We left Tyson with Grandma and Grandpa one night and went and stayed with my brother and his wife. We went to temple square and tried to get my brother's wife to go into labor. It almost worked. She started having contractions and was up a lot of the night but no baby. 
Temple Square was SUPER cold. Thayne was freezing. That night we played rock band. Thayne has finally found a talent. We see amazing talents all the time and basically we don't have talents or hobbies but Thayne has found his. He was on expert level the first night of playing. The next day was our anniversary and so we went to Tucanos (Brazilian food). Thayne and I have done this every year for the past 3 years and we love it. Daniel and Whitney came with us and Whitney out ate all of us but still no baby. We missed Tyson a ton while we were gone but he didn't seem to notice he was having way too much fun with G & G. He helped Grandpa to build a desk.
By the way, my brother and his wife had their baby on Wednesday this week. She's super cute with dark, curly hair. They named her Oakley Ryan Van Tassell. I think it's a cute name. Congrats!
Here's Tyson with his Uncle Karey and his fabulous slide. Why don't they make these anymore?
Tyson had his friend Hugh on the plane ride home. These two did great. I was afraid they would be a huge distraction for each other but they entertained each other and both took long naps on the way home. I'm sure the Melatonin we gave Tyson had something to do with that. ;) We had a bit of a layover in Las Vegas and we brought Tyson's leash. Hugh would hold onto one end and they both thought that was great. Tyson loves wearing his doggie. Sometimes Tyson would even get down on his hands and knees and pretend like he's a doggie.
Temple Square was SUPER cold. Thayne was freezing. That night we played rock band. Thayne has finally found a talent. We see amazing talents all the time and basically we don't have talents or hobbies but Thayne has found his. He was on expert level the first night of playing. The next day was our anniversary and so we went to Tucanos (Brazilian food). Thayne and I have done this every year for the past 3 years and we love it. Daniel and Whitney came with us and Whitney out ate all of us but still no baby. We missed Tyson a ton while we were gone but he didn't seem to notice he was having way too much fun with G & G. He helped Grandpa to build a desk.By the way, my brother and his wife had their baby on Wednesday this week. She's super cute with dark, curly hair. They named her Oakley Ryan Van Tassell. I think it's a cute name. Congrats!Here's Tyson with his Uncle Karey and his fabulous slide. Why don't they make these anymore?
Tyson had his friend Hugh on the plane ride home. These two did great. I was afraid they would be a huge distraction for each other but they entertained each other and both took long naps on the way home. I'm sure the Melatonin we gave Tyson had something to do with that. ;) We had a bit of a layover in Las Vegas and we brought Tyson's leash. Hugh would hold onto one end and they both thought that was great. Tyson loves wearing his doggie. Sometimes Tyson would even get down on his hands and knees and pretend like he's a doggie.
We traveled to Utah on the 21st and had a wonderful time with family and friends. We kept ourselves busy by trying to make lots of visits and eating some of our favorite foods. 
We both think we gained 5 or 6 pounds. Tyson had tons of fun playing with my parents dog and his cousins. He made the transition to Utah much better than I expected.
We got in really late the night we arrived. Tyson slept for a couple hours on the plane but then stayed up until 2am NY time. I put him down for his nap the next day thinking he must be exhausted. Thayne and I left to go meet some of my roommates so we put Tyson on the air mattress we were sleeping on. He prefers his toddler bed to his crib so we thought he would like our bed. We checked on him as we were leaving and he was looking out the window pointing at the snow saying, "down, down, (s)no." I told my sister to let him play and he'll fall asleep in a bit. (He does this at home all the time.) She checked on him after a couple hours and he had Thayne's electric razor in little pieces, our suitcases were open and things were rummaged through, and he had my makeup bag open and was trying to put on my makeup. We got a call from my sister and she asked if he could get up and play. Apparently he wasn't tired. He was so excited to be in a new place. He stayed up until bedtime that night. I don't know how he does it sometimes. I guess little kids can run off adrenaline too. He had SOOOO much fun at grandma and grandpas. After that episode we moved a pack n'play in the closet of the room we were sleeping in and that is where he slept after that. We all slept pretty good after that. This picture isn't Grandma and Grandpa's house but is his bed at home. This is how he looks when we go get him in the morning. It's pretty cute.
Then he would patiently wait his turn. Don't you love his bowling shoes? 
He lasted 4 or 5 frames and then decided the arcade was WAY COOLER than boring bowling until I bribed him with a sugar cookie to stay by us so we could finish bowling. It was a fun experience but I was hoping Tyson's attention span would last a little longer. I'm a great bowler when I'm pregnant. I don't know why I can't bowl like this normally but both times that I've been bowling while pregnant I was awesome. Thayne's score is pretty good too.
Even though the mall had so many fun events, Tyson wanted to play in this stroller car. 
The second time Tyson met Santa was a lot more fun for him. Our realtor invited us to a meet Santa event at work. He was a little scared at first but he was one of the only kids there so Santa and Tyson played hide-and-go-seek and tag. It was fun watching Tyson chase Santa with his doggy balloon. He wouldn't leave Santa's side once he realized how fun he was (and he found the basket of candy canes sat right beside Santa).
