr. & Mrs. Ross Wilson

Quick family photo with a squirmy Tyler.

Maggie & Kyle...good pic of the two of them, don't you think?

I will make the reception photos a separate blog entry.

I told you there were a lot of photos.



OCD

Our little 2 year old has OCD (my personal diagnosis).  I thought I was bad but I realized this fact when I was having Tyler help with his birthday thank you notes.  We tried finger painting and that didn't work so well - he didn't want his hands to be that dirty...so we reverted to coloring.  We got out the crayons and he lined them up, natural right?  He would pick up several crayons at a time and color a line or two with each crayon, put it down in a new line and pick up the next one. Very orderly.  When he got finished with the 24 crayons, we would color a new thank you note.  OCD at its finest!  He has always lined up his cars, trucks and trains when playing, but the coloring really made me laugh.   

This is how he felt about finger painting.  I even tried with a brush but he was not interested.

Crayons lined up.  I love this photo with his crayons and chubby little fingers. :)

Diligently coloring.

He was happy to be coloring...not finger painting.

By the way...thank you notes are coming! :)



Let's Go Cards!

Come on Cardinals!  We would really love a win tonight! 

(The Braves could lose too to help us out!)

We have been singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" all night! 



Let's try this again...

"For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again." [Proverbs 24:16] Bible

While it has not been seven tries (nor do we claim to be righteous)...this is our 5th pregnancy.  Yep, I said it...we are pregnant again! 

So far, so good.  We are 16 weeks into it and I thought I had better share as I am getting a little bit of a baby bump...so exciting! 

Since our last miscarriage, we have been tested and tested some more.  I had 16 tubes of blood taken for various tests in ONE day!  After all the testing, the results came back totally normal.  There was nothing abnormal about us (in terms of being able to carry a healthy child to term...I know the jokes were going to start rolling.)  We got the green light to try again and getting pregnant was not an issue. 

I have had ultrasounds at 5 weeks, 7 weeks and 10 weeks so far to make sure everything looks great. I was also placed on hormones twice a day simply as a precaution for the first 14 weeks.  Those were not fun as morning sickness has already been a symptom of mine with past pregnancies, and the extra hormones didn't help the morning...afternoon...evening sickness.  It has gotten better the last few weeks and will hopefully all be worth it.  Thank goodness I work from home...in my sweats most mornings. :)

We wanted to wait to share the news until we felt we were over the 13 week hump and visited the doctor one more time.

Tyler doesn't quite understand the concept and when we asked him if he wants a brother or sister he simply says "no."  He loves babies, it is just a matter if he will love mommy and daddy having a baby and the baby getting some of the attention. 

Our due date is March 10th so say a little prayer (or a big one!) that this child stays healthy and blesses our lives as much as Tyler has in the last 2 years.