Cats out of the bag - or Tyler the crib

Tyler woke up really early this morning and was making a lot of noise playing in his crib. He must have woke Zac up and Zac got tired of staying in his own room so he went in Tyler's room to play with him. They've done this the last two mornings and it's really cute to listen to them giggling together.

All of sudden though, Tom and I just stopped what we were doing and looked at each other. Tyler's voice wasn't on his monitor anymore. He was out of his crib! He's never done that before. I went running up the stairs and found both boys on their way downstairs! I said to Zac "How did your brother get out of his crib?"

Zac smiled and very proudly told me: "I told him to just swing his leg over the side"

Happy Halloween!

Tyler turned 2 on October 29th. He had the swine flu the poor guy but he was still willing to pose on his new fire truck couch!

He looks sick standing over his frosted brownies!

But they sure tasted good!

The boys carving pumpkins. Tom decided to make one a pig in honor of the swine flu!

Zac was a Ninja

Tyler was Nemo and we couldn't get his costume on him before Halloween. That night though, he seemed to know what was going on and put it on without a problem! He was a trooper! He walked right up to each house and said "trick or treat" and "thank you" every time! The boy will do anything for candy!


Here they are trying to trick or treat from Grandma and Grandpa at their own house!
Checking out their loot the next morning...

Pumpkin Patch and Pool Construction

The boys in their matching Halloween shirts from Grandma Pam

Zac's 4th annual trip to the Big Orange Pumpkin Patch

Tyler looks like a giant in front of these tiny pumpkins!

Today is also the first day of our pool construction.

Today is digging the hole...

I'll continue to update with progress shots!

Third annual Texas State Fair for the Younkers

Watching a dog 'jump' show
The boys looking at a 13 week old baby giraffe!
Swine flu anyone???
Eating their corny dogs
Sitting on the tire of a monster truck
Tyler LOVES monster trucks!
Playing some games


They each won a prize!
Zac riding race cars
Zac and Tyler riding motorcycles

Zac on the canoes
It was a much different experience than the last couple of years! It was actually chilly this year! Only about 55 degrees and overcast! Usually we sweat like there is no tomorrow! It was a nice change. Incredibly expensive however, I think we'll opt for Six Flags next year!

Weekend at the Lake

We traveled out to Longview, TX to stay with my friend Jacki's parents on Lake Cherokee over the weekend. They have two girls who are the same age as Zac and Tyler so we all had a great time!

The four kids swimming...

Zac and Tori going for a drive
Enjoying some colored icing!
Fishing
Tyler couldn't get enough of the minnows!
Zac and Tori tubing together
Tommy and Jacki playing Cranium
Tom and I playing Cranium


Kati tubing all by herself!
Tyler and I
Tori burying Tommy in the sand

Me and Jacki!

Zac's first day of his 3rd year of preschool!

Fun in Mississippi

We went to Columbus, MS for Labor Day weekend to visit my brother and his family. My Mom flew down to Dallas and drove over with us. We rented a pontoon boat one day, went swimming on the AFB pool and had fun watching the cousins play together!

Swimming off the pontoon boat.

Grandma with Tyler and Isabel. Yes, that's Tyler in pink - it actually looks great on him!
Zac was ready to try kneeboarding but Tom got nervous that he wouldn't let go of the rope so he didn't get to do it. Maybe next year.
Tom trying to do a 360...
But I was actually the first one to pull it off!!!
Zac and Tyler
Tyler sleeping in the pack n play on the boat and Alivia resting beside him.
Zac jumping off a diving board
Of course, Tyler had to do it too!
Alivia, Zac, Isabel and Tyler eating cake.

Late Night Fun

Tyler started getting sick yesterday. He had a REALLY runny nose all day and threw up a couple of times just because of all the mucus. He woke up around midnight and sounded really strange. Tom went up and we realized that he had croup but he wasn't breathing normally either. We tried giving him a nebulizer treatment but he wasn't breathing in enough to get the benefit and he was becoming unresponsive. We ended up calling 911 and thankfully the operator told us to put him on his back and that ticked him off enough that he started to cry. The crying got him breathing a little better so that was a huge relief. He ended riding to the ER in an ambulance. They did a chest x-ray just to be sure and that was clear. He got a breathing treatment there and an oral steroid which really seemed to help. He is doing better this morning and we are very relieved!

Now, both of the boys have had their chance to experience an emergency ambulance ride so hopefully that means we are done with that now!

Fun with Friends

We had some friends over Sunday afternoon and the kids had a BLAST! Zac and Tori are 6 weeks apart and Kati and Tyler are about 6 weeks apart as well!

Laughter

This is the boys watching Wall E and LAUGHING when he introduces himself to Eva - for some reason!