Misc thoughts - Tyler (16 months)

wow - it's hard to consistently post. I'm going to try to get back into this, even if it's just quick updates. There's far too much that goes on at various stages with the boys. At the time it is so obvious, but how quickly we forget...

Tyler - at 16 months now, he has been walking for a while (4 months? see what i mean!), and never sleeps enough. He is obsessed with flowers, and trees, so loves to point at them and make his trademark grunting sound. He also likes to point at various pictures in the house (esp. the one on the landing of the stairs - mommy, then jakson , then dillon). He's starting to respond to questions - e.g. "where's daddy?" and he looks at me. We've recently gotten out the first round of puzzles and he's having fun with those (in particular, the one with animals - "where's the duck tyler?").

He's a very fussy eater - some days it seems like he doesn't want to eat any solid foods, and only some of his milk. You often have to distract him with various toys/gadgets to make him drink at all. Arrghh! it can be so frustrating. When he does eat, he tends to favor pasta/bread and usually he likes proteins. When he's not hungry/cranky, he's such a sweet little man these days.

His older brothers like to treat him as an interactive toy, and we often repeat the mantra "guys, leave Tyler alone." "Jackson, put Tyler down. Jackson, don't pick up tyler. Jackson!" Poking him, or pouring dirt on his head, are also favorites. Speaking of dirt, Ty loves to eat it, and he loves to be outside.