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// September 17th, 2011 // No Comments » // Baby, Family, Holidays, Personal Crap
My not-so-little monkey turns two years old today.
It’s really hard to believe, but at the same time, it’s really not. He’s getting so very big, and developing so much each and every day.
Here’s to hoping he has an awesome birthday party this morning, and throughout the day. And here’s to many many more for our crazy monkey.
Happy birthday, Tyler!
// August 3rd, 2011 // No Comments » // Baby, Music
I had no idea David Lee Roth’s sister was behind the Rockabye Baby series of CDs/Music. Basically, they’re musicbox-sounding lullaby versions of popular music. They’ve done a whole slew of artists including Guns N Roses, Metallica. We’ve got the Beatles one, along with a Coldplay and Bob Marley one. I really dig these and we used to play them for Tyler when he was a wee little man.
I’ll definitely snag the Van Halen one if it ever comes out. I just searched on Amazon and didn’t find it.
// November 1st, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Baby, Holidays
Here’s a good sampling of Tyler’s first experience with the whole Halloween trick-or-treating deal. Granted, it was actually his second Halloween, but the first time he was old enough to be aware (and walk). Ty seemed to like the wagon ride the most. We’re glad he tolerated his tiger costume, cause he was oh-so-cute in it! Check out the gallery for a quick slideshow of the best of Ty from Halloween night.
// October 31st, 2010 // No Comments » // Baby, Holidays, Personal Crap
We had a great time hauling Tyler around the neighborhood in his wagon for his first stint at trick-or-treating. I think he enjoyed the wagon ride more than anything else, but was a trooper around our neighborhood. He looked so cute as a little tiger!
Hopefully, we’ll have pictures posted tomorrow from his little ride around the neighborhood. Between my parents and our camera, I’m sure we’ll have some cute pics of our little 13-month old tiger.
// October 26th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Baby
So Sunday afternoon, our little boy had his first professional session. We’ve taken a ton of pictures, but they pale in comparison to the ones from the link below. Amazing! Isn’t our little dude so photogenic? This is just a sample of the pics, but we’re so impressed already.
Thanks so much to JAM Photography for the session. We can’t recommend them enough, and definitely will do some more sessions with them in the future.
// May 19th, 2010 // No Comments » // Apple, Baby, iPhone, Software
My little eight-month old boy is definitely my son. He loves gadgets. He loves swinging around the peanut-shaped TiVo remote, loves all his toys that talk, beep and flash. He also absolutely loves Mommy and Daddy’s iPhones.
He’s in a very tactile stage right now — loving to explore with his hands, everything — from the wainscoting on his nursery wall, to the texture of fabrics. Seeing as the iPhone is a touchscreen and lights up and plays sounds, it’s the ultimate device for him and Daddy alike.
I’ve downloaded my share of simple and stupid apps — though I’ve mostly limited it to free ones. My wife may question this number. Since working at the Apple Store, I’ve learned more than my share of new info related to all things Apple: hardware, software, accessories and apps. The other day, I learned something from a customer looking at the iPad, and asking about existing apps for her iPhone working on the iPad. I asked if there were any specific apps that she wanted me to look up. She jokingly said, “Talking Carl.”
It’s a very simple app, that has a little red pseudo-3D rendering of a little creature who laughs, makes various noises and mimics what you say via the iPhone’s (or iPad’s or iPod Touch’s) built in mic/speaker combo.
The thing cost $0.99, but it was well worth all 99 pennies after seeing my little boy’s reaction, with it running, while in his little hands. The laughs and giggles are so freaking great. I’ve got to get it on video some time. It’s amazing how something so simple can bring him (and us in turn) so much joy.
// October 4th, 2009 // No Comments » // Baby, Personal Crap
So the wost part of this whole hospitalization of Amanda, besides the fact that she’s in so much pain is little Tyler.
Sure, at a little over two weeks, Tyler doesn’t understand or comprehend where his parents are, but we still want to be there as much as possible and do as much as possible for him.
But through no fault of ours, the past couple days, we’ve been MIA. I can’t tell you how many people have told us to cherish the time with your little ones cause they grow up so so fast. So it just sucks we’re being robbed of time these past couple days (with more to come). Sure, Tyler’s been relatively oblivious to the whole ordeal and has been super well cared for in our absense, but I can’t help but feel we’re being a little cheated.
// September 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Baby, Funny Stuff, Video
Promise we’ll get back to your regularly scheduled Keefer Madness posts, but in the meantime, a little baby humor:
// September 20th, 2009 // No Comments » // Baby, iPhone, Personal Crap
Eventually the posts on Keefer Madness will swing back towards cycling, but for now, our lives are all about Tyler, and Keefer Madness is as well. Apologies for no posts for a few days, but I think I get a pass, with my son being born. It’s been a whirlwind — amazing, tiring and pretty much indescribably awesome.
Typically, I post all our photos to our Flickr account but after being at the hospital for three days, and wanting to share photos on the fly to Facebook using my iPhone, our gallery of our handsome little guy lives on Facebook. Eventually, I’ll double them up to Flickr, but for now, under limited time, they’re all collected on my Facebook page. Props to my dad for documenting a lot of the past couple of days. He got some great shots:
// September 17th, 2009 // No Comments » // Baby, Personal Crap
What a long and tiring but oh so cool and satisfying day. Lying here on my hospital cot, as Amanda and I try to get a few hours of sleep before Tyler’s next feeding attempt.
I just can’t put into words how surreal and amazing the past 24 hours have been. We were instantly in love with little Tyler Andrew and I just love cradling him in my arms, soaking in every little baby noise, every little expression and every little movement.
More posts and details in the days and weeks to come, but I just had to postmark this wonderful day on Keefer Madness — September 17, 2009 and thank family and friends for so many messages, calls and text messages.
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