Master of the Step

Since he started crawling, Tyler has been trying to figure out how to get up the step from the TV room into the kitchen.  He seemed to figure it out while I was out at small group last night.  He showed off his new skill for me this morning.  Next up, I need to teach him out to climb down that step.  He's had a couple of tumbles down the step, so he needs to learn to go legs first.  If I can avoid it, I don't want to put a gate there.
My parents were in town last week while Brian was away at a men's retreat (the guys would correct me and say it was an advance, they don't retreat.)  Tyler has been so stuffed up, in part from teething and I think in part from spring allergies.  He's been having a hard time getting comfortable and staying comfortable, but he found a cozy spot on my dad and stayed still for a while.  Tyler generally hates to have saline sprayed in his nose or his nose aspirated, but in the last week, I've been doing it so much that I think he finally realized that it helps him breath easier.  He still doesn't seem too crazy about the aspirator, but he holds pretty still for the saline spray.

 We had great weather for most of the visit and the boys enjoyed some time outside.  Here is Tyler enjoying the push buggy.

In the video below, you'll see Tyler razzing, which is usually what he does to tell you that mealtime is over.  Once the razzing starts, putting more food in his mouth is usually just asking for trouble as he will just razz it out, all over the place!