A boy without words....

My little boy that has few words..... Believe it or not I didn't have to say one word to Tyler or even do anything to get him to look so precious in these photos. This is how my little Tyler communicates to us daily. At three my little guy still hardly says a word.

One of the best things for me being a Mom was hearing each of my kids learn to speak and hear them finally say "Mommy". For Tyler he said Mommy for the first time at the age of 28 months. I was so proud of him and happy to hear my name. Although we haven't heard him call "Mommy" again until today! My little Tyler was playing so happy like he always does but out of the blue he came up to me smiled like he usually does then reached out his arms and said "Mommy." How sweet those words sounded. He then leaned in and gave me a big hug and kiss. It was so nice to hear him be able to say my name again.

Tyler may not have words now and he may never have words for us all we can do is hope and pray. We continue to work with him daily and show him as much love and attention as we can. Tyler expresses himself with expressions rather than words. He can tell you so many things just by a simple look.

He was watching Daddy make him fun things with his playdough and Tyler just thought it was so funny! I couldn't help but get out my camera.

He was so excited but trying to be shy at the same time. He didn't want us to see just how very excited he was.

But finally he let it all out. This was a big moment for Tyler because right after I took this picture he look at me and said "Mommy funny." Two words in one day!!! I get the best pictures from Tyler.

His little expressions are amazing! They always tell so much! He's an angel in so many ways!

I can't say more about just how amazing Tyler is. I know that one day he will talk but until then we will be blessed with his many new and exciting expressions!

Santa Came!

This year I must say was the best Christmas we have had in a long time! Usually Christmas is so crazy for us! Both my husbands parents and mine are divorced so we end up dragging the kids from one house to the next time to spend it with all of them. Finally we had to say to everyone I'm sorry but this year we are staying home! I was sadden by this because I enjoy being with my parents for the holidays but it just wasn't working for our family anymore. We invited everyone to our house instead.


We spent Christmas Eve at my Mother's house since she just leaves 2 mins from us. The boys got to wake up there and open all of the gifts from her. My mom always goes over the top so it looked like Santa had stopped at two houses for them this year. The boys really enjoyed all the gifts from her and couldn't wait to get home and play with them all. The one big gift this year from her were plasma cars! These cars are such a blast! I will post a separate blog just about the plasma car because every kid should have one! My kids love them! It's been their favorite gift this year by far!


The boys had such a good day. We all got to sit back and relax. We tried something different this year hoping that maybe it would work out better and thank goodness it did! In past years the boys have all had the presents spread every where and the boys were opening gifts that weren't even theirs.
So this year we got one of thier chairs and sat it in front of our Christmas tree we started with the youngest first and each one of them took turns opening their gifts! It couldn't have worked out more perfect! Each one took their turn while the others watched and enjoyed seeing what everyone else got. It really turned out quite well! We were really proud of them for each taking their turns!



We had such an enjoyable time. We had dinner as a family and it was so nice not having to run around every where! The boys took the entire day to play with all of their new toys they even missed their naps for the day which rarely happens in our house. By evening they were pooped! They couldn't get to their beds fast enough. Our youngest Blake woke up the next morning asking if Santa came again. The next few days after Christmas he kept wanting to open more presents! It was very cute! We also had our birthday party for Jesus and it turned out to be a big success like always. The kids were very excited about it and we celebrated more this year Jesus' birthday than Christmas. We gave fewer toys this year and talked even more about Jesus. When people asked Blake if he was ready for Christmas he would respond by saying it's Jesus' birthday! We're having a "happy party!" We made the cake ourselves it was perfect! We wrote "happy birthday Jesus and we love you!" If you truely believe in God and have faith he will bless you and your family in so many ways. We are so greatful for how much he has truely blessed our family! This New Year we will continue to teach our children how important it is to have faith in God. To let them no that no matter what he is always with them to help them through whatever situation they need him. To love with all their hearts and to always forgive. I know that this year will bring us even more blessing than the last! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and I hope that you all have a blessed New Year!