The Tyler Family: January 2011

Saturday, January 29, 2011

me and my baby

there aren't many pictures of maria and me together because i am always the one taking pictures. here are a couple though. i love her.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

zilker park

we went on our first family outing to zilker park today. it was a lot of fun. we strolled around the barton springs area, showed maria the play ground and rode the zilker zephyr!

Sunday, January 16, 2011

maria and her first texas women's basketball game

today we went to see the texas women's basketball team play ou. unfortunately the team lost but maria won a new experience!

maria and her first wabash cannonball

Monday, January 10, 2011

i would not have believed this response had it not come directly to me. WTF? way to fail leap frog!

Recently you requested personal assistance from our on-line support center. Below is a summary of your request and our response.

only speaks spanish

Response (Aubrey)

01/10/2011 12:58 PM

We apologize for any inconvenience.

The Learn and Groove Musical Table is a bilingual product. Make sure that the switch is on the English Mode. The switch is located at the top portion of the table.

Should you have further query, please let us know.

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01/05/2011 10:03 AM

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Customer (a tyler)

01/05/2011 10:03 AM

the table only speaks in spanish! yes- we turned it off and on and changed the batteries and yes we used the english/ spanish switch. how do we get it back to english?

Question Reference #110105-000779

Product Level 1:	Learn & Groove Musical Table
Date Created:	01/05/2011 10:03 AM
Last Updated:	01/10/2011 12:58 PM
Status:	Waiting

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Bug Life: Month 8

i don't believe it- i'm writing another bug life. seriously- where does the time go? maria you were very busy this month. you had a lot of firsts. your first airplane ride. your first trip out of the state. your first funeral (hopefully the last one for a looooooooong time). you helped daddy celebrate his 36th birthday. you got your first teeth- that was hellish on our sleep. we celebrated your first christmas and new year's. you won't remember the new year celebration because you were totally asleep but i gave you a kiss and put your blanket back on you. you got your first (probably only) high chair. you are picking up and eating little pieces of food now. you are pulling up with confidence now and trying to stand by yourself. you like to bounce when you stand- i think you are trying to dance. you are growing like a weed- we've had to retire so many clothes and jammies because they don't fit you anymore. you are waving at everyone and everything! you love daisy- i caught you pulling her tongue while she was licking you- it was totally hilarious. i love getting you all riled up and laughing- it isn't hard to do these days. you squeal and giggle and grunt and make all kinds of funny little noises with your mouth. you scrunch your face up and make breathy noises. you blow raspberries like nobody's business. you are taking a bath in the real tub- not in your baby tub. i'm not breastfeeding you anymore. daddy dances you to sleep with lady gaga. yes- it cracks me up and no- it doesn't work when i try it.

today you woke up around 7:30am. daddy changed your diaper and fixed you a bottle. he played with you while i got breakfast ready. after breakfast we played on the ground for a little bit. you wanted to follow daddy out the back door when he went to work. it was pretty cute. shortly after that you started crying- a lot. i'm thinking that maybe your top teeth are going to make an appearance soon. right now you are taking a nap and i am very happy about that! it breaks my heart when you cry like you did this morning. i'm sorry that your mouth hurts- i'm doing my very best to get you through teething. you like peaches a lot so i gave you peaches for breakfast this morning. i hope you enjoyed it.

just when i think you have reached maximum cuteness you leap across the threshold. we love you bug.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

daisyogurt

i've been on a yogurt kick lately. daisy loves this because i let her finish off whatever is left in the container. chris and i cracked up laughing tonight when he gave her the empty container.

chicken and the big tub

tonight there were 2 milestones. first- maria had little pieces of chicken for the first time. she seemed to like it. if she could talk she would have said- 'huh- tastes like chicken.' the other milestone tonight was that she took her first bath in the tub and not her baby tub. she has outgrown her little baby tub. she has also outgrown my favorite jammies for her. my little girl isn't so little anymore.

cautious

maria is starting to get a little cautious about her new mobility. instead of falling over to sit down from the standing position she is sllllllooooowwwwwllllllyyyy sitting down.